After dominating West Indies in their home turf, virat kohli and team will all be set to kickstart their home season with the Test series against south AFRICA'>south africa. The Selection Committee had finalized the squad for the three tests against the Proteas. The first match will of the series will be played in Vizag, second in Pune and third in Ranchi. The three-match series will begin after the culmination of three-match T20I series.
KL rahul has been dropped from the Test team and Shubman Gill has been included into the squad. With the omission of Rahul, rohit Sharma will open the innings in tests as well and would like to replicate his Limited Overs Success along with Shubman Gill or Mayank Agarwal. Pace spearhead jasprit bumrah is all set to feature in his first Test series at home and he will be eager to put on similar performances on Indian wickets like he has done on foreign tracks recently. hardik pandya who is rested for West Indies tour remains missing.
india’s squad for 3 Tests against SA: virat kohli (Capt), Mayank Agarwal, rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (vc), Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wk),Wriddhiman Saha (wk), R Ashwin, ravindra jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, jasprit bumrah, Ishant Sharma, Shubman Gill
