Sanjeev Kumar
khelja|05-11-2025
Abhishek Sharma India A Odi PtiImage Credit source: PTI
The two-Test series between India and South Africa is starting from 14th November, for which Team India has been announced. But just a day before this series, an ODI series is also starting between the teams of India and South Africa and the team for this has also been announced, in which Tilak Verma has been made the captain of the team. Yes, Tilak Verma has been made the captain of the team for the ODI series played between India A and South Africa A. Along with this, the reports of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli not being selected for this series also proved to be true.
A 3-match ODI series will start between the 'A' teams of India and South Africa from 13th November, all the matches of which will be played in Rajkot, Gujarat. This series is a part of the ongoing Test series between India A and South Africa A. On Wednesday 5th November, the selection committee headed by Ajit Agarkar announced the squad for this ODI series, in which apart from Tilak, players like Abhishek Sharma, Ayush Badoni and IPL hit Viparaj Nigam have also been given a chance.
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— BCCI (@BCCI) November 5, 2025
The senior team's ODI series is to be played between India and South Africa from 30th November.
In such a situation, this 'A' series was being seen as an opportunity to prepare for the ODI series. In such a situation, eyes were on whether Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli would be included in this series or not? It was claimed in a report that the selectors would not choose these two legends for the A series and ultimately it proved to be true.The selection committee led by Agarkar has given a chance in this series to Tilak and Abhishek, who are consistently performing brilliantly in T20, to adapt to the ODI format and that is why Tilak has been given the captaincy.
Not only this, fast bowlers Arshdeep, Harshit Rana and Prasidh Krishna, who are part of Team India's ODI plan, have also been asked to play this series. The special thing is that star wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan has also been selected for this series, which can prove to be a good chance for him to make a comeback in Team India. At the same time, Rituraj Gaikwad has been made the vice-captain.The selectors have selected young and experienced players who are performing well in domestic cricket for this series so that if needed, they can be prepared for the senior Team India.
In this, names like Manav Suthar, Prabhsimran Singh, Badoni, Nishant Sindhu are the most special, who have not been able to play international cricket yet. However, it will be worth seeing how many of them will get opportunities. These matches will be played on 13, 16 and 19 November.india a squad
Tilak Verma (captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad (vice-captain), Abhishek Sharma, Riyan Parag, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Ayush Badoni, Nishant Sindhu, Vipraj Nigam, Manav Suthar, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Khalil Ahmed, Prabhsimran Singh (wicketkeeper)
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