Senior batter <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/photo/ind-vs-sa-2nd-test-kl-rahul-rishabh-pant-and-others-gear-up-for-guwahati-clash-108379" rel="nofollow">KL Rahul</a> was on Sunday named India&rsquo;s captain for the upcoming three-match ODI series against South Africa, while veteran all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja returned to the white-ball set-up after an eight-month hiatus.
Rahul was handed the reins of the team after regular skipper Shubman Gill was ruled out of the series due to a neck injury that he sustained during the first Test against South Africa in Kolkata.
Rahul has been given the captaincy with the short-term goal of the South Africa series in mind. &ldquo;Rahul&rsquo;s captaincy is one off and should be seen in isolation. Rishabh [Pant] wasn&rsquo;t considered as he has played only one ODI game in the last one year. The selectors expect that Gill&rsquo;s neck injury will heal and he will be back against New Zealand [three ODIs in January 2026],&rdquo; a source told PTI.
The series will begin on November 30 in Ranchi, followed by matches in Raipur (December 3) and Visakhapatnam (December 6).
Jadeja, whose last ODI appearance came against <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/new-zealand-sweep-west-indies-3-0-after-mark-chapman-s-gritty-match-winning-fifty-23604450" rel="nofollow">New Zealand</a> in the Champions Trophy final in Dubai earlier in March, returned to the mix, primarily because left-arm spin all-rounder Axar Patel has been rested for this series.
Premier pacer Jasprit Bumrah needs to wait for sometime for his ODI return after donning the blue jersey in the 2023 World Cup final against Australia in Ahmedabad.
The 31-year-old is currently playing in the Test series against <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/pant-rahul-in-captaincy-race-as-shubman-gill-likely-to-miss-south-africa-odis-23604449" rel="nofollow">South Africa</a> and has been accorded a rest as per his workload management plan. Siraj, who played against Australia in the away ODI series, was also given rest after playing two Tests against the Proteas in Kolkata and Guwahati.
India&rsquo;s ODI squad Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Tilak Varma, KL Rahul (captain, wk), Rishabh Pant (wk), Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Prasidh Krishna, Arshdeep Singh, Dhruv Jurel
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