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Rohit Sharma, who was out of the Test series due to injury, will not be a part of the team in the ODIs as well. KL Rahul has been given the command of Team India for the ODI series. In the absence of Rohit in the Test series, he was made the vice-captain of the Test team.
The Indian cricket team is currently on a tour of South Africa. Immediately after the three-match Test series, Team India will play in the same number of ODI series. The selectors on Friday night announced the 18-man squad to tour for the series.
Rohit Sharma, who was out of the Test series due to injury, will not be a part of the team in the ODIs as well. KL Rahul has been given the command of Team India for the ODI series. Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has been made the vice-captain for this series.
In the absence of Rohit in the Test series, Rahul was made the vice-captain of the team. Just before the South Africa tour, the selectors took the decision to remove Virat Kohli from the captaincy of the ODIs. There was a lot of news in the last few days regarding the announcement of the ODI team of the Indian team.
On Friday evening, suddenly the chief selector surprised everyone by announcing the team. According to the information, the team selection was delayed due to Rohit Sharma’s injury. The selection committee wanted to be reassured on his injury.
“Keeping in mind the World Cup 2023, Rohit Sharma has been rested to make a good recovery from the injury. Mohammed Shami has also been rested ahead of the ODI series. Rituraj Gaikwad is a good player, in T20 team he is also given place in ODI team. Wherever his place is being made, the selectors are thinking that they should be given a chance. The job of the team management is to think about giving them a chance in the playing.”
Announcing the squad, the chief selector said,
On this tour, the Indian team will play the first ODI against South Africa on January 19. After this, the last ODI match will be played on 21st and then 23rd January. All matches will start at 2 pm Indian time.
Squad for South Africa one day series:
KL Rahul (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Rituraj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Venkatesh Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Ishan Kishan, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah (Vice Captain), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Famous Krishna, Shardul Thakur, Mohammad Siraj
