Hardik Pandya is set to make a comeback to T20Is when India 's selectors pick the squad for the five-match series against South Africa on Wednesday. There are doubts about the availability of Shubman Gill , India's T20I vice-captain.

The Gill question is likely to be top of the agenda for the Ajit Agarkar-led selection panel when they meet in Raipur, where India play South Africa in the second ODI .

In Gill's likely absence, Sanju Samson and Yashasvi Jaiswal are the contenders to open the innings with Abhishek Sharma. While Samson was in the recent T20I squad that toured Australia, he played only two out of the five matches and batted only once - at No. 3. Jaiswal was not part of that squad.

Gill had hurt his neck while batting in the first innings of the first Test against

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