- Team India: Team India has to play a 5-match T20 series with South Africa in 2025. In this special news, we will answer all your questions about what will be the Indian team’s squad in this series…
Team India: After defeating South Africa 3-1 in the T20 series in their home, Team India has to host South Africa next year. A series of 2 Tests, 3 ODIs and five T20 matches will be played between the two teams. Talking about the T20 series between India and South Africa (IND vs SA) , this series will be very important for both the teams keeping in mind the preparations for the T20 World Cup to be held in 2026. Let us tell you which players can get a chance in Team India’s squad in the T20 series.
Suryakumar Yadav will be the captain of Team India
Suryakumar Yadav is the captain of the Indian team in T20 International . Surya will captain the Indian team in the 2026 T20 World Cup. Due to which the captaincy of India will be handed over to him in the T20 series against South Africa. It was under the captaincy of Surya that India defeated Africa in their home. Earlier, under the captaincy of Surya, India defeated a team like Sri Lanka in the T20 series.
These three players will have the last chance
The Indian squad (Team India) will include three such players who will have the last chance to secure their place in T20I. This includes the names of Ishan Kishan , KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer . All three of these players are trying to make their place in this format.
But due to poor form, they had to be dropped from the team. The board can give all three of them another chance against Africa, but they will have to prove themselves. But if they are unable to prove themselves even on this chance, then BCCI will hardly think about giving them a chance in Team India in the future.
There may be a dilemma regarding the opening pair
The selectors will face a problem in selecting the opening batsmen for the T20 series. Players like Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill and Abhishek Sharma have staked their claim as openers. All these batsmen have also proved themselves in the recent past.
See here the probable squad of Team India for the T20 series against South Africa
Suryakumar Yadav, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Tilak Verma, Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakraborty, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Mayank Yadav, Abhishek Sharma.
