India vs South Africa: Washington Sundar ruled out of ODI series, Jayant Yadav named as replacement

The
22-year
old
Tamil
Nadu
all-rounder
was
ruled
out
of
the
series
after
testing
positive
for
COVID-19
during
the
camp
in
Bengaluru.
The
selectors
have
hence
named
Jayant,
who
is
already
in
South
Africa
part
of
the
Test
squad,
as
a
replacement
for
Sundar.

“Sundar
was
supposed
to
travel
to
Cape
Town
with
the
ODI
members
on
Wednesday
and
join
the
rest
of
the
squad
ahead
of
the
ODI
series
starting
January
19th,”
stated
an
official
BCCI
release.

“The
All-India
Senior
Selection
Committee
has
named
Jayant
Yadav
as
replacement
for
Sundar.”

The
selectors
also
added
named
fast
bowler
Navdeep
Saini
as
a
back-up
for
Mohammed
Siraj
who
is
still
recovering
from
a
hamstring
injury.
Siraj
picked
up
the
injury
during
the
second
Test
in
Johannesburg.

“The
Committee
also
added
fast
bowler
Navdeep
Saini
to
the
ODI
squad
as
a
back-up
for
Mohammed
Siraj
who
is
still
recovering
from
his
hamstring
injury
that
he
sustained
in
the
2nd
Test
against
South
Africa
in
Johannesburg,”
the
BCCI
statement
added.

Saini
like
Jayant
is
also
in
South
Africa
as
part
of
the
Test
squad
and
the
duo
have
not
featured
in
the
red
ball
series.

India
and
South
Africa
will
clash
in
three
ODIs,
beginning
January
19
in
Paarl.
The
second
ODI
is
scheduled
at
the
same
venue
on
January
21,
following
which
the
team
will
travel
to
Cape
Town
for
the
series-finale.

India’s
ODI
squad
for
South
Africa:
KL
Rahul
(captain),
Jasprit
Bumrah
(vice
captain),
Shikhar
Dhawan,
Ruturaj
Gaikwad,
Virat
Kohli,
Suryakumar
Yadav,
Shreyas
Iyer,
Venkatesh
Iyer,
Rishabh
Pant
(wicketkeeper),
Ishan
Kishan
(wicketkeeper),
Yuzvendra
Chahal,
R
Ashwin,
Bhuvneshwar
Kumar,
Deepak
Chahar,
Prasidh
Krishna,
Shardul
Thakur,
Mohammed
Siraj,
Jayant
Yadav,
Navdeep
Saini.