Team India for South Africa T20Is announced; Suresh Raina recalled

Both Jaydev Unadkat and Suresh Raina have got a place in India squad for the T20 series against South Africa

Both Jaydev Unadkat and Suresh Raina have got a place in India squad for the T20 series against South Africa

The three-match T20 series in South Africa begins on February 18 in Johannesburg, followed by matches in Centurion (February 21) and Cape Town (February 24).

Batsman Suresh Raina was today rewarded for his recent domestic performance with a recall to the Indian Twenty20 squad for the three-match series against South Africa starting February 18.

Shreyas Iyer has been left out along with Kerala pacer Basil Thampi, Deepak Hooda, Mohammed Siraj and Washington Sundar. Raina, who last played a T20I for India against England in February 2017 has been out-of-favour since failing the Yo-Yo test, a now mandatory criterion for selection.

Raina's last game in an India shirt was also in the shortest format.

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Axar Patel makes a timely return to the squad after he last featured against New Zealand where the bowling all-rounder came in handy in checking the run flow. He also pressed his case with an unbeaten 126 off 59 against Bengal while playing for Uttar Pradesh in the Super League game of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament as he finished as the sixth-highest run-getter with 314 runs at a strike-rate above 146. India had earlier lost the 3-Test series, 1-2.

Virat Kohli would be the Captain of the T20 team while Rohit Sharma would be the Vice-Captain. Even in the IPL auction, Unadkat was sold for big bucks as he was sold for Rs 11.5 Cr to Rajasthan Royals because of his excellent show in T20s recently.

The crux of the ODI and T20 squad for the limited-overs leg in South Africa remains the same.

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