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After the conclusion of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, Team India's focus is back on its national duty as they are gearing up for the five-match T20I series which is slated to kick off from June 9.
Meanwhile the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has asked KL Rahul & Co. to assemble in New Delhi by June 5. The Cricket South Africa (CSA) said the Temba Bavuma-led side will land in the National capital on June 2.
The team will play the other four games in Cuttack on June 12, Vizag on June 14, Rajkot on June 17 and finally round off the series in Bangalore on June 19.
India's all-format skipper Rohit Sharma, ex-Indian captain Virat Kohli and pace ace Jasprit Bumrah have been rested for the five-match T20I series.
In Rohit's absence KL Rahul will be seen in the leadership role with Rishabh Pant as his deputy.
Making the most of their world-class bench, the Rahul Dravid-coached Team India side had announced a competitive squad for their first white-ball assignment after the IPL 2022. A couple of debutants, including Umran Malik and Arshdeep Singh, have been included in the squad. Rested players Kohli, Rohit and Bumrah had a forgetful season in the 15th season of the world's richest T20 league- the IPL.
The Indian Test squad will leave for England on June 16 while another white-ball squad, bound for Ireland for two T20 games, will depart on June 23-24. KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, and Shreyas Iyer, who are part of the Test and T20 squads, will leave for the UK after the final game on June 19. They will fly directly from Bangalore.
India squad: KL Rahul (C), Ruturaj 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.
South Africa squad: Temba Bavuma (C), Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Wayne Parnell, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs, Rassie van der Dussen and Marco Jansen.
