KL Rahul named vice-captain of Test team for South Africa series

Dec. 18: BCCI’s  all-India’s Senior Selection Committee on Saturday has named KL Rahul as Vice- Captain for the upcoming 3-match Test series against South Africa. Taking to its twitter handle, BCCI wrote, “KL Rahul named vice-captain of Test team for South Africa series. KL Rahul replaces Rohit Sharma as vice-captain, who was ruled out of the Test series owing to a hamstring injury.”

India’s Test squad: Virat Kohli (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Priyank Panchal, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Wriddhiman Saha (wicket-keeper), R Ashwin, Jayant Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Mohd. Shami, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur, Md. Siraj.

NEWS – KL Rahul named vice-captain of Test team for South Africa series.

KL Rahul replaces Rohit Sharma as vice-captain, who was ruled out of the Test series owing to a hamstring injury.

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— BCCI (@BCCI) December 18, 2021