Shreyas Iyer, Shahbaz Ahmed, and Umesh Yadav have been included in the India squad that will play the three-match T20I series against South Africa.
"Deepak Hooda is ruled out of the upcoming Mastercard South Africa Tour of India after sustaining a back injury. The all-rounder is at NCA for further management of his injury," the BCCI stated.
"Hardik Pandya and Bhuvneshwar Kumar have also reported to the NCA for conditioning-related work while Arshdeep Singh has linked up with the squad in Thiruvananthapuram," the statement added.
Indian pacer Mohammed Shami has been ruled out of the three-match T20I series against South Africa after failing to recover from Covid-19.
"Mohd. Shami is yet to attain full recovery from Covid 19 and will not be able to take part in the three-match T20I series. The All-India Senior Selection Committee has named Umesh Yadav as Shami's replacement and Shreyas Iyer as a replacement for Hooda. Shahbaz Ahmed has also been added to the T20I squad," the BCCI said.
Team India reached Thiruvananthapuram on Monday and hundreds of fans waiting outside the airport gave a rousing welcome to the Indian cricket team. Team India is now set to play a three-match T20 series with South Africa and its first match will be played in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday. Hardik Pandya and Bhuvneshwar Kumar have been rested from this series from the team led by Rohit Sharma. The Men in Blue registered a tremendous victory in the T20 series against Australia.
India squad: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Harshal Patel, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Shahbaz Ahmed.