Shubman Gill and Hardik Pandya made their much-awaited return to international cricket as the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) picked them both in the squad for a five-match T20I series against South Africa, set to be played from December 9 to 19. Gill has been named as vice-captain, but the board said his availability will be subject to fitness.

The upcoming five-match T20I series will be India's penultimate bilateral assignment before the T20 World Cup. India will play five more T20Is against New Zealand before they head to the big event, starting in February.

Shubman Gill was ruled out of the ongoing ODI series against South Africa after he missed the last of the two-match Test series due to a neck

injury. Shubman was hospitalised in Kolkata after he suffered a neck injur

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