• Shikhar Dhawan named India captain for South Africa ODIs.

  • Shreyas Iyer will be Dhawan's deputy.

BCCI announces India squad for South Africa ODIs; fresh faces added
Shreyas Iyer, Shikhar Dhawan (Photo Source: Twitter)

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Sunday announced their men’s squad for the upcoming three-match ODI series against South Africa that follows the T20I leg wit🙈h so🃏me fresh faces in the side.

Left-handed opening batter Shikhar Dhawan will lead a new-look India team in the ODI series. Ravi Bishnoi, Rajat Patidar and Mukesh Kumar have received maiden call-ups, while Shreyas Iyer, Deepak Chahar and Mohammed Siraj – the reserve players in the T20 World Cup squad – are also part of the 16-member India squad.

Shubman Gill🍨, who shined with the willow on both West Indies and Zimbabwe tours, is set to resume his partnership with Dhawan at the top.

Spin duties will be sh🍰ared by Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav and Shahbaz Ahmed.

The series that begins in Lucknow on October 6 will move to Ranchi and Delhi fဣor the last two matches on October 9 and 11, respectively.

India squad for South Africa ODIs:

Shikhar Dhawan (c), Shreyas Iyer (vc), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Rajat✱ Patidar, Rahul Tripathi, Ishan Kishan (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Shahbaz Ahmed, Shardul Thakur, Kul▨deep Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan, Mohammed Siraj, Deepak Chahar.

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