Jayant Yadav has been named as the replacement of Washington Sundar, who recently tested positive for Covid-19, for the three-match ODI series in South Africa starting January 19 at Paarl. Navdeep Saini has also been included in the 50-over squad as cover for Mohammad Siraj, who is recovering from a hamstring injury in the second Test against South Africa.
Both Jayant and Saini are already part of the Indian contingent in South Africa. Jayant has been a part of the Test team, though he has not yet made it to the XI. He bowls offspin and is a handy batsman, a similar replacement for Washington. As for Saini, he has been in South Africa since November last year, first as part of the India A team and then as a reserve in the Test squad.
The nearly 32-year-old Jayant has played five Tests and just one ODI against New Zealand in Visakhapatnam in October 2016, which was his international debut. He returned 1 for 8 in four overs in that game as India won by 190 runs. Meanwhile, the twenty-nine-year-old Saini has played eight ODIs, taking six wickets at an average of 80.16 to go along with two Tests and 11 T20Is.
Washington returned a positive Covid-19 test last week while training at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru along with the rest of the players who were scheduled to travel to South Africa for the ODI series - Shikhar Dhawan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan. , Yuzvendra Chahal, Venkatesh Iyer, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and the famous Krishna. The team left for South Africa on Wednesday morning.
As for Siraj, he played the first and second Tests in South Africa, taking the first three wickets at Centurion as India won by 113 runs, but bowling only 15.5 overs in two innings in the second innings at Johannesburg. can do. A hamstring was swallowed in South Africa's first innings.
The second and third ODIs between South Africa and India will be played in Paarl on 21 January and Cape Town on 23 January.
India ODI squad: KL Rahul (capt), Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Yuzvendra Chahal , R Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Famous Krishna, Shardul Thakur, Mohammad Siraj, Jayant Yadav, Navdeep Saini