KL Rahul, who was supposed to lead India in the upcoming T20 International series against South Africa, was ruled out due to injury on Wednesday, BCCI announced via a tweet on Wednesday.
Wicket goalkeeper Rishabh Pant, who was appointed as Rahul’s vice-captain in the series against South Africa, will lead the India team, and Hardik Pandya has been appointed vice-captain.
The BCCI said in a tweet: “The All India Senior Selection Committee has appointed table tennis goalkeeper Rishabh Pant as captain and Hardik Pandya as vice-captain for the home series against South Africa,” BCCI said in a statement. tweets.
KL Rahul was appointed captain in the absence of regular captain Rohit Sharma, who is one of several top players who will be rested from the series when IPL 2022 comes to an end.
Former captain Virat Kohli, top pacer Jasosystem Bumrah are among the top players to have been rested for this series after more than two months of playing IPL cricket.
Kuldeep Yadav will also be absent from the T20I series after being hit in the right hand when hitting the ball into the net last night.
It is understood that Ruturaj Gaikwad will open the match against Ishan Kishan in the opening match on Thursday.
India is set to host South Africa for the T20I year, with the series set to get underway on June 9 at Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium.
India’s T20I Team: Rishabh Pant (Captain) (team), Hardik Pandya (vice captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Dinesh Karthik (week), Venkatesh Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik
