India are set to tour South Africa where they are scheduled to play three T20Is followed by as many ODI matches and a two-match Test series as well.
It will be one of the rare instances where the Men in Blue have different captains across formats on a single tour.
Rohit Sharma who isn't part of the ODI and T20I squad, will be leading the Test team whereas Suryakumar Yadav and KL Rahul will be the captains for the T20Is and the ODIs respectively.
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While a few new names have been included in the current setup, the omission of the experienced campaigner Bhuvneshwar Kumar surprised a few as he wasn't named in any format.
Bhuvneshwar hasn't been part of the Indian team setup for a while now and the former India opener Aakash Chopra believes that it's the selectors who have the job to decide where a player's career is over or it will last longer.
"I and you won't decide his career because we are not the selectors, and who are we to say whether it's over or a long career is left? It's not looking good in the current scenario. It seems like a roadblock has come," Chopra said on his YouTube channel.
"You are not getting opportunities. You had a decent Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and a decent IPL as well but you are not getting picked anywhere. It was decided long back that they won't pick him in ODIs but now they are not picking him for T20Is also."
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He went on to say that the BCCI selectors may have started looking at younger bowlers.
"So it seems like the selectors have started looking in other directions and there are options. It is actually a praiseworthy thing about Indian cricket that you always have so many options available that you say you can go with someone else," he added.
"So Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan, Deepak Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, and then you forget Umran Malik, whom you played matches four months ago. So this is the reality of Indian cricket. So for Bhuvi, you get the drift."
It's been a long time since Bhuvneshwar has been out of the scheme of things of the Test side but he was a key part of the white-ball team.
The star pacer last played an ODI match on the South Africa tour back in January 2022 whereas played a T20I match vs New Zealand in November last year.