IND vs SA: Jayant Yadav, Navdeep Saini added to India ODI squad

Mumbai: Jayant Yadav and Navdeep Saini have been added to India squad for the One-Day International series against South Africa, the BCCI announced on Wednesday.

While Jayant replaces Washington Sundar, Navdeep has been added as a back-up for Mohammed Siraj.

Off-spinner Washington has been ruled out of the forthcoming three-match ODI series after testing positive for Covid-19 during the camp in Bengaluru.

"Sundar was supposed to travel to Cape Town with the ODI members on Wednesday and join the rest of the squad ahead of the ODI series starting January 19th. The All-India Senior Selection Committee has named Jayant Yadav as replacement for Sundar," said BCCI.

"The committee also added fast bowler Navdeep Saini to the ODI squad as a back-up for Mohammed Siraj who is still recovering from his hamstring injury that he sustained in the 2nd Test against South Africa in Johannesburg."

While the first two matches will be played at Boland Park, Paarl on January 19 and 21, the third ODI will take place at Newlands, Cape Town on January 23.

Squad: KL Rahul (c), Jasprit Bumrah (vc), Shikhar Dhawan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Prasidh Krishna, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj, Jayant Yadav, Navdeep Saini. (UNI)