India will play five ODIs and three T20s against South Africa © Getty Images
The Indian squad for the three T20 Internationals and five One-Day Internationals (ODIs) for the upcoming series against South Africa will be announced in Bengaluru on Sunday, September 20. Meanwhile it was also announced that a Board President’s XI team will take on South Africans in the warm-up T20 game at the Airforce Ground in Palam on September 29. “The meeting of the All-India Senior Selection Committee of the BCCI will be held on Sunday, the 20th of September 2015, at 12 PM at Hotel JW Marriot (UB City), Bengaluru, to select the Indian teams for the upcoming T20 Internationals (three matches) and One Day Internationals (Five matches) against South Africa,” BCCI release stated. READ: South Africa’s tour match in Delhi in serious doubt; BCCI yet to announce opponent
“The committee will also select the Board President’s XI team to play the only T20 practice match against South Africa at Palam Cricket Ground, Delhi on 29th September 2015,” the release added.
As is the norm in the current regime, BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur and chairman of selectors Sandeep Patil will address the media after the selection committee meeting is over. READ: Indian conditions will test South African bowlers, feels Charl Langeveldt
India’s last limited-overs’ assignment was against Zimbabwe in Harare; a second-string Indian side, led by middle-order batsman Ajinkya Rahane, won the three-match ODI series 3-0, and lost one of the two T20Is. A stronger side, led by the regular captain MS Dhoni, lost the three-match ODI series that preceded the Zimbabwe tour. The left-arm medium-fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman took 13 wickets in the three games to be the single troubling factor for the visiting Indians.
(With inputs from PTI)