Indian squad for ODI series against South Africa announced; Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Shikhar Dhawan return to the squad while Rohit Sharma and Mohhamed Shami excluded due to injuries; First match of the three-match ODI series to be played on Thursday at Dharamsala.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India, announced India squads for the 3-match ODI series against South Africa, scheduled to be played between March 12 and 18. Virat Kohli will lead India's 15-member ODI squad for South Africa series. The Sunil Joshi-led five-member selection panel recalled fit-again India all-rounder Hardik Pandya, opener Shikhar Dhawan and pacer Bhubaneswar Kumar in their first task since appointment.

The Indian ODI squad for the South Africa series is like this: Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Virat Kohli (C), KL Rahul, Manish Pandey, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Yadav, Shubman Gill.