The Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) will maintain a range assembly on Sunday, November 23 in Mumbai to choose India’s white-ball squads for the South Africa collection. Sources advised India At this time that KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant are the frontrunners to guide the aspect, indicating that Rohit Sharma is unlikely to return as captain.
Pant has been in good kind in T20Is since his comeback, however his restricted current ODI sport time might issue into the selectors’ choice. Pant final performed an ODI again in August 2024 towards Sri Lanka on the RPS Stadium in Colombo.
Shubman Gill is ready to overlook out on choice after sustaining a neck damage on Day 2 of the Kolkata Take a look at, a problem that additionally dominated him out of the second Take a look at in Guwahati. In Gill’s absence, Pant is presently captaining the crew within the Guwahati Take a look at. Gill sustained the damage on Day 2 of the opening Take a look at after which he did not come out to bat within the second innings.
Sources earlier knowledgeable India At this time that India are unwilling to take any dangers with Shubman Gill amid a packed worldwide schedule. They indicated that he could also be rested as a precaution to make sure he returns totally match for the upcoming assignments.
RAHUL, PANT’S PERFORMANCE AS CAPTAIN
The 33-year-old Rahul has captained India in 12 ODIs and one T20I, profitable 9 of these matches. In ODIs as captain, Rahul has scored 302 runs at a median of 33.55 and a strike-rate of 82.28 with 4 fifties and a prime rating of 58 not out. Pant, in the meantime, has led India in 5 T20Is however is but to captain the crew within the 50-over format.
After the Guwahati Take a look at, India will start their white-ball marketing campaign towards South Africa with an ODI collection from December 3 to six, that includes matches in Ranchi, Raipur and Visakhapatnam. The five-match T20I collection will observe from December 9, with video games scheduled in Cuttack, Mullanpur, Dharamsala, Lucknow and Ahmedabad.
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