India's tour of South Africa will solve THESE crucial T20 World Cup 2024 questions
India vs South Africa: Suryakumar Yadav-led Team India is all set to start its South Africa tour from Sunday with the first T20 international scheduled at Hollywoodbets Kingsmead Stadium in Durban. The young Indian cricket team will enter the fields with some high confidence as they comprehensively defeated world champions Australia 4-1 in the 5-match T20 series in India. But, the team is well aware that conditions will not favour them abroad and the T20 series is going to crucial ahead of the T20 World Cup 2024.
The South Africa tour is one of India's very limited chances to play T20 internationals as a team. In January, they will play a T20 series against Afghanistan in India and that would be their last series as a team before the Indian Premier League (IPL). The T20 World Cup is scheduled for June 2024 in the United States and West Indies.
Since November 2022, Rohit Sharma has not played any T20 match for India and his hiatus continues as he is not playing in the white ball formats in South Africa. Although BCCI sources claim that Sharma has been asked to continue as Indian skipper in the T20 World Cup, the suspense over his decision is clear in the air. Apart from the skipper, India is faced with three more wonderful options for the opening position.
Shubman Gill has shown in class in the T20 format but didn't have a very great time in the ICC World Cup 2023. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ruturaj Gaikwad gave some strong performances for India in the Australia series. While Gaikwad showed calmness and his ability to amass big runs, Jaiswal displayed attacking cricket as he finished the series with a strike rate of 168.29.
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