The All India Variety Committee on Sunday picked two uncapped pacers – Umran Malik and Arshdeep Singh – within the 18-member squad for the impending five-match T20I house collection towards South Africa.

Common captain Rohit Sharma, former skipper Virat Kohli, rapid bowler Jasprit Bumrah had been given a breather towards South Africa to pay attention to the excursion of England, the place India will play the rescheduled 5th Check, 3 T20Is and two ODIs. KL Rahul will lead Group India in Rohit’s absence.

Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya and Kuldeep Yadav have made a comeback after their stupendous performances within the ongoing version of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

India squad for South Africa T20Is:

KL Rahul (c), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (vc/wk), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Hardik Pandya, Venkatesh Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik.