Spinner Kuldeep Yadav has been dropped from the Indian squad.
India play five T20 internationals against South Africa. India and South Africa have played 15 T20 matches. Out of 15, India has won nine times and South Africa six times. The South African cricket team has arrived in India to play in the five-match T20 series. The Indian team is ready to face South Africa in the Paytm T20I Trophy - 1st T20I in Delhi. It will be held on June 9 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium at the Feroz Shah Kotla Ground in New Delhi.
Indian national cricket team captain KL Rahul has been dropped from the squad ahead of the five-match T20I series against South Africa.
The Indian selectors have announced wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Bandh as captain and Hardik Pandya as vice-captain for the domestic series against South Africa. Along with Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jaspreet Bhumira and Mohammad Shami have retired from the South Africa series.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced that Kuldeep Yadav will retire from the T20 series after being hit in the right hand while batting in the Nets last night. Kuldeep took 21 wickets for his new team Delhi Capitals in IPL 2022 and was selected as the Man of the Match four times. Kuldeep is currently out of the series against South Africa due to injury.
T20 matches will be played at Delhi Arun Jaitley Stadium, Cuttack Barapati Stadium, Visakhapatnam Dr. YSR ACA VTCA Cricket Stadium, Rajkot Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium and Bangalore M Chinnaswamy Stadium.