KL Rahul to Captain India in ODIs, Suryakumar Yadav to Lead T20Is, Yuzvendra Chahal Returns for South Africa Tour

Suryakumar Yadav is set to captain India in the upcoming three-match T20I series against South Africa, kicking off on December 10. Following the T20Is, the team will engage in three ODIs and two Tests, scheduled in Centurion (starting from December 26) and Cape Town (beginning January 3). KL Rahul will take on the captaincy role for the ODI squad.

Notably, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have opted for a break from the white-ball series, per their request to the board. The participation of fast bowler Mohammed Shami is contingent on his fitness, and he is currently undergoing medical treatment.

Here's the India ODI squad: 1. Ruturaj Gaikwad 2. Sai Sudharsan 3. Tilak Varma 4. Rajat Patidar 5. Rinku Singh 6. Shreyas Iyer 7. KL Rahul (Captain, wicketkeeper) 8. Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper) 9. Axar Patel 10. Washington Sundar 11. Kuldeep Yadav 12. Yuzvendra Chahal 13. Mukesh Kumar 14. Avesh Khan 15. Arshdeep Singh 16. Deepak Chahar

India T20I Squad:

1. Yashasvi Jaiswal 2. Shubman Gill 3. Ruturaj Gaikwad 4. Tilak Varma 5. Suryakumar Yadav (Captain) 6. Rinku Singh 7. Shreyas Iyer 8. Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper) 9. Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper) 10. Ravindra Jadeja (Vice-Captain) 11. Washington Sundar 12. Ravi Bishnoi 13. Kuldeep Yadav 14. Arshdeep Singh 15. Mohd. Siraj 16. Mukesh Kumar 17. Deepak Chahar

India Test Squad:

1. Rohit Sharma (Captain) 2. Shubman Gill 3. Yashasvi Jaiswal 4. Virat Kohli 5. Shreyas Iyer

6. Ruturaj Gaikwad 7. Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper) 8. KL Rahul (wicketkeeper)

9. Ravichandran Ashwin 10. Ravindra Jadeja 11. Shardul Thakur 12. Mohd. Siraj

13. Mukesh Kumar 14. Mohd. Shami* 15. Jasprit Bumrah (Vice-Captain) 16. Prasidh Krishna

*Note: The availability of Mohd. Shami is subject to fitness.

During the tour, India A is scheduled to play two four-day matches against South Africa A and one inter-squad three-day match.

India A squad for the 1st four-day match:

1. Sai Sudharsan 2. Abhimanyu Easwaran* 3. Devdutt Padikkal 4. Pradosh Ranjan Paul

5. Sarfaraz Khan 6. KS Bharat (Captain, wicketkeeper) 7. Dhruv Jurel 8. Shardul Thakur

9. Pulkit Narang 10. Sourabh Kumar 11. Manav Suthar 12. Prasidh Krishna

13. Akash Deep 14. Vidhwath Kaverappa 15. Tushar Deshpande

India Inter-squad three-day match:

1. Rohit Sharma 2. Yashasvi Jaiswal 3. Shubman Gill 4. Abhimanyu Easwaran*

5. Devdutt Padikkal 6. Virat Kohli 7. Shreyas Iyer 8. Sarfaraz Khan 9. Pradosh Ranjan Paul

10. KS Bharat (wicketkeeper) 11. Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper) 12. Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper)

13. Ravindra Jadeja 14. Ravichandran Ashwin 15. Pulkit Narang 16. Harshit Rana 17. Shardul Thakur 18. Sourabh Kumar 19. Manav Suthar 20. Prasidh Krishna 21. Akash Deep 22. Vidhwath Kaverappa 23. Jasprit Bumrah 24. Mohd. Siraj 25. Mohd. Shami 26. Navdeep Saini

India A squad for the 3rd four-day match:

1. Sai Sudharsan 2. Abhimanyu Easwaran* 3. Ruturaj Gaikwad

4. Tilak Varma 5. KS Bharat (Captain, wicketkeeper) 6. Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper)

7. Washington Sundar 8. Axar Patel 9. Harshit Rana 10. Kuldeep Yadav 11. Manav Suthar

12. Akash Deep 13. Vidhwath Kaverappa 14. Navdeep Saini

*Note: Abhimanyu Easwaran is listed for the 1st and 3rd four-day matches.