The Indian pair of Shreyas Iyer and Suryakumar Yadav has made strides up the table. Yadav scored 64 in the second ODI against the West Indies.

Nicholas Pooran stepped out for the toss as stand-in captain and named Odean Smith as Pollard's replacement for the do-or-die match.

Rahul being available from this game onwards, it remains to be seen whether the wristy Karnataka batter opens along with the skipper or plays in the middle order.

Athiya and KL Rahul recently made their relationship official on Instagram. On the occasion of Athiya's birthday, KL Rahul took to Instagram and shared an adorable post wishing her 'heart' Athiya with a series of pictures and a cute note.

In the bowling chart, seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar wasthe bKL Rahul est-placed Indian at 20th position, having dropped a run while pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah feel two places to 26th.

The former Team India pacer said since the side has a lot of options to try up the order, it is not certain whether KL Rahul opening the batting will work for the team in the future.

India lost both the Test and ODI series in what turned out to be a disastrous tour of South Africa despite a bright start in the opening Test at Centurion, which the team won comprehensively.

Following India's 0-3 loss to South Africa in Cape Town on Sunday, the team's captain for the series KL Rahul said it was a tournament where they played with many young faces and made plenty of mistakes but was a valuable lesson in their preparations for the 2023 50-over World Cup, where India is the host.

Before this, no captain in Indian history has lost his first three ODIs on captaincy debut.

For the unversed, Suniel Shetty's son Ahan Shetty has been open about his relationship with girlfriend Tania Shroff. His daughter and actress Athiya Shetty have also been rumoured to be in a relationship with cricketer KL Rahul for some time. The duo often shares loved up posts for each other on Instagram.

For the second game in a row, Indian bowlers looked pedestrian especially in the middle overs against South Africa.

Rahul was at best mediocre in terms of "on-your-feet-thinking", something that's basic to art of captaincy, and also didn't look the part with the bat in a deflating 31-run defeat in the opening ODI where India were outplayed for the better part of the game.

With Sri Lanka ready to board the flight to India, the Indian selectors have two important tasks. First, to select a man to lead the Indian Test team. Second, to sort out a misfiring middle-order. The first one being top priority.

It is learnt that Rahul is one of the players Lucknow has picked from the draft ahead of the mega auction on February 12 and 13 in Bengaluru.

Whether he is batting in the middle or fielding at the boundary line, Kohli's every move is tracked but some of that attention will now have to be shared by Rahul.

Kohli on Saturday dropped a bombshell by quitting Test captaincy, a day after India suffered a Test series defeat to a second-string South Africa.

Skipper Kohli was ruled out of the second Test due to upper back spasms. South Africa won the second Test by seven wickets to level the series.

Rahul moves to the 31st spot in the latest ICC rankings after his match-winning effort in India's win in the 1st Test against South Africa.

Ashwin added that Rahul had found the solution to what he needed to respond within Test cricket, which is working for him.

KL Rahul will be leading the Indian team in the three-match ODI series against South Africa in the absence of regular white-ball skipper Rohit Sharma.