Team India Squad: Team India has been announced for the Test series against South Africa. BCCI has announced the 15-member squad on Thursday. Shubman Gill has been made the captain, while the star batsman has returned.
Team India Squad, IND vs SA Test: The Board of Control for Cricket in India has announced the squad for the 2-match Test series against South Africa. Both the teams will face each other from November 14. The command of the team has been given in the hands of Shubman Gill. He is currently on Australia tour and is playing a 5-match T20I series. At the same time, the most explosive batsman of the team has returned, who was sitting out for a long time due to injury. He did not get a chance for the home series last time, but this time he has made a comeback.
Rishabh Pant and Akash Deep did not get place
Rishabh Pant has been included in Team India for the Test series against South Africa. Apart from this, he has also been made Vice Captain. Pant was injured during the tour of England, after which he had to be ruled out. He had to remain out of the team even in the home series against West Indies. But, now he is completely fit and ready to join the squad. BCCI has given him a place in the team as soon as he becomes fit. At the same time, fast bowler Akash Deep has returned to the team, who was not selected against the Caribbean team. Other players got a chance in the last match.
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These 2 players were thrown out
On one hand, Rishabh Pant and Akash Deep have entered the team, while on the other hand, two players have been dropped. Both were involved in the 2-match Test series against West Indies. Fast bowler Prasidh Krishna and wicketkeeper/batsman N Jagadeesan are both out. Due to lack of space in the team, the selectors have shown him the way out. Let us tell you that the first match of the series will be played from 14 to 18 November at Eden Garden Stadium, Kolkata. Whereas, the second test will be held in Guwahati. After that ODI and T20I series will be played between the two teams.
Indian squad for test series: Shubman Gill (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper/vice-captain), Sai Sudarshan, Devdutt Padikal, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj.
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