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BCCI announce squad for Border-Gavaskar trophy and South Africa series | Checkout the new names

BCCI men's selection committee announced the squads for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and India's tour to South Africa. Abhimanyu Easwaran, Harshit Rana and Nitish Kumar Reddy were among the few new names announced in the test squad.

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BCCI men's selection committee announced the squads for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and India's tour to South Africa. Abhimanyu Easwaran, Harshit Rana and Nitish Kumar Reddy were among the few new names announced in the squads.

India will play a four-match T20 I series against South Africa starting on 8th November till 15th November 2024. Suryakumar Yadav will lead the team while Hardik Pandya and Sanju Samson will be the senior players in the squad. Vijaykumar Vyshak, Yash Dayal, and Ramandeep Singh received their maiden T20I call-up.

Mayank Yadav and Shivam Dube were unavailable for the selection due to injuries. Meantime, Riyan Parag was sent to the BCCI Centre of Excellence to treat his his chronic right shoulder injury.

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Suryakumar Yadav (C), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (WK), Rinku Singh, Tilak Varma, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Avesh Khan, Yash Dayal.

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For the high-profile Border-Gavaskar trophy, India named an 18-men squad with a few new names getting their maiden test call-up. Opener Abhimanyu Easwaran was rewarded for his excellent first-class form while Harshit Rana and Nitish Kumar Reddy were called up as the pace bowling all-rounders. Kuldeep Yadav missed the selection due to his chronic left groin issue.

S. No. Day Date Match Venue
1 Friday 08-Nov-24 1st T20I Durban
2 Sunday 10-Nov-24 2nd T20I Gqeberha
3 Wednesday 13-Nov-24 3rd T20I Centurion
4 Friday 15-Nov-24 4th T20I Johannesburg

India's squad for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy

Rohit Sharma (C), Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (WK), Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (WK), R Ashwin, R Jadeja, Mohd. Siraj, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar.

Reserves: Mukesh Kumar, Navdeep Saini, Khaleel Ahmed

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S. No. Day (From) Date (From) Day (To) Date (To) Match Venue
1 Friday 22-Nov-24 Tuesday 26-Nov-24 1st Test Perth Stadium, Perth
2 Friday 06-Dec-24 Tuesday 10-Dec-24 2nd Test (D/N) Adelaide Oval
3 Saturday 14-Dec-24 Wednesday 18-Dec-24 3rd Test The Gabba, Brisbane
4 Thursday 26-Dec-24 Monday 30-Dec-24 4th Test MCG, Melbourne
5 Friday 03-Jan-25 Tuesday 07-Jan-25 5th Test SCG, Sydney
Bcci Indian Cricket Team Abhimanyu Easwaran Harshit Rana
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