CRICKET | Rahul to lead India in ODIs against South Africa

K.L. Rahul volition pb India successful the three-match One-Day International bid against South Africa starting connected November 30.

Rahul volition substitute for regular skipper Shubman Gill, who suffered a cervix spasm successful the archetypal Test against the Proteas successful Kolkata and is presently retired of action. Rishabh Pant, who is starring India successful the ongoing 2nd Test successful Guwahati, volition beryllium Rahul’s deputy. The wicket-keeper past played an ODI for India successful Sri Lanka past year.

Pacers Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj person been rested, portion Ravindra Jadeja has been recalled up of Axar Patel, who played successful the three-match bid successful Australia past month. The different caller summation is Tilak Varma, seen arsenic a imaginable replacement successful the middle-order for the injured Shreyas Iyer.

Openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ruturaj Gaikwad person besides been recalled to the ODI set-up, with 1 of them acceptable to spouse Rohit Sharma astatine the top. Prasidh Krishna, Arshdeep Singh, and Harshit Rana volition signifier the gait attack, with all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy besides successful the mix. India’s erstwhile ODI bid was a 1-2 decision successful Australia past month.

The squad: Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Tilak Varma, K.L. Rahul (capt. & w-k), Rishabh Pant (w-k), Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Prasidh Krishna, Arshdeep Singh, and Dhruv Jurel.

The schedule: November 30, Ranchi; December 3, Raipur; December 6, Visakhapatnam.