India’s squad for IDFC First Bank ODI series against South Africa announced

[Gollum]

[bowl_out]

49 minutes ago, BacktoCricaddict said:

Was this the WC where we spent the whole tournament trying to find a "#4" and just gave up? Rayudu, DK ... ??

Yup. DK played a masterful 4(25) in the semi final. Pant came in as injury replacement mid way through the tournament. 

KL was our opener.

MS was still around 

[putrevus]

Pant's road accident gave KL a chance as WK which he royally screwed up in Nov 2023 leading to the biggest loss.

 

Once Pant regained his fitness why is KL rahul still in the team.

[nitinbwj]

Agent Rana and useless Reddy included. No Axar. Axar is an upgrade over Jadeja. He should have been there 

[nitinbwj]

Jaiswal to open ?

[nitinbwj]

Chakri should have been there. He is a match winner. Reddy can * off

[putrevus]

4 minutes ago, nitinbwj said:

Chakri should have been there. He is a match winner. Reddy can * off

Chakri should be given chance over Kuldeep who bottles up in big matches .He can be effective in SA too.

[Lord]

Pathetic side

[Suhaan]

Why the hell they don't see Parag?

Too many keepers,Gambhir and Agarkar,well no words to describe them!

[Sooda]

I don't think the selectors were following the recent A team series 

 

Some one should show them Tilaks strike rate

 

Yet again format confusion 

 

He isn't yet a good ODI bat. Clearly gets bogged down.

 

Parag meanwhile was MOTS Vs Aus A.

[Sooda]

If they wanted a middle order left handed bat Rinku could have played instead of Tilak, in good form too 

 

 

[tweaker]

Why the selectors don't want to experiment by selecting youngster

Is Manav Suthar,Kotian,Harsh Dubey,Aquib,Parag.

[Lord]

KL rewarded for his brilliant WC final knock

 

RoKo and Jadeja clearly seem too big to be dropped and will play WC 2027

 

This is darkest phase in Indian cricket since 2007

 

 

[PSB_Zone]

4 hours ago, tweaker said:

Likely playing 11

 

Rohit

Ruturaj

Virat 

Rahul

Pant

Reddy

Jadeja 

Sundar

Harshit

Arshdeep

Prasidh

 

No I think jaiswal ,Tilak & Pant will all play to add lefties in playing X1

 

Rohit

Jaiswal

Kohli

Tilak

Rahul

Pant/Reddy

Jadega

Washington

Kuldeep

Arshdeep

Krishna

 

 

[putrevus]

ROKO are least of Indian's problems.

[tapandrun]

4 hours ago, BacktoCricaddict said:

My guess is that they are a bit too strong-willed and GG is not willing to manage them. Too much for his fragile ego.

No, both are team-man. nothing like strong-willed or anything.

 

They see sarfaz as home test match player only , where he can not play world-class level spin and on away tours they see him some1 who can not play Pace.

 

For parag in Odi do you think he can be anywhere near kolhi and rohit for being storng-willed. if they give chance to any newer player in ODIs than there will be direct question than why jiawal is not getting any chances ?? 

 

 

 

Edited November 23, 2025 by tapandrun

[tapandrun]

4 hours ago, tweaker said:

Likely playing 11

 

Rohit

Ruturaj

Virat 

Rahul

Pant

Reddy

Jadeja 

Sundar

Harshit

Arshdeep

Prasidh

 

Think Jaiwal will open and rutu will play at #4, in recent times in domestic cricket he is been trying to play there

[BCCISelector]

4 hours ago, Lone Wolf said:

Tuk tuk raj is not International material... He is another Kela and nothing can change my mind.

 

Axar Dropped for Jadeja lmao...

 

No Parag as expected 

 

Ruturaj won't get a game. Jaiswal will open with Rohit in all 3 matches. Ruturaj is just being rewarded for his good form vs SA A and in domestic cricket, which is fair enough.

[Sooda]

Be interesting to know why Axar has been dropped .. rested? He's not even playing this test

 

We really should be moving on from Jadeja who stopped being a good loi player a long time ago 

[Lone Wolf]

11 minutes ago, BCCISelector said:

 

Ruturaj won't get a game. Jaiswal will open with Rohit in all 3 matches. Ruturaj is just being rewarded for his good form vs SA A and in domestic cricket, which is fair enough.

One dimensional player.. not that young as well.  Proper Kela vibes.  Chuski Pr quota 

 

Parag robbed despite doing well against Stronger Australia A side.

 

Tilak selected as well.

Edited November 23, 2025 by Lone Wolf