India vs South Africa 2nd Test will be played from Saturday, November 22 at Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati. Team India has to win this test at any cost, because even if it is a draw then the visiting team will win the series. Indian captain Shubman Gill has been ruled out of the second test, although it is yet to be officially confirmed. Gill suffered neck pain on the second day of the first Test, after which he had to leave the field. He also stayed in the hospital for a day, although he has reached Guwahati with the team.

In the Kolkata Test, Washington Sundar batted at number three, in the second innings he performed better than other batsmen but it is unlikely that he will bat in this position in the second test also. After Pujara, Team India has tried many players in this position.

Sudarshan or Washington, who is at number three?

KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal start the innings, there does not seem to be any threat to their positions in the second test. However, the third position is going to be very interesting. Sai Sudarshan can bat at number three, the possibility of this is increasing because Shubman Gill’s exclusion from the second test is considered almost certain. Let us tell you that many veterans were surprised at the decision of not playing Sudarshan in the last test.

Captain Shubman Gill bats at number four, due to his absence Rishabh Pant can play at this position. Pant is the vice-captain and will take command of the team in Gill’s absence. In the last Test, Pant played at number 5, Ravindra Jadeja can come to this position in Guwahati.

Which position will Washington Sundar play?

Dhruv Jurel can come to bat at number six and all-rounder Washington Sundar can come to bat at number seven. After him, Akshar Patel can come at number 8, this also shows the depth in India’s batting.

Kuldeep Yadav can also play in Guwahati Test, there is every possibility of Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Siraj as 2 fast bowlers. There is very little possibility that Bumrah will take rest from the second Test due to workload management, because there is news that he can be rested in the ODI series.

India’s probable playing 11 for the second test

Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Rishabh Pant (captain/wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.

In the first Test played in Kolkata, South Africa defeated India by 30 runs, which proved to be one of the worst defeats for Team India. India had to score only 124 runs, but due to the brilliant bowling of Simon Harmer, this target proved to be like a mountain. Of course Harmer was the hero of this victory, but Temba Bavuma’s half-century innings also played a big role. Indian bowlers could not dismiss Bavuma in the second innings, while on the other hand, Mohammed Shami is making waves in the Ranji Trophy.

The Kolkata Test ended in just 3 days, whereas when the third day’s play started, Team India had the upper hand. South Africa had lost 7 wickets, while the lead was only 63 runs. On the third day, no bowler could dismiss Temba Bavuma, due to which the lead crossed 100. Bavuma scored an unbeaten 55 runs, he was the only batsman who scored a half-century in this test.

Mohammed Shami is dominating in Ranji Trophy

The selectors were also criticized on social media for not including Mohammed Shami in the Test series against South Africa. Because Shami had bowled brilliantly in Ranji Trophy, taking 15 wickets in 2 matches. Now even when India lost the first test, Shami’s brilliant bowling continues.

Mohammed Shami, playing for the Bengal team, took 3 wickets for 64 runs in a spell of 23.2 overs against Assam. Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal also took the same number of wickets. Due to the bowling of Shami and Suraj, the entire Assam team was reduced to 200.

Will Mohammed Shami be able to play the second test?

Mohammed Shami is not a part of the Test squad against South Africa, so it is very difficult for him to play in Guwahati. However, the possibility cannot be ruled out that Shami may come into the team as a replacement.

India vs South Africa first test is being played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Team India got the target of only 124 runs to win, but while chasing it, it got off to a very bad start. Yashasvi Jaiswal was out on zero and KL Rahul was out on the score of 1 run. When India’s fourth wicket fell at the score of 38, even this small target started looking like a mountain. Do you know what is the smallest target in Test cricket, while chasing which Team India lost?

Lowest score defended in test against India

The team that won by defending the least runs in Test cricket is Australia, when they bowled out England for 77 runs. In this match, England had to score only 85 runs to win, although this match was played many years ago in 1882.

