The All India Men Senior Selection Committee introduced India’s T20I, ODI and Test squad for the upcoming South Africa tour on November 30 (Thursday). While the announcement offers recognition to a number of players who’ve been persistently performing within the home circuit, solely three players have been lucky sufficient to be included in all three squads.
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer and Mukesh Kumar are the three players who will likely be representing India in all three codecs. The transfer narrates the quantity of religion the present choice panel has within the potential of the three players.
Ruturaj has performed pretty nicely within the latest previous whereas donning India colors. He led the Indian group to the Asiad gold in Hangzhou not too long ago and struck an impressive century within the third T20I in opposition to Australia in Guwahati on Tuesday, November 28.Â
The right-handed batter has featured in 17 T20Is to date and aggregated 458 runs at a strike price of 144.47. He has performed 4 ODIs and is but to make his Test debut.
On the opposite hand, Shreyas has nearly cemented his place in each the ODI and the T20I facet. He was India’s third-leading run-getter on the not too long ago concluded ODI World Cup with 530 runs at a mean of 66.25 and a strike price of 113.24. Shreyas is essentially the most skilled participant out of the three chosen for all three codecs.
Lastly, Mukesh is somebody who has impressed the group administration, specifically, the bowling coach Paras Mhambrey in a really brief span of time. Mhambrey had talked about throughout India’s latest tour of the West Indies that Mukesh “is capable of playing all three formats”.
“Very proud of the way in which he has progressed; the thought course of, the dialogue we had with him and his strategy in the direction of the sport is fabulous. You want somebody like him to return right here on a tour and play in opposition to powerful opponents on a unique wicket which is rarely straightforward. But the way in which he has gone about it and the character he has proven (makes us) extraordinarily completely satisfied.
“Going forward, since we know he is capable of playing all three formats, we need to be smart with his workload management,” Mhambrey had instructed in a press convention main into the fourth T20I in opposition to the West Indies at Lauderhill in Florida.
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