India v South Africa T20Is 2022: Full India squad, team news and injury updates

India take on South Africa in a home T20I series beginning June 9, 2022 – here’s the full India squad for the series, including player replacement news and injury updates.

The series will be the first one since the end of IPL 2022, where a number of young Indian players came to the fore. The India squad has a few notable absentees, with Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Jasprit Bumrah all resting for the series.

The team was initially supposed to be led by KL Rahul, with Rishabh Pant being the vice-captain. There are three wicketkeepers in the squad: Pant, Dinesh Karthik, and Ishan Kishan. In the spin department, Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Chahal make a return, with Ravi Bishnoi continuing as the leg-spinner, with Axar Patel too in the squad. Chahal was the leading wicket-taker in IPL 2022, earning the Purple Cap this year after taking the most wickets by a spinner ever in a season. Karthik is set to make his first appearance for India since 2019.

India v South Africa: Team news and injury updates for India

Skipper KL Rahul was ruled out of the series along with Kuldeep Yadav a day before the first T20I. Rahul is suffering from a groin injury, while Kuldeep sustained a hand injury during training.

Rishabh Pant will lead the side, with Hardik Pandya named vice-captain.

The series begins with the first T20I in Delhi on June 9 and will end with the fifth T20I in Bangalore on June 19.

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IND v SA 2022: India T20I squad for the South Africa series

Rishabh Pant (C, WK), Hardik Pandya (VC), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan (WK), Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Dinesh Karthik (WK), Venkatesh Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik

Update: KL Rahul and Kuldeep Yadav have been ruled out of the series due to injury.