India vs South Africa 2021-22: India Predicted ODI Squad; focus on Gaikwad, Venkatesh

The
selectors
have
replaced
Virat
Kohli
with
Rohit
Sharma
as
the
captain
of
the
ODI
side,
after
the
latter
was
appointed
full-time
T20I
skipper
of
India
post
the
ICC
T20
World
Cup
in
the
UAE.

There
have
been
reports
that
Kohli
did
not
want
to
give
away
ODI
captaincy
and
the
selectors
had
to
take
a
tough
call
of
removing
him.
Some
other
reports
suggested
that
Rohit
wanted
to
have
ODI
captaincy
as
a
bundled
package
along
with
his
leadership
role
in
T20Is.

Be
that
as
it
may,
the
selectors
will
now
sit
down
soon
to
find
the
ODI
squad
for
the
series
against
South
Africa.

Ruturaj
Gaikwad
has
been
brilliant
so
far
in
the
Vijay
Hazare
Trophy
for
Maharashtra
slamming
a
hundred
in
the
first
three
matches
and
he
is
almost
certain
to
book
a
ticket
to
the
South
Africa.

The
absence
of
Ravindra
Jadeja,
Axar
Patel
and
Rahul
Chahar
to
injuries
will
limit
India’s
spin
options
unless
some
of
them
regain
fitness
time
for
selection.
They
are
currently
at
the
NCA
and
recuperating
from
their
respective
injuries.

In
that
context,
veteran
offie
R
Ashwin
could
make
a
comeback
to
the
the
ODI
side
too
after
earning
his
place
back
in
the
T20I
side
during
the
ICC
T20
World
Cup
2021.
It
could
complete
the
full
turnaround
in
Ashwin’s
career
after
getting
completely
omitted
from
the
white
ball
scheme
of
things
in
2017.

So,
here
we
are
trying
to
find
out
the
predicted
India
squad
for
the
ODI
series.
Match
with
your
thoughts.

India
ODI
squad
for
South
Africa
series
(Predicted):
Rohit
Sharma
(captain),
KL
Rahul,
Virat
Kohli,
Suryakumar
Yadav,
Rishabh
Pant
(wicketkeeper),
Venkatesh
Iyer,
Bhuvneshwar
Kumar,
Mohammed
Shami,
Jasprit
Bumrah,
Yuzvendra
Chahal,
Ruturaj
Gaikwad,
Shreyas
Iyer,
Shikhar
Dhawan,
Shardul
Thakur,
Deepak
Chahar,
Harshal
Patel,
R
Ashwin,
Ishan
Kishan.