Zoom News : Jun 09, 2022, 07:40 AM
Team India has to play a series of five T20 matches against South Africa in their own home. The series will start from Thursday (June 9). The first T20 match will be played on this day at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Earlier a bad news has come out for the Indian team.
Team India captain KL Rahul has been ruled out of the series due to injury. Rishabh Pant has been given the command in his place. KL Rahul is heartbroken after being ruled out of the series. He looked very emotional and also shared an emotional post.Very difficult to accept this: KL RahulKL Rahul said in a Twitter post, 'It is very difficult to accept this, but from today I am starting another challenge. Extremely disappointed to not be able to captain Team India at home for the first time. But from outside I will have full support to the boys of my team. Thank you all for supporting me. All the best to Rishabh Pant and the rest of the team for the series.What did BCCI say?The BCCI said that KL Rahul has suffered a right groin injury (injury between the abdomen and the thigh). While Kuldeep Yadav has suffered a right hand injury while batting in net practice. In such a situation, both the players have been out of the series due to injury. The selection committee has appointed wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant as the captain and Hardik Pandya as the vice-captain.
Team India captain KL Rahul has been ruled out of the series due to injury. Rishabh Pant has been given the command in his place. KL Rahul is heartbroken after being ruled out of the series. He looked very emotional and also shared an emotional post.Very difficult to accept this: KL RahulKL Rahul said in a Twitter post, 'It is very difficult to accept this, but from today I am starting another challenge. Extremely disappointed to not be able to captain Team India at home for the first time. But from outside I will have full support to the boys of my team. Thank you all for supporting me. All the best to Rishabh Pant and the rest of the team for the series.What did BCCI say?The BCCI said that KL Rahul has suffered a right groin injury (injury between the abdomen and the thigh). While Kuldeep Yadav has suffered a right hand injury while batting in net practice. In such a situation, both the players have been out of the series due to injury. The selection committee has appointed wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant as the captain and Hardik Pandya as the vice-captain.
Squads of both teams for the seriesTeam India: Rishabh Pant (Captain and Wicketkeeper), Rituraj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Venkatesh Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik.South Africa: Temba Bavuma (capt), Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendrix, Henrik Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Enrique Norkia, Wayne Parnell, Dwayne Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs, Rassi Van der Dussen, Marco Janssen.Hard to accept but I begin another challenge today. Gutted not to be leading the side for the first time at home, but the boys have all my support from the sidelines.Heartfelt thanks to all for your support.Wishing Rishabh and the boys all the luck for the series.See you soon🏏💙
— K L Rahul (@klrahul) June 8, 2022