Chahar will not play ODI series against South Africa: withdrew due to family emergency

Chahar will not play the ODI series against South Africa: withdrew due to a family emergency; Shami out of 2 test series

Two Indian fast bowlers have been ruled out of the upcoming ODI and Test series against South Africa. Deepak Chahar, who is included in the ODI team, will not play ODI due to a family medical emergency. However, BCCI has not given information about what an emergency is. At present, Akash Deep has been included in the team in place of Chahar.

Mohammed Shami will also not be seen in the test team. In a statement issued by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday, it was said that Shami has not cleared the fitness test. In such a situation he will not be a part of the team.

Apart from this, India's coaching staff has also been temporarily changed in 50 over cricket. In place of the coaching staff of Rahul Dravid, the responsibility has been given to India A coach Sitanshu Kotak and his support staff. Dravid and his support staff will now take charge of the Test series on the tour after the T-20 series.

Team India is on a South Africa tour. After three T-20 series, India now has to play a three-match ODI series from December 17. After that, Team India also has to play a two-Test series at the end of the tour.

Shami could not clear the fitness test

Mohammed Shami, who was included in the Indian team for the two-Test series on the South Africa tour, was injured during the ODI World Cup. He could not clear the medical test before the start of the Test series. Shami was India's top wicket-taker in the ODI World Cup. He took 24 wickets in 7 matches.

Iyer will not play the last two ODIs

Whereas batsman Shreyas Iyer, who is included in the ODI and Test team, will join the Test team only after the first ODI. He will not be a part of the team in the last two ODI matches.

Change in coaching staff for ODI

BCCI has made a major change in the coaching staff before the 3-match ODI series against South Africa to be played from Sunday (December 17). Rahul Dravid will not be the head coach of Team India in the ODI series. Team India will have a new coaching staff for this series.

India A coach Sitanshu Kotak will be the chief coach for the ODI series. Former Indian team wicketkeeper Ajay Ratra has been added to the new coaching staff, who will play the role of fielding coach, while Rajeev Dutt will be the bowling coach.

Dravid will focus on test

Dravid and his coaching staff including batsman Vikram Rathore, bowling coach Mr. Paras Mhambrey and fielding coach Mr. T. Dilip will focus on the proposed two-Test series against South Africa at the end of the tour.

ODI team: KL Rahul (captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sai Sudarshan, Tilak Verma, Rajat Patidar, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh and Akash Deep.

Test team: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rituraj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah (vice captain) and Prasidh Krishna.