India T20 WC Squad: IND vs SA 3rd T20: Former India Virat Kohli and vice-captain KL Rahul have been given a three-day mini-break before the team departs for Australia. Both will miss the 3rd T20 against South Africa in Indore. While Kohli has left for Mumbai to be with his family, Rahul has left for Bengaluru before taking the flight to Australia for T20 World Cup. The long tour will end with New Zealand series immediately after the World Cup. The 15-member squad will leave for Australia on October 6. Follow T20 World Cup LIVE and IND vs SA LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN.
Following the series-clinching win in Guwahati on Sunday, Kohli flew to Mumbai on Monday morning. The concerns regarding Virat Kohli’s form have vanished. He was India’s top-scorer in Asia Cup and has been amongst runs in both Australia and South Africa series. Since his return from month-long break, Kohli has averaged 57.71, scoring a century and 3 half-centuries in 10 matches.
India T20 WC Squad: Virat Kohli & KL Rahul get three-day BREAK before boarding flight to Australia, to miss Indore T20, Follow LIVE Updates
India T20 WC Squad: Virat Kohli & KL Rahul get three-day BREAK before boarding flight to Australia, to miss Indore T20, Follow LIVE Updates
| T20s since T20WC 2021 | Virat Kohli before break | Virat Kohli after break |
| Matches | 4 | 10 |
| Runs | 81 | 404 |
| Average | 20.25 | 57.71 |
| 50/100 | 1/0 | 3/1 |
| Strike Rate | 128.57 | 141.75 |
| Highest Score | 52 | 122* |
India T20 World Cup: Meanwhile, the 15-member squad for T20 World Cup will fly to Australia on October 6. They will be joined by the reserve players later after the conclusion of South Africa ODI series.
Team India will carry three pacers, Kuldeep Sen, Chetan Sakariya and Mukesh Choudhary as net bowlers. The trio alongside speed merchant Umran Malik will travel with the core Indian squad for the ICC event.
Interestingly, the standby players for the World Cup, including Deepak Chahar, Shreyas Iyer and Ravi Bishnoi have been named in the India vs South Africa ODI series.
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However, the net bowlers were not picked for any of the ODI matches against South Africa. It allows the players, who are currently playing in the Irani Cup, to leave alongside the Indian players.
Of the three pacers for the training sessions, two are left-arm seamers. Chetan and Mukesh are left-arm seamers. The duo has been quite brilliant in the domestic season as well. Kuldeep Sen has been another in form bowler in the domestic circuit.
India T20 WC Squad: Virat Kohli & KL Rahul get three-day BREAK before boarding flight to Australia, to miss Indore T20, Follow LIVE Updates
India T20 World Cup Squad: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh. Standby Players: Mohammad Shami, Shreyas Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi, Deepak Chahar.
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