Rituraj Gaikwad returns to the team (Photo-PTI)

India ODI Team: India has announced its team for the 3-match ODI series against South Africa. The 15-member team was announced on Sunday evening, whose captain KL Rahul has been selected. Regular captain Shubman Gill has been ruled out of the ODI series due to injury. Not only Gill, Shreyas Iyer is also not in the team, he too got injured during the Australia tour. However, due to injuries to these two players, two players have benefited. He has returned to the team after a long time. One player has joined the team after two full years.

Return of Rituraj Gaikwad

Ruturaj Gaikwad Has returned to the Indian ODI team for the first time after the year 2023. This right-handed batsman had recently performed brilliantly against South Africa A. He scored a total of 210 runs against this team by scoring a century and a half-century. The selectors saluted his performance. Let us tell you that Rituraj Gaikwad is also the batsman with the highest batting average in List A cricket. Gaikwad has scored 4534 runs in 86 innings at an average of 57.39, which includes 17 centuries and 18 half-centuries.

Rishabh Pant also returns

Apart from Gaikwad, Rishabh Pant has also returned. He has returned to the ODI team for the first time after the Champions Trophy. Ravindra Jadeja, who did not play in the ODI series on Australia tour, has also got a chance in the South Africa series. Left handed batsman Tilak Verma has also got a chance in the team. However, among these four names, only Jadeja and Tilak Verma can get a chance in the playing eleven. It seems difficult for Pant and Gaikwad to make a place in the playing eleven.

Indian team for South Africa series

KL Rahul (captain), Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Tilak Verma, Rishabh Pant, Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Prasidh Krishna, Dhruv Jurel and Arshdeep Singh.