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By: Shree1news, 09 DEC 2021
Rohit Sharma has been named as the new captain of the Indian ODI and T20I teams. The All-India Senior Selection Committee announced the same on December 8, 2021. He will be succeeding Virat Kohli, who had announced his decision to step down as the T20 captain in September 2021.
Rohit Sharma already took the helm as the T20 captain of Team India during its recent T20 series against New Zealand in November 2021. He will take over as the ODI captain during the three-match ODI against South Africa, which will start from January 2022.
Virat Kohli will remain the captain of the Indian test side.
Rohit Sharma has also been named as the new vice-captain of the Indian Test team, replacing out-of-form Ajinkya Rahane. This was informed when the BCCI announced the 18-member squad for the upcoming three-match test series against South Africa.
India’s Test squad for South Africa tour
Virat Kohli (Capt), Rohit Sharma (vc), KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant(wk), Wriddhiman Saha(wk), R Ashwin, Jayant Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Mohd. Shami, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur, Md. Siraj.
Standby Players: Navdeep Saini, Saurabh Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Arzan Nagwaswalla.
The key changes in the Indian squad include inclusion of Hanuma Vihari and exclusion of players like Ravindra Jadeja, Shubman Gill, Axar Patel and Rahul Chahar due to injuries.
India vs South Africa Test Series
India vs South Africa 1st test (Boxing Day Test) -December 26, Centurion
India vs South Africa 2nd test- January 3, Johannesburg
India vs South Africa 3rd test-January 11, Cape Town
The three-match test series will be followed by a 3-match ODI series.
India vs South Africa ODI Series
India vs South Africa 1st ODI- January 19, Paarl
India vs South Africa 2nd ODI- January 21, Paarl
India vs South Africa 3rd ODI- January 23, Cape Town
