The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday unveiled India’s 15-man squad for the upcoming five-match T20I series against South Africa. The series is scheduled to begin on December 9, 2025, with the first game in Cuttack, and will conclude with the final match on December 19 in Ahmedabad.
Shubman Gill returns to the side as vice-captain. Gill, who was on the sidelines due to neck injury suffered during the first Test against South Africa in Kolkata, returns to the side as vice-captain. Gill missed the remainder of the Test series and the subsequent ODI leg. Another massive boost for India is the return of Hardik Pandya, who makes his comeback to the T20I setup after a hiatus.
He had been out since sustaining a quadriceps injury during the recent Asia Cup. Pandya returned to competitive cricket with a bang. In his recent outing for Baroda in the domestic Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, he hammered an unbeaten 77 off 42 balls to steer his side to victory. Meanwhile, the five T20Is will be held on December 9, 11, 14, 17 and 19 in Cuttack, New Chandigarh, Dharamsala, Lucknow and Ahmedabad respectively.
India's T20I squad: Suryakumar Yadav (c), Shubman Gill (vc)*, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Washington Sundar