While India are in the midst of the World Cup, the BCCI selectors will sit next week to announce the squad for the T20 series against Australia. There is just a three-day gap between the World Cup and the start of the five-match T20 series against the Aussies. With India believing in the workload management of players, skipper Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli may be rested from the series.
Both these players have been playing non-stop cricket since the Asia Cup, and with the South Africa series starting from December 10, the Ajit Agarkar-led selection panel will rest India’s two stalwarts from the T20 series. There is also a strong chance that Hardik Pandya will lead in the series against Australia. The selectors are pretty optimistic about Pandya regaining full fitness by November third week.
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“Ajit the selection committee, will have a meeting sometime next week before or after the Mushtaq Ali final. We have time for the T20 series. As for who is going to lead will depend on Hardik’s fitness. The idea was to have Surya or Ruturaj leading. Now, if Hardik misses a lot more games, selectors may think of giving him the captaincy. We will take a call next week after assessing Hardik’s fitness,” a senior BCCI official told InsideSport.
No Kohli-Rohit in the T20 series against Australia, India to test their bench strength
Besides Kohli and Rohit Sharma, India are also set to rest Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Siraj, and Kuldeep Yadav are also set to be rested. The Ajit Agarkar-led selection panel is set to include young players like Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Ruturaj Gaikwad, & Yashasvi Jaiswal in the team.
“Of course, it is a great opportunity to test some of the players. We won’t have a long time for the T20 WC, as there will be no international matches between March and May. So, we have to make every opportunity count in the series that we get. It all starts with the India vs Australia T20 series,” the BCCI official said.
