India T20I squad for South Africa: Hardik Pandya replaces Bhuvneshwar Kumar; no MS Dhoni, Jasprit Bumrah

India announces squad for 3 T20Is against South Africa.

India Squad, Team Players List: Hardik Pandya has come back to the T20I squad. Then again, MS Dhoni, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah are the striking truants from the 15-man squad.

The squad: Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit (vice-captain), KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Krunal Pandya, Washington Sundar, Rahul Chahar, Khaleel Ahmed, Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini

India’s squad for 3 T20Is against South Africa: Virat(Capt), Rohit (vc), KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas, Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant (WK), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Krunal Pandya, Washington Sundar, Rahul Chahar, Khaleel Ahmed, Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini#INDvSA — BCCI (@BCCI) August 29, 2019

Hardik Pandya has come back to the limited overs squad after rested on the tour of West Indies. He has been named instead of Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the just one change that the management have produced using the T20I squad they picked for the Caribbean tour.

MS Dhoni and Jasprit Bumrah are the other huge names who are not part of the T20I squad. Dhoni, who has taken a two-month holiday after the World Cup, is right now traveling in the United States, having served in the Territorial Army for 15 days.

Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal, who were likewise not part of the T20I squad picked for the West Indies tour, keep excluded.