2015 India Vs South Africa Series -BCCI Announce Indian Team for T20,ODI's Sunday Sep 20,2015

 

BCCI on Sunday Sep 20,2015 announced the Indian teams for the three T20s and first three ODIs against South Africa.

MS Dhoni was retained as skipper for both formats by the BCCI

The Sandeep Patil-led selection committee announced the teams for the three T20s and the first three one-day internationals against the Proteas starting October 2,2015 at Dharamsala.

Young Punjab allrounder Gurkeerat Singh Mann on Sunday earned his maiden call-up into the Indian ODI team while Karnataka left-arm seamer Srinath Aravind was a surprise inclusion in the T20 squad

Barring Gurkeerat and Aravind's inclusion, there were no major surprises with the selectors preferring to stick with recent pool of players who have done well for India.

All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was a notable omission in both the squads while pacers Ishant Sharma, considered only for Tests of late, was not considered. Also not finding a place in the squad was Varun Aaron, while Mohammad Shami is still recovering from his knee injury


Squads:

 

T20Is: MS Dhoni (C&WK), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Ajinkya Rahane, Ambati Rayudu, Stuart Binny, R Ashwin, Axar Patel, Harbhajan Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohit Sharma, Amit Mishra, S Aravind.

First 3 ODIs: MS Dhoni (C&WK), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, Ajinkya Rahane, Stuart Binny, R Ashwin, Axar Patel, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Amit Mishra, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohit Sharma, Umesh Yadav.