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Indian Team Test Squad: The Indian squad for the two-Test series against South Africa has been announced. Rishabh Pant and Akashdeep Singh have returned to the team. However, fast bowler Mohammad Shami has been ruled out once again. The first Test match between India and South Africa will be played from November 14 to 18. Both the teams will take to the field at the historic Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Apart from this, the India A squad for the ODI matches against South Africa A has also been announced. Tilak Verma has been appointed as the captain of this team.
Rishabh Pant and Akashdeep Singh are returning to Team India after the England tour. Both players suffered injuries during the five-Test series against England. Due to this, Pant and Akashdeep could not play in the home Test series against the West Indies, but now they have got a chance to return against South Africa.
Mohammed Shami did not get a chance
Fast bowler Mohammad Shami has once again been ruled out of the Test series against South Africa. Shami is currently playing domestic cricket for Bengal in the trophy. Shami has also excelled in the Ranji Trophy, but despite this the selectors did not consider his name. In fact, Shami recently made comments about chief selector Ajit Agarkar, who he believes has fitness issues that are causing him to be overlooked.
India A is captained by Pant
Pant, who is returning for the Test series against South Africa, is also captaining India A. Before the Test series, two four-day Test matches are being played between India A and South Africa A. In the first match, India A took a 1-0 lead in the series by defeating South Africa A with the help of Rishabh Pant’s powerful half-century.
India’s Test Team: Shubman Gill (captain), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper) (vice-captain), Yashshwi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Devdutt Padikal, Dhruv Jurrell, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Akshar Patel, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mohammad Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Akash Deep.
One Day Squad for India A Team: Tilak Verma (captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad (vice-captain), Abhishek Sharma, Ryan Parag, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Ayush Badoni, Nishant Sindhu, Vipraj Nigam, Manav Suthar, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Khalil Ahmed, Prabhasimran Singh (wicketkeeper).