BCCI announced KL Rahul as captain for South Africa, Kohli will play under Rahul
BCCI finally announced much awaited ODI squad for the series against South Africa. The newly appointed skipper Rohit Sharma has failed to recover from his hamstring injury on time, the very reason why the squad announcement delayed. BCCI announced KL Rahul as captain for South Africa now Virat Kohli will play under KL Rahul.
KL Rahul is set to lead India for the first time while Virat Kohli, as he had confirmed his availability, is also part of the squad as a player. Jasprit Bumrah has been named the vice-captain of the side. Off-spinner Ravi Ashwin has roared back into the limited-overs format and has been picked in the ODI side for the first time since 2017.
He last played for India in the format in June 2017 in West Indies but fell out of favour even as the wrist spinners Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav. The latter has now fallen out of favour while Chahal has made it to the 18-member squad. Meanwhile, Ruturaj Gaikwad has been rewarded for his sensational run in the Vijay Hazare Trophy this season where he smashed four centuries in five matches. Venkatesh Iyer’s rise in international cricket continues as he has been handed his maiden ODI call-up.
He fared decently in the T20I series at home against New Zealand and was also extremely impressive in the Vijay Hazare Trophy playing for Madhya Pradesh. He scored 379 runs in six matches at an average of 63.16 and a strike-rate of 133.92. Iyer scored two centuries and a fifty with his best score being 151.
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India squad for South Africa ODIs: 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.
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