<p>Senior opener KL Rahul will be leading the Indian team in the three-match ODI series in Zimbabwe after being declared fit by the BCCI medical team.</p>.<p>Shikhar Dhawan, who was named the captain initially, will now be Rahul's deputy.</p>.<p>Rahul was recovering from a sports hernia surgery and was supposed to play the West Indies series before testing positive for Covid-19.</p>.<p>Since his recovery was taking time, he was not initially selected for the Zimbabwe tour and given time to get fully fit before the all-important Asia Cup.</p>.<p>However, the medical team has now given an all clear after he cleared all the requisite fitness parameters to be available for selection.</p>.<p>Since he is an all format first-choice deputy to regular skipper Rohit Sharma, his availability meant that Dhawan was relegated to vice-captaincy for the series.</p>.<p>Rahul's addition took the squad strength to 16 as the selectors didn't replace any player. But Rahul's presence means that there is virtually no chance for Ruturaj Gaikwad to get a game in this series.</p>.<p>There will be no Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Jasprit Bumrah or Mohammed Shami for this series as they had all been rested.</p>.<p>Bumrah, however, is nursing a back injury and is already ruled out of the Asia Cup in the UAE, starting August 27.</p>.<p>From this squad, Rahul, Deepak Hooda are the only two players in the main squad.</p>.<p>India Squad for 3 ODIs: KL Rahul (Captain) Shikhar Dhawan (vice-captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Ishan Kishan (wicket-keeper), Sanju Samson (wicket-keeper), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Avesh Khan, Prasidh Krishna, Mohd Siraj, Deepak Chahar. </p>
<p>Senior opener KL Rahul will be leading the Indian team in the three-match ODI series in Zimbabwe after being declared fit by the BCCI medical team.</p>.<p>Shikhar Dhawan, who was named the captain initially, will now be Rahul's deputy.</p>.<p>Rahul was recovering from a sports hernia surgery and was supposed to play the West Indies series before testing positive for Covid-19.</p>.<p>Since his recovery was taking time, he was not initially selected for the Zimbabwe tour and given time to get fully fit before the all-important Asia Cup.</p>.<p>However, the medical team has now given an all clear after he cleared all the requisite fitness parameters to be available for selection.</p>.<p>Since he is an all format first-choice deputy to regular skipper Rohit Sharma, his availability meant that Dhawan was relegated to vice-captaincy for the series.</p>.<p>Rahul's addition took the squad strength to 16 as the selectors didn't replace any player. But Rahul's presence means that there is virtually no chance for Ruturaj Gaikwad to get a game in this series.</p>.<p>There will be no Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Jasprit Bumrah or Mohammed Shami for this series as they had all been rested.</p>.<p>Bumrah, however, is nursing a back injury and is already ruled out of the Asia Cup in the UAE, starting August 27.</p>.<p>From this squad, Rahul, Deepak Hooda are the only two players in the main squad.</p>.<p>India Squad for 3 ODIs: KL Rahul (Captain) Shikhar Dhawan (vice-captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Ishan Kishan (wicket-keeper), Sanju Samson (wicket-keeper), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Avesh Khan, Prasidh Krishna, Mohd Siraj, Deepak Chahar. </p>