New Delhi, December 31, : , The BCCI announced Friday the India team for the three-match ODI series with South Africa.KL Rahul was named as skipper, while Rohit Sharma, who has been reappointed, is still out of action due to injury.Sharma, 34 years old, was elected captain of the ODI squad earlier in the month to replace Virat Kohli who also stepped down as captain for T20I.
Rohit, however, was injured in his hamstring during a net session before India left for South Africa.
He was therefore ruled out from the Test series.Rohit, a star batsman, is currently undergoing rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru.
He will not be able to play in the next ODI series.
Rahul is the current vice-captain for the South African Test team.
In Rohit’s absence, Jasprit will take over as the leader of the ODI team.Jasprit will serve as his deputy.
Rohit is currently in rehabilitation, but he’s not physically fit.”We never wanted to take any chance with him,” Chetan Sharma, the BCCI chair of selectors said.
We are trying to train KL Rahul.His leadership skills have been proven.
KL is the most capable of handling the side,” he said.
R Ashwin (an ODI veteran) has been called up to the side.
The team also features several youngsters who impressed at the Vijay Hazare Trophy.Venkatesh and Ruturaj Iyer made it.
Shahrukh Khan and Ravi Bishnoi were also mentioned by the chief selector.Rishi Dhawan was not included in this list.
As part of work load management, Pacer Mohammed Shami was restrained while Axar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja were unable to play due to injury.
India squad: KL Rahul (Capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Surya Kumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Y Chahal, R Ashwin, W Sundar, J Bumrah (VC), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Prasidh Krishna, Shardul Thakur, Mohd.Siraj
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