India vs South Africa T20I: Fit-again Shubman Gill to play series against SA

Shubman Gill volition play successful the T20 International bid against South Africa arsenic vice-captain aft recovering from a cervix wounded that kept him retired of the ongoing ODI rubber, a BCCI root said connected Wednesday (December 3, 2025).

Gill, who is India's Test and ODI skipper, sustained the wounded during the opening Test against the Proteas successful Kolkata. He was subsequently ruled retired of the 2nd Test successful Guwahati and the ODI bid that followed.

"Gill has recovered afloat and volition beryllium backmost arsenic vice captain," the BCCI root said.

The squad for the five-match T20 bid opening December 9 successful Cuttack volition beryllium announced aboriginal successful the day. Suryakumar Yadav is the regular T20I skipper for India.

The root besides denied speculation that Board officials are readying to clasp a gathering with elder players Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma and caput manager Gautam Gambhir connected the expanding chatter astir dressing country tensions betwixt them.

"No gathering volition instrumentality spot mid-series. We volition spot what's to beryllium done erstwhile the bid is over," helium added.

India mislaid the Test bid 0-2.