Senior pacer Mohammad Shami, who had missed the recently-concluded T20 collection in opposition to Australia after contracting COVID-19 an infection, is but to get better fully and thus will not be part of the T20 matches in opposition to the Proteas.
Deepak Hooda has additionally been dominated out of the collection owing to a again damage. The all-rounder is on the NCA for “additional administration of his damage”.
“The All-India Senior Choice Committee has named Umesh Yadav as Shami’s substitute and Shreyas Iyer as a substitute for Hooda,” a BCCI launch said.
“Shahbaz Ahmed has additionally been added to the T20I squad,” it added.
Umesh was introduced in as Shami’s substitute within the collection in opposition to Australia. He has competed within the series-opener however didn’t play the second and third T20Is.
However, left-arm spin-all-rounder Shahbaz continues to be uncapped. He was picked within the Indian ODI squad as Washington Sundar’s substitute for the Zimbabwe collection in August however didn’t get a sport.
Rookie pacer Arshdeep Singh, who was rested for the collection in opposition to Australia, has linked up with the squad for the three T20Is.
The collection in opposition to South Africa will function a closing gown rehearsal for each aspect forward of the marquee occasion in Australia subsequent month.
All-rounder Hardik Pandya and senior seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who’ve been rested for the collection forward of the T20 World Cup subsequent month, have additionally reported to the NCA for “conditioning-related work”.
Revised India squad for South Africa T20Is:
Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Harshal Patel, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav, Shreyas Iyer and Shahbaz Ahmed