ODI and T20I squad announcement for the India Vs South Africa ODI series is taking a lot of excitement and some captaincy confusion. Shubman Gill is the current captain in ODI & Test, he will miss the upcoming South Africa ODIs series due to a neck injury. Also, Shreyas Iyer is the current Vice-captain of India in ODI, got injured during the third ODI against Australia in October and will be out for at least a couple of months. This injury creates a lot of trouble in selectors, led by Ajit Agarkar, searching for new captaincy plans. The BCCI selection committee has very little time before they announce India’s squads for the white-ball series versus South Africa starting November 30. The series will have three ODIs and five T20Is.

Talking about the ODI captaincy, KL Rahul is the best name to do captaincy in upcoming ODI series. He has led India 12 times between 2022 and 2023 and is seen as a reliable leader. He lost the captaincy to Shubman Gill, Rahul is still one of the most consistent players in Indian cricket team and could be the stand-in captain for the South Africa ODIs.

For the T20Is, the selection committee will keep the same team. They believe continuity is important. India’s likely squad for South Africa vs T20Is: Suryakumar Yadav (c), Sanju Samson (wk),Shubman Gill, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Rinku Singh, Abhishek Sharma, Shivam Dube, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Tilak Varma, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav

Let’s see Harshit will be in team or not?

There is also talk about Rohit Sharma possibly coming back as the ODI captain it’s still a question. The team India led by Rohit Sharma to big trophies like the Champions Trophy and T20 World Cup. But the BCCI told him they chose Shubman Gill instead. For this ODI series, there is still any a chance Rohit can become the captain of team India.

This South Africa series is the big chance for Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli to keep their ODI careers alive for CWC 2027. With no ODI series scheduled after this one for some time, they need to make it count in big moment. The wait for the squad and captaincy announcement is taking longer than expected, but the selectors are doint great work to things sort. With no Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer, the selectors have big question to find a new captain in ODI. Fans are eagerly waiting for the BCCI to announcement team so the team can get ready to take on South Africa starting November 30. That’s all for now! Stay tuned to get more news.