<p>The Indian cricket team on Wednesday announced their 18-member squad for the upcoming 3-match Test series against South Africa starting from December 26.</p>.<p>The Test series will form a part of the new cycle of the ICC World Test Championship.</p>.<p>While Virat Kohli will lead the team, Rohit Sharma has been named as the new vice-captain of the Test team. However, under-pressure Ajinkya Rahane retained his place in the squad.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, the Chetan Sharma-led selection committee also announced Rohit Sharma will lead India's <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/cricket/rohit-sharma-replaces-virat-kohli-as-odi-captain-1058883.html" target="_blank">ODI & T20I teams</a> going forward.</p>.<p>"The All-India Senior Selection Committee also decided to name Mr Rohit Sharma as the Captain of the ODI & T20I teams going forward," the BCCI said in a statement.</p>.<p>The statement also mentioned that Ravindra Jadeja, Shubman Gill, Axar Patel, Rahul Chahar were not available for selection due to injuries and are currently undergoing rehabilitation.</p>.<p>India's Test squad: Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma (vice-captain), KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wk), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), R Ashwin, Jayant Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Mohd. Shami, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur, Md. Siraj.</p>.<p>Standby Players: Navdeep Saini, Saurabh Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Arzan Nagwaswalla.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>
<p>The Indian cricket team on Wednesday announced their 18-member squad for the upcoming 3-match Test series against South Africa starting from December 26.</p>.<p>The Test series will form a part of the new cycle of the ICC World Test Championship.</p>.<p>While Virat Kohli will lead the team, Rohit Sharma has been named as the new vice-captain of the Test team. However, under-pressure Ajinkya Rahane retained his place in the squad.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, the Chetan Sharma-led selection committee also announced Rohit Sharma will lead India's <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/cricket/rohit-sharma-replaces-virat-kohli-as-odi-captain-1058883.html" target="_blank">ODI & T20I teams</a> going forward.</p>.<p>"The All-India Senior Selection Committee also decided to name Mr Rohit Sharma as the Captain of the ODI & T20I teams going forward," the BCCI said in a statement.</p>.<p>The statement also mentioned that Ravindra Jadeja, Shubman Gill, Axar Patel, Rahul Chahar were not available for selection due to injuries and are currently undergoing rehabilitation.</p>.<p>India's Test squad: Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma (vice-captain), KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wk), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), R Ashwin, Jayant Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Mohd. Shami, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur, Md. Siraj.</p>.<p>Standby Players: Navdeep Saini, Saurabh Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Arzan Nagwaswalla.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>