Intel appoints Santhosh Viswanathan as India region head
Chip maker Intel on Friday said that it appointed Santhosh Viswanathan to head the India region business as its Managing Director (MD).
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.
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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
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