The winning team against India by defending the lowest score is West Indies. The Caribbean team had all out India for 81 runs in 1997, the target in this match was 120 runs. Team India lost this match by 38 runs.

Sachin Tendulkar was the captain in that match played on March 27-31, 1997, who scored only 4 runs in the second innings. VVS Laxman was the only one who had crossed the double digit mark. Laxman had scored 19 runs, while Sourav Ganguly (8), Mohammad Azharuddin (9), Rahul Dravid (2), Navjot Singh Sidhu (3) were out cheaply.

Team India stuck in Kolkata test also

India vs South Africa In the first test, South Africa had scored 159 runs in the first innings, Team India took a lead of 30 runs in the first innings and scored 189 runs. South Africa’s second innings was reduced to 153 runs, after which India got a target of only 124 to win. However, the pitch at Eden Gardens is not helping the batsmen much. Questions are also being raised regarding a more spin friendly pitch.

Rohit Sharma’s son Ahaan Sharma was born on November 15, 2024. This was his second child. Last Saturday, Rohit celebrated Ahaan’s first birthday with his wife Ritika Sajdeh and daughter. He shared a joint post with Ritika and shared photos with fans.

Rohit Sharma is currently preparing for the ODI series against South Africa, which will start from November 30. Right now India vs South Africa test series is going on. Rohit is also included among the players retained by Mumbai Indians.

Rohit Sharma celebrated his son’s first birthday like this

Rohit Sharma and his wife Ritika Sajdeh shared a joint post. His son Ahaan is playing with toys in this, although Rohit did not show his son’s face. In the second photo, Ritika is standing in the balcony with her son in her lap, her daughter is also with her.

In other photos Rohit Sharma, his wife, his daughter and son. Ahaan is in Ritika’s lap. While sharing these photos, Rohit Sharma wrote in the caption, “Our son has turned one year old. Don’t know how time passed so quickly, but we loved every moment.”

When will Rohit Sharma be seen on the cricket field?

India vs South Africa ODI series will start from November 30, in which Rohit Sharma will be seen playing. Let us tell you that former captain Rohit now plays only in ODI format, he has retired from Test and T20 formats.

The first match of the ODI series will be played in Ranchi (JSCA International Cricket Stadium). The second ODI will be played on 3 December in Raipur (Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium) and the third ODI will be played on 6 December in Visakhapatnam (ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium).

Temba Bavuma won the toss and decided to bat first. Ryan Rickelton and Aiden Markram had a good start, making a partnership of 57 runs for the first wicket. Jasprit Bumrah dismissed both the openers, after which South Africa’s innings could not recover. In the first session, South Africa had scored 105 runs by losing 3 wickets, in the second session the visiting team lost 5 wickets and scored only 49 runs, in the third over of the third session South Africa was all out for 159 runs.

Jasprit Bumrah took 5 wickets, Mohammad Siraj took 2 wickets in a single over. Kuldeep Yadav also got 2 wickets, Akshar Patel got 1 wicket.

India’s innings started in the third session, the first wicket in the form of Yashasvi Jaiswal fell in the 7th over. Marco Janson bowled Jaiswal (12). India’s second wicket did not fall till the end of the first day’s play, KL Rahul was playing with 13 runs and Washington Sundar was playing with 6 runs. Team India was 122 runs behind. Today (15 November) is the second day of Kolkata Test.

India’s playing 11: KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Washington Sundar, Shubman Gill (captain), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.

South Africa’s playing 11: Ryan Rickelton, Aiden Markram, Wiaan Mulder, Temba Bavuma (captain), Tony De Jorzi, Tristan Stubbs, Kyle Verne (wk), Simon Harmer, Marco Janson, Corbin Bosch, Keshav Maharaj.

India vs South Africa The first test is being played at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata. The second and last match of the Test series will be played at the Assam Cricket Association Stadium in Guwahati from November 22, in which one rule has been changed. Where players used to get lunch at 11:30 in the morning, now they will get it after about 2 hours. Let us explain the whole matter.

