India's T20I Squad For South Africa: Hardik Pandya Returns To T20I Fold, Shubman Gill's Participation Hinges On Fitness

India's T20I Squad For South Africa Series: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday announced a 15-member squad for the five-match T20I series against South Africa with the inclusion of vice-captain Shubman Gill and star all-rounder Hardik Pandya.

Gill, who has been named vice-captain, is set to make his return alongside Pandya, who has recovered from a left quadricep injury.

Gill's participation, however, is subject to fitness clearance from the BCCI Centre of Excellence, the board said in a statement.

Pandya, who missed the Asia Cup 2025 final and the five-match series in Australia, also made a comeback in India's setup after proving his fitness on Tuesday during the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match against Punjab in Hyderabad.

Gill, who is India's Test and ODI skipper, sustained the injury during the opening Test against the Proteas in Kolkata. He was subsequently ruled out of the second Test in Guwahati and the ODI series that followed.

The selection committee meeting to pick the T20 squad took place here on Wednesday.

The five-match series begins December 9 in Cuttack. The other matches are scheduled in Chandigarh (December 11), Dharamsala (December 14), Lucknow (December 17) and Ahmedabad (December 19).

Suryakumar Yadav is the regular T20I skipper for India.

India Squad For T20I Series vs South Africa

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 Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Washington Sundar.

(With PTI Inputs)