Team India reached Ranchi for the first ODI on Sunday, November 30, against South Africa. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli practiced in the nets. Both Rohit and Kohli have already announced retirement from T20 and Test cricket as well, and now focus on only ODIs. In fact, their long-term goal is the 2027 ODI World Cup.
Recent Test Series Result
- South Africa won the recent Test series against India 2–0.
- India lost by 30 runs in Kolkata.
- India then lost by 408 runs in Guwahati, which remains their biggest defeat by runs.
- This was India's first home Test series loss to South Africa in 25 years.
Expectations of the ODI Series
- Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are expected to shine for the fans in the ODI series.
- Rohit Sharma scored a century on the tour to Australia.
- First, he had two bad games, and then he struck form with a half-century in the third.
- Shubman Gill injured himself during the first Test and is ruled out.
- KL Rahul will captain the side in Gill's absence.
- Rishabh Pant returns to the ODI squad.
India Squad for ODI Series
- Rohit Sharma
- Yashasvi Jaiswal
- Virat Kohli
- Tilak Verma
- KL Rahul (Captain, Wicketkeeper)
- Rishabh Pant (Wicketkeeper)
- Washington Sundar
- Ravindra Jadeja
- Kuldeep Yadav
- Nitish Kumar Reddy
- Harshit Rana
- Ruturaj Gaikwad
- Prasidh Krishna
- Arshdeep Singh
- Dhruv Jurel
ODI Series Schedule
- 1st ODI: November 30 – Ranchi
- 2nd ODI: December 3 – Raipur
- 3rd ODI: December 6 – Visakhapatnam
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