KL Rahul, Virat Kohli out RCB all-rounder make debut

According to sources, KL Rahul and Virat Kohli have been rested for the third T20I between India and South Africa to be held on Tuesday at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore. KL Rahul, Virat Kohli out RCB all-rounder make debut for IND vs SA 3rd T20 match. While Rahul was adjudged Player-of-the-Match for his 28-ball 57 in the second T20I in Guwahati on Sunday.

Virat Kohli scored an unbeaten 28-ball 49 as India posted 237 for three – its fourth-highest T20I total. After the final game against the Proteas, Kohli will link up with the squad in Mumbai from where the team is scheduled to leave for Australia on October 6 for the T20 World Cup. It is expected that standby batter Shreyas Iyer will replace Kohli for the final game in the playing XI.

With KL Rahul also being rested with Virat Kohli, the India and South Africa third T20I might finally see Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) all-rounder Shahbaz Ahmed make his international debut. Shahbaz was included into the squad to replace injured Deepak Hooda. With Jasprit Bumrah also officially ruled out of the T20 World Cup 2022, skipper Rohit Sharma might try out Mohammed Siraj in this inconsequential third T20I against South Africa.

Siraj along with Mohammed Shami and Deepak Chahar will be favourite to replace Bumrah in the World Cup squad. In KL Rahul absence, either Suryakumar Yadav or ‘birthday boy’ Rishabh Pant may be asked to open the batting alongside captain Rohit in Indore.

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IND vs SA 3rd T20 3rd T20 Predicted 11:

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Suryakumar Yadav, Axar Patel, Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Shahbaz Ahmed

South Africa: David Miller, Temba Bavuma (c), Rilee Rossouw, Tristan Stubbs, Aiden Markram, Wayne Parnell, Quinton de Kock, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi, Keshav Maharaj.