As you know that Test cricket lasts for 5 days. The game is played in 3 sessions every day. Usually a session is of 25-30 overs. After the first session there is a 40 minute lunch break. There is a 20-minute tea break after the second session, but this will not happen in Guwahati.

This rule changed in India vs South Africa second test

Why are we saying that players will get lunch late by 2 hours? Actually, in the test to be held in Guwahati, there will be a tea break before lunch. In India, where the test starts at 9:30 am, the second test will start at 9 am.

There will be a tea break at 11 am, whereas this is the lunch break. There is a tea break after the second session, but in Guwahati there will be a lunch break. There will be a lunch break from 1:20 to 2 pm, then the third session will continue till 4 pm.

Why did the time table of Guwahati test change?

There is only one time zone in India, but in Guwahati, located in the north-east of the country, the sun rises and sets early. Currently the sun rises there at 5:30 in the morning and sets at 4:30 in the evening. This is the reason why the time of India vs South Africa second test has been changed. Now the match will start at 9 am, the toss will take place half an hour earlier at 8:30.

Will be the 30th stadium to host a test match

Let us tell you that Barsapara (ACA) will be the 30th stadium of India, where the Test match will be played. No Test had ever been played here before. The first international match was played on this ground in 2017.

The first Test between India and South Africa is being played at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata. Temba Bavuma won the toss and chose to bat first. Ryan Rickelton and Aiden Markram made a steady start, both making half-century partnerships for the first wicket. This partnership was broken by Jasprit Bumrah, he dismissed both the openers in two consecutive overs. After this, Kuldeep Yadav made Temba Bavuma his victim, but before this ball, Rishabh Pant had predicted this wicket.

How did Temba Bavuma get out?

Temba Bavuma was caught out on the last ball of the 16th over. Kuldeep Yadav bowled the ball on the leg side, which Bavuma tried to defend. The ball took the inside edge of the bat and went into the hands of Dhruv Jurel standing in the leg slip. After this, the replays showed that Pant had predicted the wicket one ball earlier, he had also told how Bavuma could play.

What did Rishabh Pant say?

It was shown in the live match that one ball earlier, Rishabh Pant was alerting the fielders standing on the leg side that a catch could come. He had said that Bavuma will play sweep, he may be caught on the leg side. Although Bavuma did not sweep, the ball was caught on the leg side, which was caught by Jurel.

Rishabh Pant was alerting all leg side fielders for Bavuma
Next ball – Bavuma Out

Top notch game sense by Pant pic.twitter.com/8uCjzBwqkd

— (@rishabhhive) November 14, 2025

South Africa scored 105 runs in the first session

In the first session of the first day of the Kolkata Test, South Africa scored 105 runs losing 3 wickets. Jasprit Bumrah dismissed both the openers Aiden Markram (31) and Ryan Rickelton (23). After this Kuldeep dismissed Bavuma.

India vs South Africa The first test is being played at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata. Team India has lost only 1 test on this ground in the last 25 years. Shubman Gill has won both the Tests he played in India as captain, but today the challenge is big. Temba Bavuma has not lost any test as captain till date, South Africa has won 9 out of 10 matches played under his captaincy.

Eden Gardens Stadium Pitch Report

Shubman Gill said about the pitch in the press conference on Thursday that it looks like a typical Indian pitch. Let us tell you that spinners have dominated here in history, the bowler who has taken the most wickets here is Harbhajan Singh and Anil Kumble is at second place. Turn can be seen here, spinners can create problems.

Indian squad

Sai Sudarshan, Shubman Gill, Devdutt Padikkal, KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Dhruv Jurel (wicket keeper), Rishabh Pant (wicket keeper), Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj.

