India announce squad for South Africa series as Rishabh Pant returns from injury

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India is set to return to red-ball action after a month as they host South Africa in a two-match Test series, starting November 14 in Kolkata.

The Shubman Gill era in India's red-ball cricket kicked off with a marvellous result in England as they held the hosts to a 2-2 draw. 

Gill and Co. Then topped that result by completing a whitewash against West Indies in a two-game series last month held on Indian soil

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Now, India gear up to face a much stronger opponent as they are up against the reigning World Test Championship winners, although home advantage might play a crucial factor in deciding the outcome.

As the first of the two Test series approaches, BCCI announced the 15-man squad on Wednesday, November 5.

India's squad for the South Africa Test series:

Rishabh Pant made his much-awaited return to the Indian Test team after being sidelined for quite a few months. The wicket-keeper batter picked up a leg injury during the fourth Test match of the England tour.

With Pant now back in the team, he will take back the vice-captaincy from veteran all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who was appointed Gill's make-shift deputy in the West Indies tour.

India Test squad: 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.

BCCI also announced the India A One-day team, which will face South Africa A. Tilak Varma will lead that team with Chennai Super Kings captain Ruturaj Gaikwad picked as his deputy.

India A squad: 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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