The Senior Men’s Selection Committee has announced the India A team. Along with this, it has also been confirmed that when will wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant, who is out of the team due to injury, return to the field? Pat got injured during the five-match Test series against England, since then he is out of Team India. But now his comeback will be with four-day matches for India A before the Test series against South Africa. Now he has been made the captain of India A team.
India A has to play 2 four-day matches against South Africa. The first match between India A and South Africa will be played from October 30 at the Center of Excellence in Bengaluru. Whereas the second match will be played from 6th November. A 2-match test series will be played from 14th November. In this, vice-captain Pant will return to international cricket. The team for this can be announced at the end of October. There is a slight change in the team for the first match and second match of India A, because after returning from the ODI series, many players including KL Rahul will play in that match.
Whereas Pant was earlier expected to play in the Ranji Trophy match for Delhi from 25th October. But now they will not be forced to play this match. Because they can prove their match fitness in India A matches. Apart from this, one more thing has been decided that the selectors do not see Mohammed Shami in the Test team because he is fit and is not even a part of the India A team.