The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday announced the 15 men squad for the upcoming Test series against South Africa starting 2 October where the Proteas will be the guests.
KL Rahul, who had a poor time in the 2 Tests in the West Indies was dropped while Shubman Gill got his maiden call-up in the Test side.
Talking about India against South Africa in recent years, India lost to the Proteas 1-2 the last time the two teams met in early 2018. However, India had won the Test series against South Africa at home in 2015 — Virat Kohli’s first full Test series as captain.
India started their World Test Championship campaign all guns blazing by registering 2 wins in as many matches played against the West Indies.
India, who are the No 1 ranked side in Tests, currently lead the ICC World Test Championship (2019-21) table with 120 points.
Here is India’s squad for 3 Tests against South Africa:
Virat Kohli (Captain), Mayank Agarwal, Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Wriddhiman Saha (wicketkeeper), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma, Shubman Gill