Star player Ramandeep Singh makes his India debut in the ongoing 3rd T20I against South Africa at the SuperSport Park in Centurion on November 13, Wednesday. The Punjab-based player got his debut cap by all-rounder Hardik Pandya. Ramandeep chipped into the playing XI in place of pacer Avesh Khan for the 3rd T20I.
The 27-year-old started making headlines back in IPL 2024 while playing for Kolkata Knight Riders. On the back of a terrific IPL run, he was added to India’s T20I squad for the four-match T20I series against South Africa. Ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction, Ramandeep was retained by the Kolkata-based franchise. He took part in a total of 14 games and collected 125 runs at a strike rate of over 201.61. Back in IPL 2022, he made his IPL debut for Mumbai Indians and featured in five matches for them.
Rambo: Reporting now for #TeamIndia! pic.twitter.com/vJFnKdl86j
— KolkataKnightRiders (KKRiders) November 13, 2024
As of now, Ramandeep has taken part in 57 T20s where he smashed 544 runs at a strike rate of 170 with the highest score of 64. He also scalped 16 wickets in 19 innings with an average of over 16. Ramandeep had a decent outing while playing for India A vs Pakistan A during their Emerging Asia Cup clash on October 19. He took a diving catch at the Al Amerat Cricket Ground in Oman.
— BCCI (BCCI) November 13, 2024
India (Playing XI): Sanju Samson(w), Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakaravarthy.
South Africa (Playing XI): Ryan Rickelton, Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram(c), Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen(w), David Miller, Marco Jansen, Andile Simelane, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Lutho Sipamla.
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