Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will remain in the spotlight while a big question remains on who replaces Shreyas Iyer in the middle order
| PLAYER | ROLE |
|---|---|
| KL Rahul (c) † | Wicketkeeper batter |
| Arshdeep Singh | Bowler |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad | Batter |
| Harshit Rana | Bowler |
| Ravindra Jadeja | Allrounder |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | Opening batter |
| Dhruv Jurel † | Wicketkeeper batter |
| Virat Kohli | Top-order batter |
| Kuldeep Yadav | Bowler |
| Nitish Kumar Reddy | Batting allrounder |
| Rishabh Pant † | Wicketkeeper batter |
| Prasidh Krishna | Bowler |
| Rohit Sharma | Top-order batter |
| Tilak Varma | Batting allrounder |
| Washington Sundar | Bowling allrounder |
| LAST FIVE MATCHES | DATE | SERIES/TOURNAMENT | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INDIND |  | 296/8 | beat | 218 |  | SASA | 21/12/23 | India tour of South Africa 2023/24 |
| INDIND | | 211 | lost to | 215/2 | | SASA | 19/12/23 | India tour of South Africa 2023/24 |
| INDIND | | 117/2 | beat | 116 | | SASA | 17/12/23 | India tour of South Africa 2023/24 |
| INDIND | | 326/5 | beat | 83 | | SASA | 05/11/23 | World Cup |
| INDIND | | 105/3 | beat | 99 | | SASA | 11/10/22 | South Africa tour of India 2022/23 |
In the absence of the injured Gill, Rahul will captain India in the upcoming three-match ODI series against South Africa
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will remain in the spotlight while a big question remains on who replaces Shreyas Iyer in the middle order
Morkel also said it was good to have Kohli and Rohit in the ODI team as India look to move on from the Test series loss against South Africa
