Team India announced on Sunday

IND vs SA T20I: When the Indian team will be selected for the home series against South Africa on Sunday, rising stars like Umran Malik and Mohsin Khan will be praised for their Indian Premier League (IPL) performance. While experienced Shikhar Dhawan and Dinesh Karthik are likely to return to the T20 team.

All-rounder Hardik Pandya has also shown his form and fitness by doing well in the IPL, due to which he is also certain to be included in the team for the five-match series starting from June 9.

He has not played for India since last year's T20 World Cup.

Pandya is finally bowling regularly which was crucial to his comeback effort in the national team.

Due to the departure of the two-month-long IPL and Test team on June 15, players playing all formats, including Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant and Jasprit Bumrah, may be rested for the home series.

A similar team is expected to be selected for the two T20Is to be held in Ireland at the end of June.

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If this happens then the responsibility of captaincy can fall on the shoulders of either Dhawan or Hardik.

Dhawan led the side in Sri Lanka last year while Pandya impressed as captain in his debut season for Gujarat Titans.

Future star players continue to meet in the IPL and this season was no different.

Umran impressed with his pace for Sunrisers Hyderabad while Mohsin Khan impressed with his pace and accurate bowling.

As his Lucknow Super Giants captain Lokesh Rahul said that the left-arm pacer will always be in demand in top-class cricket, Mohsin could get a big break on Sunday.

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Another left-arm fast bowler in the race is Arshdeep Singh, who again did well for Punjab Kings.

His economy rate in the death overs was one of the best and he also showed the ability to bowl yorkers at will which is very good for the T20 format.

In the batting department, Tilak Verma has done quite well in his very first IPL season and could also be considered for the South Africa series as his Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma (who is also the captain of the Indian team) picked up this left. The hand batsman has been praised a lot.

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Deepak Hooda and Venkatesh Iyer were tried in the middle order in the West Indies and Sri Lanka series and it remains to be seen whether either of them retains his place in the team or whether the selectors will prefer IPL form.

Dinesh Karthik has staked a strong claim for the role of 'finisher' for Royal Challengers Bangalore and he is also expected to return (multiple times) to the Indian team.

Rahul Teotia can also be given a chance at this place, who led Gujarat to victory in difficult conditions this season.

Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav's form was also the center of attraction and could possibly be the way back for 'Kulcha' (Chahal).

It will be early days for the T20 World Cup but the team management should get an idea to decide on their core group players for the ICC tournament to be held in Australia in October-November from the South Africa series.

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