Kuldeep Yadav has been released from the ongoing T20I series to play for India A and prepare for the upcoming Test matches against South Africa.
Kuldeep Yadav has been released from India’s ongoing T20I series in Australia to join the India A squad for the second four-day game against South Africa A. The match begins on November 6 at the BCCI Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru. The move aims to give the spinner valuable red-ball practice ahead of the upcoming IDFC First Bank two-match Test series in South Africa.
“The Indian team management has requested to release Kuldeep Yadav from the ongoing T20I series in Australia to allow him to participate in the India A series against South Africa A at the BCCI Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru,” the BCCI said in a statement.
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The Indian team management has requested to release Kuldeep Yadav from the ongoing T20I series to allow him to participate in the India A series against South Africa A at the BCCI COE.
The decision has been taken to provide Kuldeep with red-ball game time in…
With Kuldeep’s exit, India’s T20I squad for the fourth and fifth matches features Suryakumar Yadav as captain, with Shubman Gill as vice-captain. Meanwhile, Rishabh Pant will lead India A, which also includes KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal, Sai Sudharsan, Mohammed Siraj, and Prasidh Krishna.
India’s updated squad for 4th and 5th T20I
Suryakumar Yadav (C), Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill (VC), Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Sanju Samson (WK), Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar.
India A’s updated squad for 2nd four-day game
Rishabh Pant (C) (WK), KL Rahul, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Sai Sudharsan (VC), Devdutt Padikkal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Harsh Dubey, Tanush Kotian, Manav Suthar, Khaleel Ahmed, Gurnoor Brar, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Kuldeep Yadav
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