NEW DELHI: As the 15th edition of the Indian Premier League concluded on Sunday, Team India is all set to arrive in New Delhi on June 5 for the five-match T20I series against South Africa. India and South Africa will be squaring off for the T20I series in Delhi from June 9.
“Both the team will undergo RT-PCR testing on the arrival at their respective hotels. Since there is no bio-bubble for this tournament, both teams will undergo regular RT-PCR testing once on the arrival and after that, the tests will be conducted every day,” a source from DDCA told ANI.
“The teams are arriving on June 5 and we have made all necessary arrangements for this match and hoping for a full house show. There will also be a green corridor for teams to enter the stadium,” the sources stated .
As Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have been rested for the series, Team India will be led by K L Rahul with Rishabh Pant as vice-captain. After delivering great performances in IPL 2022, pacers Arshdeep Singh and Umran Malik got their maiden Team India call-up for the series.
India’s squad: K L Rahul (C), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (vice-captain; WK), Dinesh Karthik (WK), Hardik Pandya, Venkatesh Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh and Umran Malik. (ANI)