Kuldeep Yadav has been released from the Indian cricket team’s current T20I series in Australia. He will now participate with the India A team in their matches against South Africa A in Bengaluru. The second four-day match of the India A series is scheduled to start on November 6, 2025. The team management made this decision to allow Kuldeep to gain experience with red-ball cricket ahead of the upcoming Test series against South Africa.
The squad for the 4th and 5th T20I includes Suryakumar Yadav (C), Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill (VC), Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Sanju Samson (WK), and Rinku Singh, along with Washington Sundar.