New Delhi: A three-match T20 (IND vs SA T20 Series) series is being played between India and South Africa. Whose second match (IND vs SA 2nd T20) is to be held in Guwahati today i.e. on October 2. Both the teams had reached here on Friday itself and started practice. But, there was panic in Team India’s camp when captain Rohit Sharma did not appear with Team India.
The news of Rohit Sharma’s absence spread like fire on social media. After which the fans got very upset. However, Rohit Sharma has joined Team India late on Saturday night. Also, he is fully prepared for the match.
Captain Rohit Sharma did not travel with the team to Guwahati and also missed the mandatory Pre-match conference as well as net sessions.
Sources confirmed, there is No injury to Hitman! He will play today’s match.
— Gyaani-Cricketer (@GyaaniCricketer) October 2, 2022
According to the report of Inside Sport, due to some personal reasons, Rohit Sharma was not able to travel with Team India. For this reason, head coach Rahul Dravid took part in the pre-match press conference instead of captain Rohit Sharma.
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Squads of both countries for T20 series
Team India: Rohit Sharma (capt), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Dinesh Karthik (wk), R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Shahbaz Ahmed, Arshdeep Singh, Umesh Yadav, Harshal Patel, Deepak Chahar, Mohammad Siraj.
South Africa Team: Temba Bavuma (Captain), Quinton de Kock, Reza Hendrix, Henrik Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aidan Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Enrique Norcia, Wayne Parnell, Dwayne Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Riley Rosso, Tabrez Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs, Yerde Fortune, Marco Jansson and A. Feluquayo.