Immediately after the IPL, the Indian team will play a 5-match T20 series against South Africa. Team India has been announced for this series. As expected, veteran players who play all three formats have been rested in this series, while some youngsters who have performed well in IPL have been included in the squad. Although Shikhar Dhawan, who has scored more than 400 runs in this IPL season, he does not have a place in the Indian team. At the same time, Sanju Samson has also been kept out of the team.
Shikhar Dhawan is the sixth leading run scorer in IPL 2022. He has scored 432 runs in 13 matches at an average of 38.27. In most matches, Shikhar was able to give the team a good start. Despite this, he does not have a place in the Indian team. Similarly, Sanju Samson has also scored 374 runs this season. Sanju has scored runs with an incredible strike rate of 147.24, but he hasn’t had a chance against South Africa either.
Mumbai Indians new find Tilak Verma was expected to have a chance against South Africa but it didn’t happen. Tilak has scored 397 runs in this IPL. Similarly, Rahul Tripathi and Abhishek Sharma’s runs have also reached close to 400 but their name is not on the Team India squad either. Mohsin Khan and Khaleel Ahmed are likely to be included in the bowlers, but the hands of these two players also remained empty. Khaleel has taken 16 wickets in 10 matches in this IPL. While the Mohsin economy rate is less than 6.
KL Rahul (Captain), Rituraj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (Vice-Captain/WK), Dinesh Karthik (WK), Hardik Pandya, Venkatesh Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik.