Team India will host Australia and South Africa before the T20 World Cup 2022. Based on the performance in these two series, it will help in choosing the playing XI of the T20 World Cup.
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India has to play 6 T20 matches within 15 days before the T20 World Cup.
Australia tour India schedule.
New Delhi. The All India Senior Selection Committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) met on Monday to select the Indian team for the upcoming ICC Men's T20 World Cup to be held in Australia and the T20I series against Australia and South Africa at home. Hardik Pandya, Arshdeep Singh and Bhuvneshwar Kumar will report to the National Cricket Academy (NCA) for conditioning work during the home series against Australia and South Africa.
Team India will host Australia and South Africa before the T20 World Cup 2022. Based on the performance in these two series, it will help in choosing the playing XI of the T20 World Cup. Mohammed Shami has been included in the team against both Australia and South Africa. However, Mohammed Shami has been made the standby player in the team selected for the T20 World Cup.
Actually, Mohammed Shami was not selected in the Indian team for the Asia Cup 2022. The team selection was heavily criticized after India's exit in the Super 4 round in the Asia Cup. Many veteran players and experts had raised questions on not choosing Shami in the team.
India will play 6 T20 matches within 15 days:
India has to play 6 T20 matches within 15 days before the T20 World Cup. Australia's tour of India will begin in Mohali from September 20. After this, both the teams will meet on 23 and 25 September in Nagpur and Hyderabad respectively. After playing the three-match T20 series against Australia, India will soon host South Africa. Apart from the T20 series, South Africa will also play a three-match ODI series on the India tour.
Australia tour India schedule
20 September – 1st T20, Mohali 23rd September – 2nd T20, Nagpur25 September – 3rd T20, Hyderabad
Team India for T20 series against Australia:
Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (Vice Captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant, (WK), Dinesh Karthik (WK), Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Harshal Patel, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah.
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