Captain KL Rahul! Jadeja Returns, Axar Out For India vs South Africa ODIs

Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja return to India's ODI setup for the South Africa series. Yashasvi Jaiswal also gets a call-up as KL Rahul is named team captain.

KL Rahul leads India for the first time in ODIs

Source : PTI

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• BCCI names KL Rahul as captain for ODIs against South Africa.
• Tilak Varma and Yashasvi Jaiswal included in the ODI squad.
• Hardik Pandya also unavailable for the upcoming ODI series.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has just announced India's squad for the upcoming three-match One Day International (ODI) series against South Africa.

KL Rahul has been named captain in Shubman Gill's absence. Here is the rest of the squad:

Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Tilak Varma, KL Rahul (C) (wk), Rishabh Pant (wk), Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Prasidh Krishna, Arshdeep Singh, Dhruv Jurel

🚨 NEWS 🚨#TeamIndia's squad for @IDFCFIRSTBank ODI series against South Africa announced.

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— BCCI (@BCCI) November 23, 2025

Shubman Gill Unable To Return In Time

Shubman Gill was appointed as Rohit Sharma's replacement in the captaincy role ahead of the India vs Australia ODI series.

However, he won't be leading the Men in Blue in these 50-over matches due to injury. Gill suffered neck spasms during the first Test match against South Africa while batting and had to be hospitalized.

Although he has been discharged, the player has been out of action since then, earlier ruled out of the second Test, and now the South Africa ODI series.

Hardik Pandya, who got injured during the Asia Cup match against Sri Lanka has also missed out on this series.

On the other hand, Tilak Varma has been called up, alongside Yashasvi Jaiswal, who could be seen opening the batting with Rohit Sharma up top.

The series kicks off later this month, just a few days after the second IND vs SA Test match concludes in Guwahati.

India vs South Africa ODIs: Full Schedule

Here are the dates and venue of all IND vs SA ODI matches:

IND vs AUS 1st ODI: 30th November (Sunday), Ranchi

IND vs AUS 2nd ODI: 3rd December (Wednesday), Raipur

IND vs AUS 3rd ODI: 6th December (Saturday), Visakhapatnam