India cricket team:रोहित शर्मा दक्षिण आफ्रिकेविरुद्धच्या तीन सामन्यांच्या एकदिवसीय मालिकेतून बाहेर पडल्यामुळे, BCCI ने 31 डिसेंबर रोजी घोषित केलेल्या भारताच्या 18 खेळाडूंच्या संघाची जबाबदारी केएल राहुल घेईल.
India cricket team: With Rohit Sharma out of the three-match ODI series against South Africa, KL Rahul will take over the responsibility of India's 18-man squad announced by the BCCI on December 31.
"We are looking at KL Rahul as a player of three formats and he has a good captaincy experience," selection committee chairman Chetan Sharma told reporters here. "He has proved his leadership qualities. That is the view of all selectors. When Rohit was not fit we felt that KL was the best to handle the side. We have good faith in him and we are taking care of him. "
This should have been Rohit's first series as India's ODI captain but he has not yet fully recovered from his recurring hamstring injury. With the T20 World Cup and the ODI World Cup coming up in two years, the selectors have made the mistake of being cautious in favor of Rohit.
That is why we have decided to let him work on his rehabilitation, on his fitness, on his muscles, "Chetan Sharma explained." No one is intentionally injured. That's why we didn't send him to South Africa because we want him to be one hundred percent fit because there are important events and the World Cup coming up. "
Jaspreet Bumrah has been given the vice-captaincy for the series; R Ashwin, who played his last ODI in 2017, has been called up.
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Washington Sundar and Venkatesh Iyer have been named in the squad for the recent Vijay Hazare Trophy.
The selectors have dropped Kuldeep Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Krinal Pandya, T Natarajan and Shubhaman Gill from India's previous full-strength ODI team.
The list also does not include veteran fast bowler Mohammad Shami, who has been rested as part of workload management, while Ravindra Jadeja and Akshar Patel have not been considered for selection due to injuries.
The three ODIs will be played in Pearl on January 19 and 21 and in Cape Town on January 23 and will be part of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Super League.
ODI team: KL Rahul (a), Shikhar Dhawan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Yuzvendra Chahal, R. Ashwin, Washington Sundar, Jaspreet b. (vc), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Prasidh Krishna, Shardul Thakur, Mohammad Siraj