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BCCI on Thursday, November 30 announced India squads for South Africa tour. The Men in Blue will travel to the rainbow nation for a multi-format series, including three T20Is, three ODIs and two Tests, starting December 10. While there were some big names that missed a place, including Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane, there were some surprise inclusions as well.
Among many of them was the name of Sai Sudharsan. The 22-year-old left-handed batter, who impressed in the IPL for Gujarat Titans, following brilliant run in the domestic circuit, received a maiden call-up on Thursday for the three-match ODI series against South Africa. Although, he is currently playing for Tamil Nadu in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, he opened up after getting the maiden India call-up.
“It is a great feeling, and I am a bit lost for words. It is a dream come true for me, but at the same time, this I just the beginning, and there are many areas where I need to improve,” Sai Sudharsan told Sportstar on Thursday.
The young Indian batter, who was acquired by Gujarat Titan for INR 20 Lakh, played a crucial 96-run knock against Chennai Super Kings in the final in IPL 2023. The Tamil Nadu batter also featured for Surrey County Cricket Club in the 2023-24 season, becoming the fourth Indian after Cheteshwar Pujara, Arshdeep Singh and Prithvi Shaw.
India's squad for South Africa tour 2023-24:
India’s squad for Tests: Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan (wk), KL Rahul (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Mohd. Shami*, Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Prasidh Krishna.
India’s squad for 3 T20Is: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (C), Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan (wk), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Ravindra Jadeja (VC), Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Deepak Chahar.
India’s squad for 3 ODIs: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sai Sudharsan, Tilak Varma, Rajat Patidar, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (C)(wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Deepak Chahar.
