A series of 5 T20 matches between India and South Africa is being played these days. India has lost the first two matches of the series. Rishabh Pant leads the Indian team for the South African series. Although KL Rahul was previously named captain of the Indian team for this series, he was out of the series due to injury before the first match.
In the year 2022, the Indian team has not won a single match without Rohit Sharma. India played 11 matches this year under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma and won all of them. Team India won two Test matches under Rohit’s captaincy, defeating Sri Lanka by one innings and 222 innings in Mohali, while winning by 238 runs in Bangalore. Also, under Rohit’s captaincy, India won three ODIs against the Windies in Ahmedabad. Other than this, they defeated West Indies and Sri Lanka in the T20 series.
In the year 2022, without Rohit Sharma, the Indian team has played 7 caps and has been defeated in all of them. In these 7 matches, Rishabh Pant, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul took charge of the Indian team. In South Africa, the Indian team lost 2 Tests under Kohli’s captaincy (Johannesburg-Cape Town: 7 wickets). At the same time, in Africa itself, under the leadership of KL Rahul, he was defeated in 3 ODIs. Now, in the first two T20Is against South Africa, Pant’s captaincy had to face defeat.