Ind vs SA: KL Rahul ruled out of T20I series due to injury, Rishabh Pant to lead

Batter KL Rahul and spinner Kuldeep Yadav have been ruled out of the fivematch T20I series against South Africa at home due to injuryThe AllIndia Senior Selection Committee has named wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant as Captain and Hardik Pandya as vicecaptain for the home series against South AfricaAs per a statement from BCCI Rahul will miss out due to a right groin injury while Yadav will miss out on the series after getting hit on his right hand while batting in the nets last eveningBoth the cricketers will now report to the NCA where the medical team will assess them further and decide on the future course of treatmentIndia is set to take on South Africa in the first T20I match of the fivematch home series at Arun Jaitley Stadium in DelhiTeam India are chasing history during the bilateral series should they win the opening match they will achieve an alltime record of winning 13 consecutive T20Is The team is also preparing for the ICC T20 World Cup later in Australia this yearVirat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have been rested from the series After delivering great performances in IPL 2022 pacers Arshdeep Singh and Umran Malik got their maiden Team India callup for the seriesAlso Read IPL 2022 KL Rahul becomes first player to score three centuries against same opponent in IPLArshdeep Singh and Umran Malik both have been exceptional for their IPL franchises this year The former has been one of Punjab Kings leading pacers specially picking wickets at regular intervals in the death overs In 36 IPL matches Arshdeep has picked up 40 wickets at an economy rate of 842 with one fivewicket haul to his name Jammu and Kashmirs Umran has breathed fire clocking 150 kmph consistentlyAlso a fullyfit Hardik Pandya makes his return back to the squad The talented allrounder enjoyed an excellent season with bat scoring 487 runs in 15 matches His spell of 317 in the IPL final was a matchwinning performanceIndias T20I squad Rishabh Pant Captainwk Hardik Pandya vicecaptain Ruturaj Gaikwad Ishan Kishan Deepak Hooda Shreyas Iyer Dinesh Karthik wk Venkatesh Iyer Yuzvendra Chahal Axar Patel Ravi Bishnoi Bhuvneshwar Kumar Harshal Patel Avesh Khan Arshdeep Singh Umran MalikSouth Africas squad Temba Bavuma c Quinton de Kock Reeza Hendricks Heinrich Klaasen Keshav Maharaj Aiden Markram David Miller Lungi Ngidi Anrich Nortje Wayne Parnell Dwaine Pretorius Kagiso Rabada Tabraiz Shamsi Tristan Stubbs Rassie van der Dussen Marco JansenThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever