India vs South Africa: KL Rahul has been named as the captain and Rishabh Pant as VC and WK of India’s 18-man squad for the 5-match T20I series in June.
Captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Jasprit Bumrah have been rested.
After a fascinating two months of IPL vibes, the BCCI action now shifts to the international fixtures as India is set to play two consecutive series at the same time after the cash-rich tournament comes to end on May 29.
Dinesh Karthik and Hardik Pandya returned to the T20I side
Umran Malik, Arshdeep Singh earn maiden call-ups
India’s squad for SA series:
KL Rahul (C), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Hardik Pandya, Venkatesh Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik.
