Putting an end to the discussion on whether Rohit Sharma will lead the Indian team during the upcoming away tour, the men's selection committee announced India's squad for the series in South Africa.
Along the expected lines, Rohit will not lead the side for the T20Is and ODIs with Suryakumar Yadav donning the skipper's role in T20Is and K L Rahul leading the side in the ODI series.
Rohit along with Virat Kohli will return for the Test series. The BCCI stated that Rohit and Kohli had requested the Board for a break from the white-ball leg of the tour.
Meanwhile, though Mohammed Shami has been picked, his availability is subject to fitness as he is undergoing medical treatment.
Upcoming star Yashasvi Jaiswal has been named in the Test squad and T20I team. Sanju Samson has also been picked for the ODI series in South Africa. B Sai Sudharshan and Rinku Singh have received maiden call-ups in the Indian ODI squad.
The BCCI selection committee also decided to make pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah as Rohit's deputy in the two-Test series beginning on December 26 in Centurion.
The selection committee met in New Delhi on Thursday to pick Team India for the all-format tour of South Africa.
The Indian team will participate in three T20Is, three ODIs and two Test matches.
During the tour, India A will also play two four-day matches against South Africa A and one inter-squad three-day match.
India's squad for Tests: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan (wicket-keeper), K L Rahul (wicket-keeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammad Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Mohammad Shami*, Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain), Prasidh Krishna.
India's squad for T20Is: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan (wicket-keeper), Jitesh Sharma (wicket-keeper), Ravindra Jadeja (vice-captain), Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammad Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Deepak Chahar.
India's squad for 3 ODIs: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sai Sudharsan, Tilak Varma, Rajat Patidar, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, K L Rahul (captain)(wicket-keeper), Sanju Samson (wicket-keeper), Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Deepak Chahar.
India A squad for the 1st four-day match: Sai Sudharsan, Abhimanyu Easwaran*, Devdutt Padikkal, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Sarfaraz Khan, K S Bharat (captain)(wicket-keeper), Dhruv Jurel, Shardul Thakur, Pulkit Narang, Sourabh Kumar, Manav Suthar, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Tushar Deshpande.
India Inter-squad three-day match:L Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Abhimanyu Easwaran*, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Sarfaraz Khan, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, K S Bharat (wicket-keeper), Dhruv Jurel (wicket-keeper), Ishan Kishan (wicket-keeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Pulkit Narang, Harshit Rana, Shardul Thakur, Sourabh Kumar, Manav Suthar, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, Mohamamd Shami, Navdeep Saini.
India A squad for 3rd four-day match: Sai Sudharsan, Abhimanyu Easwaran*, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tilak Varma, K S Bharat (captain)(wicket-keeper), Dhruv Jurel (wicket-keeper), Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Manav Suthar, Akash Deep, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Navdeep Saini.
