Suryakumar Yadav to lead India in South Africa T20 series, Gill named vice-captain

India named Suryakumar Yadav as captain and Shubman Gill as vice-captain for the five-match T20 International series against South Africa starting December 9. The squad includes Bumrah, Pandya, Samson and Kuldeep, with matches scheduled across Cuttack, Chandigarh, Dharamsala, Lucknow and Ahmedabad

Hyderabad: Suryakumar Yadav will lead India in the five-match T20 International series against South Africa starting December 9.

Shubman Gill is also in the team as vice-captain, subject to fitness clearance from the BCCI Centre of Excellence.

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The team: Suryakumar Yadav (capt), Shubman Gill (vice-capt), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Sanju Samson (WK), Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Washington Sundar.

The schedule:

December 9 – Cuttack

December 11 – New Chandigarh

December 14 – Dharamsala

December 17 – Lucknow

December 19 – Ahmedabad