KL Rahul to lead India in ODI series against SA
Public Lokpal
November 23, 2025
KL Rahul to lead India in ODI series against SA
NEW DELHI: Senior batter KL Rahul was on Sunday named as India's captain for the upcoming three-match ODI series against South Africa.
Rahul was handed the reigns of the team after regular skipper Shubman Gill has been ruled out of the series with a neck injury that he sustained during the first Test against South Africa in Kolkata.
Wicketkeeper batter Rishabh Pant is the deputy of Rahul for the series, which begins on November 30 in Ranchi followed by matches in Raipur (December 3) and Visakhapatnam (December 6).
Squad: KL Rahul (c/wk), Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Tilak Varma, Rishabh Pant (wk), Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Prasidh Krishna, Arshdeep Singh, Dhruv Jurel
With both Gill and Iyer not being available, the selectors have gone with Tilak and Gaikwad in the 15-member squad. Furthermore, veterans Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will headline the batting department that also consists of Yashasvi Jaiswal, who might get an opportunity to add to his solitary ODI cap.