KL Rahul named as India’s Test team Vice-Captain for South Africa series

Srinagar, December 18: BCCI has named opener KL Rahul as Vice Captain of Team India Test squad for the South Africa series in place of injured Rohit Sharma.

KL Rahul replaces Rohit Sharma as vice-captain, who was ruled out of the 3 match Test series owing to a hamstring injury.

Meanwhile team India held its first training session on Johannesburg on Saturday.

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