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Vice captain of Indian cricket team: Who is vice captain of Indian cricket team in IND vs SA Johannesburg Test?

Dixit Bhargav
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Vice captain of Indian cricket team: Who is vice captain of Indian cricket team in IND vs SA Johannesburg Test?

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During the first day of the second Test of the ongoing India’s tour of South Africa in Johannesburg, India stand-in captain Lokesh Rahul (50) walked back to the pavilion right after completing his 13th Test half-century.

Rahul, who was named as regular Test captain Virat Kohli’s deputy for this series in the absence of Test vice-captain Rohit Sharma, is leading India for the first time in this match after Kohli has missed out due to an upper back spasm.

Opening the batting with Mayank Agarwal (26), Rahul went on to reach the 50-run mark despite wickets falling at regular intervals from the other end. Rahul, who has been patient enough in this format lately, never looked like wanting to break the shackles until a rank delivery to be hit was bowled to him.

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It was on the penultimate delivery of the 46th over when Rahul lost out on patience to pull a short delivery from Marco Jansen towards. Failing to pull the ball along the ground, Rahul was undone by an impressive catch by South Africa fast bowler Kagiso Rabada.

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While batter Hanuma Vihari (20) has replaced Kohli in the Playing XI after Shreyas Iyer was ruled out due to a stomach bug, fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah is playing the role of Rahul’s deputy in this match at The Wanderers.

It is worth mentioning that Rahul and Bumrah will also resume their roles of a captain and vice-captain respectively during a three-match ODI series against South Africa from January 19. With Sharma continuing his rehabilitation after a hamstring injury, Rahul and Bumrah had been handed the leadership role in an 18-member ODI squad which was announced on Friday.

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Dixit Bhargav

Dixit Bhargav

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Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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