India announce 18-member squad for upcoming South Africa Tests

India has named an 18-member squad for the three-match ICC World Test Championship series against South Africa, starting December 26. Opening batter Rohit Sharma has been named India's new ODI skipper and the star player will take over from Virat Kohli starting the South Africa series.

Squad: Virat Kohli (Capt),Rohit Sharma(vc), KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant(wk), Wriddhiman Saha(wk), R Ashwin, Jayant Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Mohd. Shami, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur, Md. Siraj. pic.twitter.com/6xSEwn9Rxb — BCCI (@BCCI) December 8, 2021

Rohit was also named as India's Test vice-captain as as the All-India Senior Selection Committee picked an 18-member squad for the upcoming three-match Test series against South Africa. Also read | Tamil Nadu: General Bipin Rawat among 13 dead in IAF chopper crash "The All-India Senior Selection Committee also decided to name Rohit Sharma as the Captain of the ODI & T20I teams going forward," BCCI said in a statement. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1200"] Opening batter Rohit Sharma has been named India's new ODI skipper. Photo: Social media[/caption] The Test series which gets underway from December 26 will form a part of the new cycle of the ICC World Test Championship. "The following players were not available for selection due to injuries and are currently undergoing rehabilitation: Ravindra Jadeja, Shubman Gill, Axar Patel, Rahul Chahar," read a statement from BCCI. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1200"] The three-match ICC World Test Championship series against South Africa is starting from December 26. Photo: Social media[/caption] Also read | General Bipin Rawat dead: Leaders cutting across party lines pay tributes India's Test squad: Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma (vice-captain), KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wk), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), R Ashwin, Jayant Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Mohd. Shami, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur, Md. Siraj. Standby Players: Navdeep Saini, Saurabh Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Arzan Nagwaswalla. -PTC News