The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced Team India for the fifth Test of the series against England and T20 series against South Africa on 22 May 2022. Cheteshwar Pujara has returned to the Test team after a stellar performance in the county. At the same time, the command of the T20 series has been handed over to KL Rahul. Dinesh Karthik has also returned in the T20 series. After three years, he got a chance in Team India. Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami have been rested for the series against Africa.
Apart from this, the famous Krishna and Shardul Thakur have also not got a chance in the team in the Africa series. Mohammad Siraj and Sanju Samson, who played for the Indian team in the T20 International series against Sri Lanka in February this year, have been dropped. Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Chahar and Ravindra Jadeja have also not been picked due to injury.
On the other hand, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer have got a chance in both the teams. Sunrisers Hyderabad pacer Umran Malik, who created a sensation with his pace, and Arshdeep Singh of Punjab Kings, who bowled brilliantly in the death overs, have also been included in India’s 18-man squad for the five-match home T20 International series against South Africa from June 9. The place has been found. Hardik Pandya is also back.
Shikhar Dhawan’s candidature was not considered by the selectors even after his impressive performance in the IPL. In terms of scoring the most runs, he is at number six. He has so far scored 421 runs in 13 matches at an average of 38.27 and a strike rate of 122.74. The fifth Test match against England is to be played at Edgbaston from July 1 to 5, 2022. Team India is leading 2-1 in the five-match Test series. Last year the last test was postponed due to Corona.
Indian Test squad against England: Rohit Sharma (capt), KL Rahul (vice captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rishabh Pant (wk), KS Bharat (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Famous Krishna.
Team India selected for T20 series against South Africa: KL Rahul (captain), Rituraj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (vice captain/(wk), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Hardik Pandya, Venkatesh Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik.