KL Rahul ruled out out of South Africa T20Is, stand-in skipper named
Rahul was set to captain the side in the five-match series. In his absence, Rishabh Pant will take over the reins as skipper for the first time.
Hardik Pandya, who led Gujarat Titans to the IPL 2022 title in his first tournament as captain, has been named vice-captain of the side, which is missing the rested trio of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah.
Shane Watson dissects India all-rounder's captaincy style | ICC Review
Kuldeep Yadav, the left-arm wrist-spinner, has also been ruled out of the series – he sustained an injury on his right hand while batting in the nets on Tuesday evening.
Rahul and Kuldeep will report to the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru, where the medical team will decide on the future course of treatment for both.
India’s T20I squad: Rishabh Pant (c/wk), Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), 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 Malik