CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Regular captain Rohit Sharma, star batter Virat Kohli, pacers Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami have all been rested for the white-ball series in which Rishabh Pant will be the vice-captain. KL Rahul will wear the captain’s hat in absence of Rohit.

Detailed explanation-2: -KL Rahul named vice-captain of Test team for South Africa series.

Detailed explanation-3: -Rishabh Pant was named as India’s captain for the matches, with Hardik Pandya named as the team’s vice-captain. South Africa won the opening T20I match by seven wickets, denying India a chance to break the record of most consecutive team wins in the format.

Detailed explanation-4: -India squad for ICC T20 World Cup: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh.

Detailed explanation-5: -Test squad: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rishabh Pant (wk), KS Bharat (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Mohammad Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Prasidh Krishna.