In a video shared by the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI), gamers have been seen honing their abilities forward of the primary ODI scheduled for Sunday.
Gamers sweats it out within the nets
Spinners Axar Patel and Yuzvendra Chahal, pacer Arshdeep Singh, and captain KL Rahul have been among the many gamers seen sweating it out within the nets, fine-tuning their sport for the sequence in opposition to South Africa.
“Our ODI group has arrived in Johannesburg! Preparations have begun. 1st one-day on Sunday. #TeamIndia #SAvIND,” BCCI wrote together with the video on its official X deal with.
After a intently contested T20I sequence underneath the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav, which led to a 1-1 draw, the main target now shifts to the ODIs.
KL Rahul to guide Indian ODI facet
The Indian squad for the ODI sequence sees the return of skilled gamers like KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer. Nonetheless, notable names like common captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Jasprit Bumrah are absent from the ODI lineup.
The squad additionally consists of promising children resembling Rinku Singh, Sai Sudarshan, Sanju Samson, and Rajat Patidar. Shubman Gill has been rested for the ODIs.
The itinerary
The ODI sequence is scheduled to happen from December 17 to 21, adopted by a two-match Check sequence ranging from December 26 and concluding on January 7. Because the Indian group will get into the groove for the ODI sequence, followers are eagerly anticipating a aggressive and thrilling contest in opposition to South Africa.
India’s squad for 3 ODIs: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sai Sudharsan, Tilak Varma, Rajat Patidar, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (C) (Wk), Sanju Samson (Wk), Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Deepak Chahar.
India’s squad for Assessments: Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan (wk), KL Rahul (Wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Mohd. Shami, Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Prasidh Krishna.
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(With inputs from ANI)
