Finally, the India squad for Test players against South Africa is announced today. We did not see many changes and we see most of the experienced players in the Test squad.
IND vs SA: Test Captain of Team India
The Indian coach Rahul Dravid and the Indian captain Virat Kohli and his boys definitely this time want to win the series in South Africa.
One of the big things we can see in this team is that Rohit Sharma replaces Ajinkya Rahane as a vice-captain. And Rohit Sharma is now the ODI captain of the team India.
But Rohit Sharma did not play a three-test match against South Africa. Because he is injured right now and he is ruled out from this test series.
Finally, the BCCI gave green signals to the Indian team and they play three tests and three ODI in South Africa. The Omicron virus spread from South Africa to all over the world and we can say that this tournament definitely remembers one of the big tournaments in the Cricket world.
IND vs SA: India Test squad vs South Africa as follow:
- Virat Kohli ( captain)
- Priyank Panchal
- KL Rahul
- Mayank Agarwal
- Cheteshwar Pujara
- Ajinkya Rahane
- Shreyas Iyer
- Hanuma Vihari
- Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper)
- Wriddhiman Saha (wicket-keeper)
- R Ashwin
- Jayant Yadav
- Ishant Sharma
- Mohd. Shami
- Umesh Yadav
- Jasprit Bumrah
- Shardul Thakur
- Md. Siraj
and we have some Standby players also. These Standby players are as follow:
- Navdeep Saini
- Saurabh Kumar
- Deepak Chahar
- Arzan Nagwaswalla
Definitely, the team is very experienced and some new experience players are also there. Everyone’s eyes will definitely be on these two players and these two players are Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant. These two young players definitely make new records in South Africa.
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Pujara and Rahane are also in the team and everyone wants to see Rahane position in playing 11. Now Rohit is vice-captain and it is very difficult for Rahane to playing11. Pujara and rahane definitely want to score runs on this tour. Otherwise, this will be the last tour for both of them.
IND vs SA: Test Series Schedule:
| 26-30 December 2021 | 1st Betway WTC Test vs India | SuperSports Park, Centurion |
| 03-07 January 22 | 2nd Betway WTC Test vs India | Imperial Wanderers, Johannesburg |
| 11-15 January 22 | 3rd Betway WTC Test vs India | Six-Gun Grill Newlands, Cape Town |
IND vs SA: Test Series Schedule
IND vs SA: Indian playing 11 in 1st test:
The first test match between India and South Africa will play on Super Sports Park and this is a very lucky ground for South Africa.
Here we can see the playing 11 of the Indian team:
- Mayank Agarwal
- KL Rahul
- Pujara
- Kohli ( captain)
- Rahane
- Saha ( wicket-keeper)
- Hanuma Vihari
- Ashwin
- Siraj
- Shami/Ishant
- Bumrah
Conclusion:
The BCCI committee select a perfect team this time and India will definitely win the Test series in South Africa 2021. The Indian team looks in good form and they will beat South Africa in South Africa. The batting department is in good form and after Rohit and Pant will join the team the batting becomes more powerful.
Rohit Sharma has been ruled out from this three-test match that will begin on December 26, 2021. Bad news for the Indian team. Priyank Panchal was named as a replacement.
Similarly in the bowling department the bowlers like Bumrah, Ashwin, Siraj, and Shami. The team looks very balanced and they will definitely make new records in South Africa.
