New Delhi: India on Sunday recalled veteran batsman Suresh Raina to their Twenty20 squad for a three-match series in South Africa next month.
The 31-year-old left-hander, who last played a T20 against England in February last year, was included in the 16-member squad led by Virat Kohli, the Indian cricket board said on Sunday.
The series starts February 18 in Johannesburg.
The selectors kept faith with young wrist spinners Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav ahead of seniors Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin.
India, who lost the Test series against the Proteas 2-1, have six One Day Internationals starting February 1 before the T20 games. The T20Is begin with the first game in Johannesburg on February 18.
Basil Thampi, Deepak Hooda, Mohammad Siraj and Washington Sundar — who were in the squad for the Sri Lanka series at home — have not been named. Virat Kohli and Bhuvneshwar Kumar had been rested in that home series.
Left-arm spinner Axar Patel and pacer Shardul Thakur have also returned to the squad.
