The Indian Premier League (IPL) is over, and the focus now switches to the international calendar, with India hosting South Africa. A five-match T20I series between the men in blue and the Proteas will begin on June 9 in Delhi.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has given its players until June 5 to arrive in New Delhi. The team will have a few practice sessions before the first game, and the messages were sent out on Monday (May 30).
According to Cricbuzz, a Delhi District Cricket Association (DDCA) official has confirmed the Indian team’s assembly on June 5. The Temba Bavuma-led side will arrive in the capital on June 2, according to Cricket South Africa (CSA).
The squad will play the final four games of the series in Cuttack on June 12, Vizag on June 14, Rajkot on June 17, and Bangalore on June 19.
After the T20I series against South Africa, Rahul, Pant, and Iyer will depart for the United Kingdom.
India has already named an 18-man squad, with KL Rahul as captain and Rishabh Pant as vice-captain. The lineup includes a couple of debutants, notably Umran Malik and Arshdeep Singh.
The Indian Test squad will fly for England on June 16, while another white-ball group will depart for Ireland on June 23-24 for two T20 games. After the final game on June 19, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, and Shreyas Iyer, who are members of the Test and T20 squads, will go to the United Kingdom. They’ll take a direct flight from Bangalore.
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, KL Rahul (C), Ruturaj Gaik
Temba Bavuma (captain), Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aids Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Wayne Parnell, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs, Rassie van der Dussen, Marco Jansen, Wayne Parnell, Dwaine Pre