India squads for Australia, South Africa tours announced, Sanju secures spot in T20 team

MUMBAI: The Indian cricket team squads for their upcoming tours of South Africa and Australia have been announced. Suryakumar Yadav will lead the team for the four-match T20 series in South Africa, while Rohit Sharma will captain the Test team in Australia for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

Malayali cricketer Sanju Samson has secured a spot in the T20 team for the South African tour. Samson had previously scored a century in the final match against Bangladesh.

For the Australian tour, an 18-member Indian team has been announced. Newcomers Abhimanyu Easwaran, Nitish Kumar Reddy, and Harshit Rana have been included in the team. Injured Mohammed Shami has not been included in the team. Three fast bowlers will be sent as travelling reserves with the team. Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel, who are part of the squad for the New Zealand series, have been omitted.

India squad for Australian tour
Rohit Sharma (captain), Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Dhruv Jurel (wicket-keeper), Sarfaraz Khan, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammad Siraj, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Washington Sundar

Travelling reserves: Mukesh Kumar, Navdeep Saini and Khaleel Ahmed

India squad for South African tour
Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Rinku Singh, Tilak Verma, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Vijaykumar Vysakh, Atush Khan and Yash Dayal.