BCCI add three players in the Indian squad ahead of T20Is against South Africa

Indian cricket team will play the first T20I against South Africa on Wednesday, 28th September in Thiruvananthapuram. Ahead of this series starter, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have added new set of players in their team.

After Mohammad Shami and Deepak Hooda were ruled out from this series due to injury, Indian fans were desperate to know who will be their replacements. Indian team has added Shahbaz Ahmed, Umesh Yadav, and Shreyas Iyer in the squad in place of the injured players. All-rounder Hardik Pandya is also not playing in this series and thus Shahbaz Ahmed has been given the chance.

Indian cricket team have recently won the three-match T20Is against World Champions Australia and now be looking to defeat South Africa as well.

Revised Indian Squad to face South Africa in the three-match T20I series:

Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Harshal Patel, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Shahbaz Ahmed.