India Playing XI vs South Africa 1st T20: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma Dropped

Predicted India Playing XI vs South Africa for the 1st T20I

BCCI recently announced the squads for Test, ODI and T20 series against South Africa. The action in South Africa is going to kick off with the T20 series, which is scheduled to start on December 10, 2023. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have been rested from the series, and Suryakumar Yadav is going to lead the team with Ravindra Jadeja as the vice-captain. Axar Patel was also dropped despite being exceptional in the series against Australia.

India T20 Squad for South Africa Tour

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (C), Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan (wk), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Ravindra Jadeja (VC), Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Deepak Chahar

India Playing XI 1st T20I against South Africa

Ruturaj Gaikwas was the highest run-score for India in the series against Australia, but despite that, he is going to be dropped from the playing XI as Shubman Gill has returned to the squad. Ishan Kishan is also expected to be dropped to make way for Jitesh Sharma, who has impressed everyone with his fine death overs batting. Tilak Varma was not very impressive against Australia, and he is also expected to be dropped from the 1st T20I.

Also read: India Playing XI for T20 World Cup 2024 Without Virat & Rohit

Predicted India Playing XI vs South Africa for the 1st T20I:

  • Yashasvi Jaiswal
  • Shubman Gill
  • Shreyas Iyer
  • Suryakumar Yadav (C)
  • Rinku Singh
  • Jitesh Sharma (WK)
  • Ravindra Jadeja (VC)
  • Washington Sundar
  • Mohammed Siraj
  • Mukesh Kumar
  • Deepak Chahar
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