The BCCI on Wednesday announced that India wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant will be the captain of the Indian cricket team in the T20I series against South Africa as KL Rahul, who was supposed to lead the Indian side has been ruled out of the series due to injury. Chairman spinner Kuldeep Yadav has also been ruled out of the five-match T20I series. Hardik Pandya will be the vice-captain.
Rahul suffered a right groin injury while Kuldeep Yadav was hit on his right hand while batting in the nets last evening.
“The selection committee has not named a replacement for KL Rahul and Kuldeep Yadav. Both the cricketers will now report to the NCA where the medical team will assess them further and decide on the future course of treatment,” the BCCI statement read.
NEWS 🚨- KL Rahul and Kuldeep Yadav ruled out of #INDvSA series owing to injury.
The All-India Senior Selection Committee has named wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant as Captain and Hardik Pandya as vice-captain for the home series against South Africa @Paytm #INDvSA
— BCCI (@BCCI) June 8, 2022
India’s T20I squad: Rishabh Pant (Captain)(wk), Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik.
