KL Rahul named India ODI captain vs South Africa; squad list inside

New Delhi: BCCI has officially announced the 15-member Team India squad for the upcoming three-match ODI series against South Africa. Wicketkeeper-batter KL Rahul has been appointed as the captain in place of the injured regular ODI skipper Shubman Gill.

Rahul, who is India's first choice wicketkeeper in ODIs, will lead the 15-member squad including stalwarts Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in the matches starting November 30 in Ranchi.

Both Kohli and Rohit only play the 50-over format after they quit T20 cricket following the team's 2024 World Cup victory and earlier this year, retired from Tests.

Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja and wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant return to the ODI team.

KL Rahul steps into the captaincy role after both Shubman Gill and vice-captain Shreyas Iyer were ruled out due to respective injuries.

The second and third ODIs are scheduled for December 3 and 6 before the teams head into five T20 matches.

India ODI Squad vs South Africa (30 Nov - 6 Dec 2025):

Rohit Sharma

Yashasvi Jaiswal

Virat Kohli

Tilak Varma

KL Rahul (capt, wk)

Rishabh Pant (wk)

Washington Sundar

Ravindra Jadeja

Kuldeep Yadav

Nitish Kumar Reddy

Harshit Rana

Ruturaj Gaikwad

Prasidh Krishna

Arshdeep Singh

Dhruv Jurel