Shardul Thakur will travel to South Africa to join the India A squad and he will play the third four-day match

Shardul Thakur, an all-rounder for Team India, will join the India A squad in South Africa. From the 6th of December at Bloemfontein, he will play his third four-day match against South Africa A.

According to The Indian Express, before playing an international match for Team India. Head coach Rahul Dravid has made game time a top priority.

The squads for the New Zealand series did not feature Shardul Thakur. The selectors believed that a break would be beneficial to him. With little cricket experience following the T20 World Cup. Thakur’s sole option for preparing for the South Africa visit is to play for the India A squad.

Dravid’s new strategy of preparing players for matches is also claimed to be the basis for his rejection from the New Zealand Test squad.

However, Thakur is the front-runner for the fast bowling all-rounder berth in South Africa, given the conditions, which favor pace and bounce. Given his current injury-plagued state, Hardik Pandya is out of contention, especially in Test cricket.

Cheteshwar Pujara

Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane are the backbone of Team India’s middle order at the moment. Another middle-order batsman, Shreyas Iyer, has been called up for the first time for the national Test side.

Thakur has shown to be an extremely significant asset in foreign environments. His influence may be seen in the contributions he’s made in a few matches in Australia and England.

Following the end of the first Test against New Zealand in Kanpur, the board will announce the squad for the Test series in South Africa.

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