India Announce Their 18-Man Squad For Test Series Against SA, Rohit Sharma Appointed VC

TPI Staff December 8, 2021

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Mumbai: The BCCI today announced Team India’s 18-member squad for the upcoming Test series against South Africa. Rohit Sharma has been named vice-captain for the series.

The tour has been reduced from three series to two: the Test and One Day International series, which will take place at four venues from December 26 to January 23, 2022.

The four-match T20I series will be rescheduled for a more opportune time in the new year.

First Test will take place from December 26-30 in Centurion; Second Test will take place from January 3-7, 2022, in Johannesburg; Third Test will take place from January 11-15, 2022, in Cape Town. The ODI squad for the SA’s tour is yet to be announced.

The Test series will form a part of the new cycle of the ICC World Test Championship.

India’s Test squad: Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma (vice-captain), KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wk), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), R Ashwin, Jayant Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Mohd. Shami, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur, Md. Siraj.

Standby Players: Navdeep Saini, Saurabh Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Arzan Nagwaswalla.”