Navdeep Saini named a cover for Mohammed Siraj, who is yet to recover from a hamstring injury
Both Jayant and Saini are already a part of the Indian contingent in South Africa. Jayant has been a part of the Test squad, though he hasn’t featured in the XI yet. He bowls offspin and is a handy batter, something of a like-for-like replacement for Washington. As for Saini, he has been in South Africa since November last year, first as part of the India A squad and then as a reserve in the Test squad.
The second and third ODIs between South Africa and India will be played on January 21 in Paarl and on January 23 in Cape Town.
India ODI squad: KL Rahul (capt), Jasprit Bumrah (vice-capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Yuzvendra Chahal, R Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Prasidh Krishna, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj, Jayant Yadav, Navdeep Saini