10 key takeaways from India's squad announcement for South Africa tour

10 key takeaways from India's squad announcement for South Africa tour

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Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have not been picked for the white-ball series against South Africa as they wanted a break

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India named three different captains for all three formats.

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Rohit to captain in Tests on return. Rahul to lead in ODIs again in Rohit, Hardik's absence. Suryakumar to keep T20I captaincy

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Shreyas Iyer and Jasprit Bumrah return for Tests. Iyer played a Test match last in the Border-Gavaskar series in 2023, while Bumrah's last Test came in July 2022

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Ajinkya Rahane dropped despite being the vice-captain in the last Test series

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End of the road? No space for Cheteshwar Pujara too, Gill likely to play at 3 in Tests

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India stick with youngsters in T20Is even though Shubman Gill, Ravindra Jadeja returns

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Sai Sudharsan receives maiden India call-up, Rinku Singh gets first ODI call-up

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Sanju Samson and Yuzvendra Chahal called back in ODIs after being ignored several times

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Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Shubman Gill and Ravindra Jadeja return for T20Is

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