Senior South Africa batsman AB de Villiers has been ruled out of the first three encounters of the six-match ODI series against India owing to an injured right index finger. The first ODI will be played at Kingsmead, Durban, on Thursday. According to Cricket South Africa website, De Villiers sustained the injury during the third Test match against India and will require up to two weeks to make a full recovery. He is expected to be fit for the fourth match, the pink ODI at the Wanderers, for which he is one of the ambassadors.