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KL Rahul, who was supposed to lead India in the upcoming five-match T20I series against South Africa, has been ruled out due to an injury, BCCI informed through a tweet on Wednesday. Left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav has also been ruled out of the series owing to injury. Wicket-keeper batter Rishabh Pant is going to lead India in the series now. Hardik Pandya has been appointed vice-captain.
It was all-rounder Hardik Pandya who put in the hard yards as India wrapped up its second day of training on Tuesday at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. Soon after wrapping up the press conference, head coach Rahul Dravid went to the middle to oversee the proceedings and out came Hardik to train and acclimatise himself with conditions ahead of the five-match T20I series against South Africa, beginning Thursday.
Ahead of the five-match T20I series against South Africa, all-rounder Hardik Pandya bowled full throttle under the supervision of bowling coach Paras Mhambrey during a training session on Wednesday at New Delhi's Arun Jaitley Stadium. Pandya had linked up with the Indian squad on Monday evening and had missed the side's first training session.
India is all set to take on South Africa in a five-match T20I series starting Thursday and the Indian team came out for its first practice session on Tuesday at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. The focus was on all the newcomers who have been included in the team after good IPL performances. When you talk of IPL performance one has to talk about the man who led debutants Gujarat Titans to the title this season and that is all-rounder Hardik Pandya.
The Indian team that will take on South Africa in the upcoming T20I series has started its practice under the watchful eyes of head coach Rahul Dravid. The players are returning to the national team after a gap of over 2 months as the players were busy playing for their respective franchise in the IPL. It's a new look team as many seniors have been rested, including captain Rohit Sharma.
Kirsten mentored the Gujarat Titans to fashion themselves into a winning outfit in their very first season. Working alongside him, was allrounder and captain Hardik Pandya. The latter has left a telling impact on Kirsten after this trophy-winning season. "I've been impressed with Hardik Pandya. Not having known him well earlier, I've got a view on him now that he's this cricketer who just plays instinctively and takes the game on. He engages in a lot of cricket conversations and wants to learn, wants to get better and improve and understand his players," Kirsten told TOI as Pandya-led Titans ticked all the boxes to emerge 2022 IPL champions.
India and South Africa will square off in a five-match T20I series, beginning June 9 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. The Proteas had arrived in the national capital on June 2 and the side has been preparing since then. The Indian contingent was on a break after the intense Indian Premier League (IPL), and the side assembled in Delhi on Sunday and the squad finally began training on Monday.
Hardik Pandya impressed all with his captaincy in the Indian Premier League (IPL). As the captain of Gujarat Titans, he led with confidence to take his team to the title in its maiden season in the T20 franchise cricket league. He also performed with the bat and ball. He got together a brand new team and pushed them to perform better each day. GT, under Hardik, finished on top in league stage too with 10 wins. Then they were the first team to qualify for the final and won the title clash against Rajasthan Royals with ease.