India vs South Africa: Morne Morkel Provides Update On Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer Ahead Of Ranchi ODI, Says 'They Are Healthy...'

India National Cricket Team vs South Africa National Cricket Team Timeline: After suffering a 2-0 whitewash against the Proteas, the Indian Cricket Team players are gearing up for the three-match ODI series, which will begin in Jharkhand on November 30. The side will be led by KL Rahul, who has been roped in as a stand-in skipper in place of Shubman Gill, who is recovering from his neck injury. Vice-captain Shreyas Iyer is also not a part of the squad due to an injury sustained during the ODI series against Australia.

On Friday, India's bowling coach Morne Morkel gave encouraging updates on the both the marquee players.

“I spoke to Shubman two days ago just to check in, and he's recovering well,” he said.

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Morkel also stated that Shreyas has started his rehab and is working his way to make a comeback.

“Shreyas has started his rehab, which is great. We're looking forward to welcoming them back. The good thing is they are healthy and preparing their way back into the team.”

The India bowling coach said the squad has to quickly reset and refocus on white-ball cricket, as regaining momentum is imperative to counter a “dangerous, confident” Proteas unit. Speaking ahead of the series opener here on Sunday, Morkel said the turnaround from Tests to white ball formats is mentally demanding but insisted the group was determined to make that shift.

“It was a disappointing two weeks for us, but we had a couple of days now to reflect,” Morkel said before the team's first practice session at the JSCA stadium.

“The important thing now is to give all our energy into the white-ball team. We've been playing a lot of good white-ball cricket over the last couple of years. I'm excited for the next couple of weeks. Representing India comes first, regardless of format," he said.

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India’s ODI squad: Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Tilak Varma, KL Rahul (C) (wk), Rishabh Pant (wk), Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Prasidh Krishna, Arshdeep Singh, Dhruv Jurel

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