India vs South Africa T20I: The five-match Twenty20 series between India and South Africa starts on Thursday. But before the start of the match, India have suffered two major setbacks. Lokesh Rahul and Kuldeep Yadav have been ruled out of the series due to injuries

Therefore, young batsman Rishabh Pant will lead Team India in the series, while Hardik Pandya has been given the responsibility of vice-captaincy. All eyes are now on Rishabh Pant, who is leading the team for the first time.

Surprisingly, Rishabh Pant will become the sixth captain of Team India in a year. What is special about this is that all these captains have taken the responsibility of captaincy under the coaching of Rahul Dravid. He has been the captain of Team India for the last one year.

Rohit Sharma- After Virat Kohli's resignation after the 2021 T20 World Cup, Rohit Sharma was made the captain of the T20 format. After that, Rohit was given the captaincy of ODI and Test teams. Rohit is currently rested for the T20 series.

Virat Kohli - Star batsman Virat Kohli has resigned as captain of the team in this format after the T20 World Cup. Kohli then lost the ODI captaincy. Kohli also stepped down as Test captain earlier this year.

Ajinkya Rahane: Ajinkya Rahane, who is currently out of the squad, led the team in the Kanpur Test against New Zealand in November. However, Rahane has not been included in the Test squad for the one-day international against England.

Shikhar Dhawan - Opener Shikhar Dhawan led the team in three ODIs and three T20I tours of Sri Lanka last year. However, Dhawan is out of the T20 squad for this series.

KL Rahul - Star batsman KL Rahul led the Indian team in three ODIs and one Test last tour of South Africa. However, Rahul did not have a good start as captain and the Indian team lost all four matches

Rishabh Pant: After this, Rishabh Pant has been given the lead for the five-match Twenty20 series between India and South Africa. Lokesh Rahul has withdrawn from the series due to injury. Hardik Pandya has been given the responsibility of vice-captaincy.

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