Axar Patel has been dropped from the last 2 matches of India vs South Africa T20 series. Earlier, the third T20 was played in Dharamshala on 14 December, in that too Axar Patel was not a part of the playing eleven. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed that Patel has been ruled out of the remaining matches of the series due to illness.
Updated squad of Indian team: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Shubman Gill (vice-captain), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakraborty, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed.
🚨 NEWS 🚨#TeamIndia allrounder, Axar Patel has been ruled out of the remaining two @IDFCFIRSTBank T20Is against South Africa due to illness.
🔽 Details | #INDvSA , @akshar2026 https://t.co/CZja7iaLNm
— BCCI (@BCCI) December 15, 2025
update in progress…