Hardik Pandya has been named in India 's 15-member squad for the T20Is against South Africa after an injury layoff kept him out of international cricket for over two months.

India's T20I vice-captain Shubman Gill , who sustained a neck injury in the first Test in Kolkata and has been out of action since, was also named in the squad, but his participation will depend on his fitness clearance from the BCCI's Centre of Excellence (COE). Suryakumar Yadav will lead the squad for the five-match series starting on December 9.

There was no place in the side for Rinku Singh and allrounder Nitish Kumar Reddy who had toured Australia recently for the T20I series.

The five matches will be played on December 9, 11, 14, 17 and 19 in Cuttack, New Chandigarh, Dharamsala, Lucknow and Ahmedabad

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