15-member Team India announced for Africa T20 series, coach Gambhir gave place to 5 players of KKR

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|26-10-2024

Team India: A series of 4 T20 matches will be played between Team India and South Africa (IND VS SA) from 8th November. The selection committee has selected a 15-member team squad under the leadership of Ajit Agarkar for the T20 series against South Africa.

The selection committee has given a chance to many young players in the squad for Team India for the T20 series against South Africa to join the T20 format for the first time. For your information, let us tell you that Team India's head coach Gautam Gambhir has given a chance to 5 players of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to participate in the T20 series against South Africa.

Team India selected for South Africa tour

Team India has to play a series of 4 T20 matches on South Africa tour. For which the selection committee has recently selected a 15-member team squad under the leadership of Suryakumar Yadav. In the T20 series squad selected for the South Africa tour, the selection committee has selected Ramandeep Singh, Vijay Kumar Adult and Yash Dayal for the first time in the T20 format.

Coach Gambhir included 5 KKR players in the team squad

If we look at the team squad selected for Team India's tour of South Africa, in the 15-member team squad, 5 players have been included from the team squad of Kolkata Knight Riders.

As these 5 players, head coach Gautam Gambhir has given opportunity to Suryakumar Yadav, Rinku Singh, Varun Chakraborty and Ramandeep Singh.

Sanju Samson has also been included in the list of these 5 players because he also started his IPL journey with the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) franchise.

Team India's 15-member team squad for South Africa tour

Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Rinku Singh, Tilak Verma, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakraborty, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Vijaykumar Vishak, Avesh Khan and Yash Dayal

Latest Newsmore
1

VIDEO: Hardik Pandya drove a car shirtless, hugged his girlfriend and danced

22-Mar-2026 • Sanjeev Kumar
2

India vs Bangladesh Series Back On? Bangladesh Cricket Board Makes Big Move

22-Mar-2026 • Shivam Sharma
3

6 shocking records of IPL history, 5 may be broken in IPL 2026 but one is impossible to break

22-Mar-2026 • Sanjeev Kumar
4

VIDEO: You would not have seen such an entry of Rohit Sharma on the stage, announced a big gift for the fans of Mumbai Indians.

22-Mar-2026 • Sanjeev Kumar
5

NZ vs SA: This happened before the fourth T20 against South Africa, these star players are out of the New Zealand team

22-Mar-2026 • Sanjeev Kumar