Pant and Ruturaj are out, Yashasvi and Tilak get a chance, Team India’s playing 11 fixed for the first ODI against Africa!
Samira Vishwas November 27, 2025 11:24 PM

The Indian team had to face a 0-2 defeat in the 2-match test series against South Africa. The Indian team now has to play a 3-match ODI series against South Africa (IND vs SA). For this, BCCI has announced Team India. The command of this team has been handed over to KL Rahul.

Players like Ruturaj Gaikwad and Rishabh Pant have returned to the team. BCCI has announced a strong team for this. Today we are going to tell you with which 11 players BCCI can field in the first ODI match.

Team India will take revenge of test with the help of Virat and Rohit

The Indian team will now take revenge for the defeat in the Test series against South Africa with the ODI series. The regular captain of the Indian team, Shubman Gill, is out of this series. Shubman Gill was injured in the first innings of the first test match, after which he was out of the test series and ODI series. After this, the command of Team India has been handed over to KL Rahul.

The pair of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma is going to be seen once again, both of them single-handedly led India to victory in the third ODI against Australia, Rohit Sharma played an unbeaten inning of 123 runs, while Virat Kohli played an inning of 74 runs. Both of them are sure to play, while in the absence of Shubman Gill, KL Rahul will captain Team India, while Yashasvi Jaiswal will be seen opening the innings with Rohit Sharma.

Tilak Verma will replace Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant will sit out.

Tilak Verma will now be seen batting for India at number 4 in place of Shreyas Iyer, who got injured while taking a catch in the third ODI against Australia. He is seen batting at this number in T20, apart from this, Rishabh Pant has got a place in the team, but KL Rahul is the captain of the team, so Rishabh Pant will have to sit out.

Ravindra Jadeja is now going to be seen in the ODI format, he will replace Axar Patel in the playing 11, while in the absence of Hardik Pandya, the team’s Nitish Kumar Reddy will be seen. Kuldeep Yadav is going to be seen in the team as a spinner, while Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana and Prasidh Krishna can be seen in the team as 3 fast bowlers.

Team India’s probable playing 11 for the first ODI

Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Tilak Verma, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana and Prasidh Krishna.

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