KL Rahul to lead India's 18-man squad for South Africa ODIs, injured Rohit Sharma misses out
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The BCCI selection committee announced the India squad for 3-match ODI series against South Africa on December 31. KL Rahul will lead the 18-member squad in Rohit Sharma's absence.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Friday announced the 18-member India squad for the 3-match ODI series against South Africa, scheduled to be played between January 19 and 23. KL Rahul will be leading the Indian team in the three-match ODI series against South Africa in the absence of regular white-ball skipper Rohit Sharma. #TeamIndia for three ODI series against South Africa announced.The All-India Senior Selection Committee has named Mr KL Rahul as Captain for the ODI series as Mr Rohit Sharma is ruled out owing to an injury.WATCH the PC live here - https://t.co/IVYMIoWXkq TEAM : KL Rahul (Capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Ruturaj Gaekwad, 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
Rohit had been appointed captain of the ODI team earlier this month as he replaced Virat Kohli who had stepped down from the role of T20I captaincy as well. However, Rohit had suffered a hamstring injury during a net session ahead of India's departure for South Africa for the Test series. He was ruled out of the Test series and headed to the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru for his rehab.
