India will be challenging South Africa in the first T20I at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on June 9, 2022. Meanwhile, Delhi's temperature is soaring high crossing 42 degrees Celsius. Making a joke on Delhi's stifling heat, South African cricketer Tabraiz Shamsi tweeted, "Just a cool 42 degrees outside".
To this, a user replied, "it's 43 degrees in Lahore". In reply to this, Shamsi said, "How do people survive in this heat".
Just a cool 42 degrees outside ????
— Tabraiz Shamsi (@shamsi90) June 6, 2022
..not hot at all lol #Delhi #India
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The Indian Cricket Team
In the current T20I series, KL Rahul will be leading the Indian Cricket Team in the absence of senior players like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Ravindra Jadeja. Apart from these players, there will be an absence of star pacer Jasprit Bumrah from the team. However, Umran Malik and Arshdeep Singh are in full form to beat the challenging team.
Wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik will also be there in the team India squad against South Africa based on his impressive performance for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the recently finished IPL 2022.
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Players started their practice
Ahead of the match, team India has started their practicing sessions at Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in Delhi. Hardik Pandya was nowhere to be seen in the team as he was given a break after making Gujarat Titans win the title of IPL 2022. Now, he has arrived in Delhi on Monday to join team India.
As per a report by InsideSport, a senior BCCI official said, "For players who played in the IPL final, it was not mandatory to join by June 5. But most of them did. Yuzi was rested for that reason on Monday. But Hardik has joined the squad and will be available for practice today."
Team Squad for the Match
India's Team Players: KL Rahul (Captain), Dinesh Karthik (wicketkeeper), Rishabh Pant (Vice Captain and wicketkeeper), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Venkatesh Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, and Umran Malik.
South Africa's Team Players: Temba Bavuma (Captain), Quinton De Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Wayne Parnell, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs, Rassie van der Dussen, Marco Jansen.