INDIA vs SA - INDIA Tour of South Africa 2017-18

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Raina returns for SA T20Is; Shreyas Iyer left out

Suresh Raina has been recalled to India's squad for the three-match T20 international series on their tour of South Africa. Raina's inclusion was the biggest highlight among a slew of changes from the squad that faced Sri Lanka at home last December. Also returning to the squad are allrounder Axar Patel and Mumbai fast bowler Shardul Thakur.

 

Shreyas Iyer was the most notable absentee in the 16-man squad announced on Sunday, while Basil Thampi, Deepak Hooda, Mohammed Siraj and Washington Sundar did not find places either.

Raina's last game in an India shirt was also in the shortest format. On that occasion, he smashed 63 to help fashion a series-clinching 75-run win over England in Bengaluru. He fell out of favour thereafter, and endured a middling 2017-18 first-class season with Uttar Pradesh, of whom he is the captain, averaging 11.66 after nine innings in the Ranji Trophy. However, he hit back in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, where he was UP's highest scorer with 314 runs at 39.25 and a strike-rate of 146.04. That included a century and two fifties in successive innings.

Iyer, who made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka, made a bright start with two fifties in three matches. However, he returned just 54 runs in the three T20Is that followed. Iyer spent large parts of the domestic T20 season recovering from a hamstring injury, but struck an unbeaten 44-ball 79 in his last game in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

Virat Kohli took his regular place as captain after foregoing the Sri Lanka series on account of his wedding. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who also missed that series due to his wedding, returned, as did Shikhar Dhawan, who had opted out due to personal reasons.

The T20Is begin with the first game in Johannesburg on February 18, two days after the teams wrap up a six-match ODI series. India have already conceded the Tests 2-1.

 

India squad: Virat Kohli (capt) Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (wk), Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Manish Pandey, Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Jaydev Unadkat, Shardul Thakur

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Injured de Villiers ruled out of first three ODIs

Ab de Villiers has been ruled out of the first three ODIs against India with a finger injury. The selectors will not name a replacement, so the squad has been trimmed to 14 players, with the likelihood of Khaya Zondo being handed a debut now higher.

De Villiers sustained the injury to his right index finger during the third Test against India and will need two weeks to make a complete recovery. He is expected to be fit for the fourth match, the pink ODI at the Wanderers, for which he is one of the ambassadors.

South Africa had named a squad for the first three matches only as they look to launch vision 2019, their pathway to the World Cup. It was without Farhaan Behardien, a possible replacement for de Villiers in the middle order but included Zondo, who was part of the South African squad that toured India in late 2015 although he did not play a game. Zondo's List A numbers do not put him among the top-performing domestic players but his performances for South Africa A and his "potential", according to convener of selectors Linda Zondi, is what the selectors are interested in. Opener Aiden Markram, who could slot in further down the order, is also in the squad.

The ODI series starts on Thursday in Durban and de Villiers will miss matches at Kingsmead, SuperSport Park and Newlands.

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1st ODI (D/N), India tour of South Africa at Durban, Feb 1 2018

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South Africa won the toss and elected to bat

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South Africa XI: Quinton de Kock (wk), Hashim Amla, Faf du Plessis (capt.), Aiden Markram, JP Duminy, David Miller, Chris Morris, Andile Phehlukwayo, Kagiso Rabada, Morne Morkel, Imran Tahir
 

India XI: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli (capt.), Ajinkya Rahane, MS Dhoni (wk), Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal

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Bumrah gets Amla...

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SA 61/1  (13 Ovs)

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SA 120/3  (25 Ovs)..

Duminy & Faf at crease...

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SA 149/5 (33 ovs)

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Morris gone...

SA 208/6 (40.4 ovs)

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Superb Spell by Kuldeep 10-0-34-3...

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Superb 100 by Faf Duplessis, cutting loose after that...

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