South African squad

Dewald Brewis, Temba Bavuma (captain), Tony De Jorji, Tristan Stubbs, Zuboor Hamza, Aiden Markram, Corbin Bosch, Marco Janssen, Senuran Muthusamy, Willem Mulder, Kyle Vergne (wk), Ryan Rickelton (wk), Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Simon Harmer.

Shubman Gill came to the press conference on Thursday before the first test between India vs South Africa starting from Friday in Kolkata, where he said that this test will be competitive. He said for the visiting team that it is a good team and we have to play the World Test Championship final and in that respect this is an important series.

Shubman Gill said, “We have two Tests in this series, this is an important series to play the World Test Championship final. South Africa is a very good team, they are the winners of the World Test Championship. We know that it will not be easy for us, difficult situations will come but I think as a team we have shown that whenever difficult situations have come, we have handled them very well.”

Shubman Gill spoke about the pitch of Eden Gardens

Gill further said, “As far as the wicket is concerned, it looks like a typical Indian wicket. And it is going to be a very good match.”

Gill was asked in the press conference that you are coming from another country now, the weather is changing, the format is also changing. On this, Gill said, “Of course, coming from another country and playing another format here in 3-4 days is not that easy. Mentally, it is more challenging. The time zone in Australia was different, so it takes time for the body to adapt to it. As a cricketer, you know that all these challenges will come, how you handle it, this is what tells your greatness.”

Gill further said, “According to the way they have played the last series, they have come out with a draw. It is difficult for any country when they come and play in Asia and they are doing well. That is why they are the World Test Championship champions, this will be a good series.”

India and South Africa squad

India: Sai Sudarshan, Shubman Gill, Devdutt Padikkal, KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Dhruv Jurel (wicket keeper), Rishabh Pant (wicket keeper), Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj.

South Africa: Dewald Brewis, Temba Bavuma (captain), Tony De Jorji, Tristan Stubbs, Zuboor Hamza, Aiden Markram, Corbin Bosch, Marco Janssen, Senuran Muthusamy, Willem Mulder, Kyle Vergne (wk), Ryan Rickelton (wk), Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Simon Harmer.

The Indian cricket team is currently practicing at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata, where the first Test against South Africa is to be played from November 14. While preparing for this, Gambhir told what kind of dressing room Team India has right now. He also gave a big statement regarding the T20 World Cup, he said that right now Team India is not at the place where we want to be.

Let us tell you that after Gautam Gambhir became the coach, the Indian team has not lost any T20 series yet and has also won the Asia Cup title. India has just defeated Australia 2-1 in the T20 series. Now the next big tournament is the T20 World Cup, which will be held in February.

What did Gautam Gambhir say?

Before the start of the India vs South Africa Test series, BCCI shared a video of Gautam Gambhir, although it was a small part of the interview. In this, Gambhir is saying, “As a nation and individually we should never celebrate a series defeat.”

Then he said, “Just throw the players into the deep sea. We did the same with Shubman when he was appointed Test captain.” Regarding the dressing room, Gambhir said, “This is a very transparent dressing room, and now we want this dressing room to remain like this.”

Regarding the T20 World Cup, Gautam Gambhir said, “By the World Cup, we have still not reached the point where we want to be. So hopefully the players will know the importance of staying fit, so we still have three months to get to where we want to be.”

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Get inside the mind of #TeamIndia Head Coach @GautamGambhir as he shares his vision in

Stay tuned for the full exclusive interview pic.twitter.com/nmvG9x2YUW

— BCCI (@BCCI) November 10, 2025

India vs South Africa Head to Head (Test)

This is the 8th time that the South African cricket team has come to India to play a Test series. Out of the 7 series played before this, India has won 4 times and South Africa has won 1 time. 2 series ended in a draw.

• Total matches- 44
• India won- 18
• South Africa won-
• draw-10

After the Test series, a 3-match ODI series will be played between India and South Africa, followed by a 5-match T20 series. The T20 series will start from 9th December, whose last match will be on 19th December.