Updated On: 28 September, 2022 07:44 AM IST | Thiruvananthapuram | R Kaushik
Men in Blue are nowhere close to their first-choice XI ahead of final series—three T20Is v South Africa—before the World Cup, thanks to Deepak Hooda’s injury, COVID-affected Mohammed Shami and conditioning sessions for Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Hardik Pandya

India captain Rohit Sharma arrives in Thiruvananthapuram ahead of the first T20I against South Africa on Monday. Pic/PTI
Hardly has one series ended than another is upon the Indian team. Less than 72 hours after their 2-1 conquest of Australia in Hyderabad, Rohit Sharma’s men will square off against their recent bete noire, South Africa, in the first of three Twenty20 Internationals, at the Greenfield International Stadium here on Wednesday.