New Delhi [India], Feb 3: Batsman Aiden Markram has been named South Africa's ODI skipper for the remainder of the ODI series against India. This comes after Francois du Plessis was ruled out of the series with a finger injury. However, further assessment revealed that he had sustained a fracture that will require 3-6 weeks to heal, thus ruling him out of the remaining five ODIs and three T20Is. A replacement captain for the rest of the limited-overs' schedule against India will be named on Saturday, just 24 hours before the second ODI here.

"We're aware Markram is new to the setup but he's always been part of our plans since his U-19 (captaincy). We want to have a pool of leaders," Cricket South Africa announced. Markram has only played two ODIs for South Africa, but finds himself thrust with the responsibility of leading the side in the absence of du Plessis and AB de Villiers, who has been ruled out of at least the first three ODIs. India currently lead the six-match series 1-0, after a win in the opening ODI at Durban.

India squad: Virat Kohli(c), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Shardul Thakur

South Africa squad: Aiden Markram(c), Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock, Jean-Paul Duminy, Imran Tahir, David Miller, Morne Morkel, Chris Morris, Lungisani Ngidi, Andile Phehlukwayo, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Khaya Zondo, Farhaan Behardien, Heinrich Klaasen