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| Rohit Sharma (image source: Instagram) |
We got to see more things in this last year such as the new captain for ICC, Virat Kohli resignation from the captaincy, the two new teams for the IPL 15. However, no one knows why Virat Kohli was sacked out from the ODI captaincy. According to the report, the new president of BCCI Saurabh Ganguli said, that we could not keep the different captains for different formats. Forget it, let's view the upcoming test series that will play in South Africa, starting on 26th December.
But there is a problem do the team because the Indian new captain Rohit Sharma has injured during the practice session that made a headache to Control Board and selectors, who will play after Rohit Sharma is injured. Despite that,
At last, they decided who will play instead of Rohit Sharma. The name is Priyank Panchal.
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| Priyank Panchal (Image siurce: Instagram) |
Who is Priyank Panchal,
Priyank Panchal, Born in Ahmedabad (Gujrat) on 9th April 1990. He's played his first-class debut match on the side of Gujarat against Saurashtra in 2008.
However, he played 98 first-class smashed 6891 runs included with 24 century and 24 half-centuries that appreciatable itself. 31 years old Panchal, became the first player to score a triple century in one match for Gujrat.
In the 2016 Ranji trophy: he hits 1000 runs in a trophy season. In the 2017 -2018 Ranji trophy: he scored 542 runs in seven matches. Despite that, he scored 898 runs in nine matches in the 2018-2019 Ranji trophy.
Now, he got the chance to show the world that who is Priyank Panchal. We hope he will do best for the team India.
These players are available for this South Africa tour.
According to the BCCI post, these players are unavailable, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Subhuman Gill and Rahul Chahar.
List of India's squad against South Africa
Virat Kohli (C), KL Rahul, Cheteshwer Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane ( VC), Hanuma Bihari, Priyank Panchal, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), R Ashwin, Jayant Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Md. Shami, Md. Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav.
Bench:- Navdeep Saini, Deepak Chahar, Saurabh Kumar, Arzan Nagwaswalla.
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