Rishabh Pant Returns As BCCI Announces India Squad For South Africa Test Series

BCCI has named the Indian Test squad for the upcoming two-match series against South Africa. Rishabh Pant has returned to the squad after missing a number of games since his injury in the Manchester test against England.

The first Test match will be held at Eden Gardens from November 14, followed by the second match at ACA Stadium in Guwahati. Mohammed Shami wasn't selected despite taking 15 wickets in the first two Ranji Trophy matches for Bengal. Another Bengal pacer, Akash Deep, has returned to the squad after missing out on a number of Test matches due to injuries.

Nitish Kumar Reddy has also proved his fitness and will be one of the all-round options alongside Washington Sundar and Ravindra Jadeja. Kuldeep Yadav, who was released from the T20I squad and was added to the India A squad for the second four-day match, has also been selected.

Three ODI between India and South Africa A will also be played and Tilak Varma will lead the side. There have been reports of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli featuring in the series for some game time, but they haven't been picked.

India’s Test Squad For South Africa Series

Shubman Gill (C), Rishabh Pant (WK) (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Axar Patel, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Akash Deep.

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India A squad For South Africa A ODI Series

Tilak Varma (C), Ruturaj Gaikwad (VC), Abhishek Sharma, Riyan Parag, Ishan Kishan (WK), Ayush Badoni, Nishant Sindhu, Vipraj Nigam, Manav Suthar, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Khaleel Ahmed, Prabhsimran Singh (WK).

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