India have announced a 15-man squad for their upcoming five-match series with South Africa that gets underway from December 9. The Suryakumar Yadav-led squad has a couple of major changes with all-rounder Hardik Pandya making his international comeback from an injury he picked up during India’s winning campaign at the Asia Cup earlier this year.
The squad also features vice-captain Shubman Gill with his availability subject to fitness clearance from the BCCI Centre of Excellence. Gill is undergoing rehab in Bengaluru after injuring his neck during the first Test against South Africa in Kolkata last month.
However, Rinku Singh and Nitish Reddy have been dropped from the squad.
Left-arm wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav, who was released midway through the five-match T20I series in Australia to prepare for the South Africa Test series, has also been included.
India’s squad for the T20I series vs South Africa: Suryakumar Yadav (C), Shubman Gill (VC)*, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Sanju Samson (WK), Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Washington Sundar
