Suresh Raina returns to India squad for the T20I series against SA

Bengaluru, January 28: Suresh Raina returned to the India squad after a gap of nearly a year as the selectors drafted him for the three-match T20I series against South Africa next month.

Raina last played for India in a T20I match against England in February 1, 2017 and the 31-year-old's last one-day international for India was in October 2015 against South Africa.

Other than that there were no surprises in the team led by Virat Kohli.

India will play three T20Is against South Africa on February 18, 21 and 24 at Johannesburg, Centurion and Cape Town respectively.

The India squad: Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma (vice-captain), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Manish Pandey, Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur, Jaydev Unadkat.