India has recalled Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and Shikhar Dhawan in the squad.
India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) ODI Series 2020 Schedule, Squad, Venues, Time Table, Players List: Although India bested West Indies and Australia earlier, they will be readying themselves to face South Africa on Thursday with broken spirits after being handed a 3-0 hiding by New Zealand.
Realizing it’s time to change things in their setup, India has recalled Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and Shikhar Dhawan in the fold to provide some steel and experience to the youthful squad. Although Pandya has been out since September with a back injury, he has been in form with his bat in the DY Patil T20 Tournament in Mumbai off late.
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His versatility will prove to be crucial against the new-look South Africa team who will be coming to India after whitewashing Australia on home soil. Kedhar Jadhav, Shivam Dube, and Shardul Thakur have been left out of the squad.
#TeamIndia for 3-match ODI series against SA – Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Virat Kohli (C), KL Rahul, Manish Pandey, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Yadav, Shubman Gill. pic.twitter.com/HD53LRAhoh
— BCCI (@BCCI) March 8, 2020
Squads
India: Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Virat Kohli (C), KL Rahul, Manish Pandey, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Yadav, Shubman Gill
South Africa: Quinton de Kock (c & wk), Temba Bavuma, Rassie van der Dussen, Faf du Plessis, Kyle Verreynne, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Jon-Jon Smuts, Andile Phehlukwayo, Lungi Ngidi, Lutho Sipamla, Beuran Hendricks, Anrich Nortje, George Linde, Keshav Maharaj
Schedule:
March 12: India vs South Africa, 1st ODI (Dharamsala), 1.30 pm
March 15: India vs South Africa, 2nd ODI (Lucknow), 1.30 pm
March 18: India vs South Africa, 3rd ODI (Kolkata), 1.30 pm
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