Mumbai, Oct 2 (UNI) Rajat Patidar and Mukesh Kumar got maiden ODI call-ups as the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Sunday announced the squad for the upcoming three-match ODI series against South Africa, starting October 6.
Shikhar Dhwan will lead the squad while Shreyas Iyer will shoulder the responsibility of vice-captain.
Shahbaz Ahmed also returned to the national side, who earlier replaced an injured Washington Sundar in the ODI series in Zimbabwe but failed to get a game.
Schedule-
1st ODI, October 6 in Lucknow
2nd ODI, October 9, Ranchi
3rd ODI, October 11, New Delhi.
Squad: Shikhar Dhawan (Captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubhman Gill, Shreyas Iyer (vice-captain), Rajat Patidar, Rahul Tripathi, Ishan Kishan (wicket-keeper), Sanju Samson (wicket-keeper), Shahbaz Ahmed, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan, Mohd. Siraj, Deepak Chahar
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