Captain Rohit Sharma was on Friday dominated out of India’s upcoming ODI sequence in South Africa because of a hamstring damage, forcing the selectors to nominate KL Rahul as skipper of an 18-member crew for the white-ball leg of the tour.
All-rounder Axar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja have been additionally not chosen as they weren’t match whereas senior pacer Mohammed Shami, who’s within the crew for the continued Test sequence, was rested. Pacer Jasprit Bumrah was named as vice-captain of the crew.
“Rohit just isn’t match, he’s in rehab. We by no means wished to take likelihood with him,’ BCCI chairman of selectors Chetan Sharma mentioned.
“We are looking to groom KL Rahul. He has proved his leadership qualities. KL is the best one who can handle the side.”
The three ODIs shall be performed at Paarl and Cape Town on January 19, 21 and 23 respectively.
Squad: 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.
