After the T20 series victory against South Africa by 2-1, Team India is all set to cross swords with South Africa in the three match ODI series. But seems like cricket fans will have to witness the magic as the unexpected rain in Lucknow has delayed the match.

The first ODI match will be played in Lucknow’s Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, commonly known as Ekana Cricket Stadium, on Thursday. However, the match was slated to begin at 12:00 pm but the latest update suggests, that after a short inspection, toss will be held at 1:30 pm and match will begin at 2:00 pm.

Shreyas Iyer has been named the vice captain of India, while Shikhar Dhawan will be leading Men In Blue for the ODI series against Proteas as the senior team has left for Australia. After defeating Australia and South Africa in T20 series but 2-1, senior Team India along with skipper Rohit Sharma and former captain Virat Kohli has left for Australia where the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 will be played.

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Despite India missing their star and senior players, the team will be hoping to deliver in the ODI series against South Africa. Shikhar Dhawan’s side has the players and the class to register another series win in the ODI format. However, it is not going to be a cakewalk as India lost the last T20 match with the absence of just KL Rahul and Virat Kohli. And now the almost new team will face a strong South African side.

IND vs SA ODI Series Schedule:

First ODI: October 6 at Lucknow

Second ODI: October 9 at Ranchi

Third ODI: October 11 at Delhi

Probable playing XI for IND vs SA ODI Series

South Africa: Temba Bavuma (Captain), Quinton de Kock (Vice Captain and Wicket Keeper), Janneman Malan, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Wayne Parnell, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada and Lungi Ngidi.

India: Shikhar Dhawan (Captain), Sanju Samson (Wicket Keeper), Shreyas Iyer (Vice Captain), Ishan Kishan, Shubhman Gill, Shardul Thakur, Shahbaz Ahmed, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Siraj and Deepak Chahar.

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After defeating Australia and South Africa in T20 series but 2-1, Team India along with skipper Rohit Sharma and former captain Virat Kohli has left for Australia where the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 will be played. The Board of Cricket Council in India (BCCI) shared the official update through it’s Twitter handle.

The 14-member Indian squad along with Head Coach Rahul Dravid and team staff left for Australia from Mumbai on Thursday. The World Cup 2022 tournament will initiate on October 16 with the qualifying round matches, and later the Super 12s will begin from October 22.

The Rohit Sharma-led Indian team will kickstart their campaign against their arch-rivals, Pakistan on October 23 at Melbourne Cricket Ground. This will be a repeat of last year’s T20 World Cup opener for both the teams.

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Several cricketers like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik have also shared pictures via their respective Twitter and Instagram Handle. Check out the pictures.

Team India has left two weeks before the start of their T20 World Cup campaign. The team management has given this time for Men In Blue to get acquainted with the Australian conditions well in advance.

The reason behind this is the fact that at least half of the Indian players selected for the T20 World Cup 2022 haven’t yet experience the playing conditions in Australia before. Hence, to help them get used to the bounce there and get some good practice time, Indian team management have decided to travel there in advance.

Team India squad for T20 WC 2022

Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul (VC), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (WK), Dinesh Karthik (WK), Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh.

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India’s worst fear regarding Jasprit Bumrah has finally come true. The ace fast bowler has been ruled out of the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 due to injury. Bumrah made a comeback in international cricket after six months in the India vs Australia T20 series.

And later due to the complaints of back niggle, he was ruled out of the bilateral series. But finally after much anticipation, BCCI made the official confirmation last night that pacer Jasprit Bumrah has been ruled out of the mega tournament due to a back injury.

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And now reports have been making rounds on the internet that India’s most experienced pacer Mohammed Shami is most likely to replace Bumrah in the 15-member squad for the World Cup while Mohammed Siraj will travel to Australia as a standby. It seems like BCCI had to choose between Deepak Chahar and Shami, when Bumrah eventually failed to make the cut.

But now that Harshal Patel is not having his mojo back with Bumrah struggling with his placement of ball, Harshdeep and Deepak Chahar along with Mohammed Shami will be India’s only hopes.

When it comes to spinner, Ravindra Jadeja is out of the tournament due to his injury and Yuzi Chahal is also out of form. It will be interesting to see if skipper Rohit Sharma will include Ravichandran Ashwin in the playing XI or not. Hardik Pandya’s performance with the bat and ball, both will be crucial for India.

ICC T20 World Cup 2022 will begin on October 16 but India will kickstart their campaign on October 23 against their arch rivals Pakistan in Melbourne.

Team India squad for T20 WC 2022

Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul (VC), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (WK), Dinesh Karthik (WK), Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh.

Standby: Mohammad Shami, Deepak Chahar, Shreyas Iyer and Ravi Bishnoi

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