KL Rahul will captain the Indian team in the ODI series against South Africa. BCCI has announced the 15-member Indian team for the 3-match ODI series. Shubman Gill has not been able to recover from his neck injury, hence he is not a part of this team. Ravindra Jadeja, who missed the ODI series against Australia, has returned to the 50-over format.

Rishabh Pant also got a place in the team

Earlier, many media reports had claimed that Rishabh Pant would be the captain of Team India in the ODI series against South Africa, but all the reports turned out to be fake. The selection committee has handed over the captaincy of Team India for this three-match series to KL Rahul. However, Rishabh Pant is also a part of the 15-member Team India.

Siraj and Bumrah did not get place in the team

Star fast bowlers Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah have been rested in the South Africa ODI series. The 15-member team has 3 wicketkeeper batsmen in the form of captain KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant and Dhruv Jurel. There are three spin options in the form of Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar and Kuldeep Yadav. Whereas mystery spinner Varun Chakraborty has not got a place. There are three fast bowling options in the form of Nitish Kumar Reddy along with Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana and Arshdeep Singh.

15-member Team India for ODI series against South Africa- Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Verma, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Harshit Rana, Dhruv Jurel, Prasidh Krishna and Arshdeep Singh.

Schedule of India-South Africa ODI series

First ODI match- 30 November- Ranchi
Second ODI match- 3 December- Raipur
Third ODI match- 6 December- Visakhapatnam

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The Indian team has suffered a setback before the ODI series against South Africa. According to media reports, ODI team captain and vice-captain Shreyas Iyer is already out for 2-3 months, now captain Shubman Gill is also going to sit out of the ODI series starting from November 30. Gill suffered a neck injury in the first Test match played against South Africa in Kolkata.

Shubman Gill had reached Guwahati with the Indian team from Kolkata, where the second test match between India vs South Africa is being played. Now Doctor Dinshaw Pardiwala has advised Gill to take rest for a few more days. Gill can be fully fit for the T20 series against South Africa, which starts from December 9. Let us tell you that Gill will be examined again next week, then any further decision will be taken on his playing.

According to Times of India, a BCCI official said, “Unfortunately, Shubman Gill will be unavailable for the 3-match ODI series against South Africa. Very soon, a selectors meeting can be held in Guwahati, in which the names of KL Rahul, Axar Patel and Rishabh Pant are also possible to be discussed.

Rishabh Pant is not a regular part of the ODI team at present, but the management can change its working methods in this format. It is possible that an attempt may be made to include left-handed batsmen in the team.

There are many right-handed batsmen in the current batting order of the Indian team. In the absence of Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal can open with Rohit Sharma, on the other hand, in the absence of Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant or Tilak Verma can be seen as the number-4 option.

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