After the ongoing T20 series against Australia, the Indian cricket team will play a Test series against South Africa at home, the team for which is going to be announced soon. The return of Rishabh Pant is considered certain, who has not played international matches since the injury suffered in England.

South Africa will play series in all three formats on India tour, starting with the Test series. A total of 2 matches will be played in the test series, this will be India’s second home test series under the captaincy of Shubman Gill. The first match will be played at Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata from 14 to 18 November. The second Test will be held at the Assam Cricket Association Stadium from 22 to 26 November.

Rishabh Pant’s return confirmed, announcement will be made soon

There is every possibility that wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant can be included in this series. Let us tell you that he was injured in the fourth test played on the England tour. There was a fracture in his toe. After this he could not play in the Asia Cup. He was also out of the Test series against West Indies and Australia tour, now there is every possibility of his return to international cricket.

When will the team be announced?

There is news that today (Wednesday) BCCI can announce the team for the Test series against South Africa. If the team is not announced today then it can be done on Thursday. This will be India’s third Test series under the captaincy of Shubman Gill, India had drawn the 5-match series 2-2 against England. The series against West Indies was won 2-0.

India’s probable squad against South Africa

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

Where are both the teams in the WTC 2025-2027 points table?

The Indian team is at third place in the points table of the World Test Championship 2025-27. The team has won 4 out of 7 matches, lost 2 and drawn 1 match. South Africa has played 2 matches, out of which it has won 1 and lost 1. South Africa is at fourth place in the table.

BCCI has announced Team India for the Test series against South Africa. Rishabh Pant has returned to the team as vice-captain. This will be India’s third Test series in the World Test Championship 2025-27 cycle. See which players have got a place in this team under the captaincy of Shubman Gill, who is out in place of Pant.

BCCI announced the team by issuing a press release on Wednesday. Along with the national team, the board also announced the India ‘A’ team for the 3-match ODI series against South Africa ‘A’. Tilak Verma has been made its captain.

This player returned to the team along with Rishabh Pant

Pant was injured in the fourth Test on the England tour, in which his toe was fractured. After that he was out of Asia Cup, Test series against West Indies and Australia tour. He has returned after more than 100 days.

Akash Deep has also returned to the team. Due to Pant’s arrival, N Jagadeesan had to be out of the team. Akash Deep has come in place of fast bowler Prasidh Krishna.

India’s test squad against South Africa

Shubman Gill (captain), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper, vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Axar Patel, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mohammad Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Akash Deep.

India vs South Africa Test Schedule

• First Test – 14 to 18 November, 9:30 am (Eden Gardens)
• Second Test- 22 to 26 November, 9:30 am (Assam Cricket Association).

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Mohammed Shami was not included in the Australia tour, before this he was not even a part of the Test series against England and West Indies. Many questions were raised on this. Shami himself, while talking to the media a few days ago, had said that if he is not fit then he should not play for Bengal. He had said that if I can play 4-day cricket then I can also play 50 overs cricket. Now Shami has given the answer not through words but through his bowling. Now it will be interesting to see whether Shami is selected in the team for the Test series against South Africa or not.

Playing for Bengal in Ranji Trophy, Mohammed Shami took 5 wickets in the second innings against Gujarat. Bengal won this match by 141 runs. Batting first, Bengal had scored 279 runs, in reply Gujarat team was reduced to 167 runs in the first innings. Shami took 3 wickets in this innings. Bengal declared the second innings at 214/8 and set a target of 327 for Gujarat. Due to Shami’s lethal bowling, Gujarat was all out on 185.

Shahbaz Ahmed was selected as the player of the match against Gujarat, who took 6 wickets in the first innings and 3 wickets in the second innings. Mohammed Shami was the best player in the previous match.

Mohammed Shami took 15 wickets in 2 matches

Bengal has won both the initial matches in the group stage of Ranji Trophy 2025, the team is at third place in Group C with 12 points. Even in the first match, Mohammed Shami had bowled lethally, he took 3 wickets in the first innings and 4 wickets in the second innings. Shami received the Player of the Match award. So far Shami has taken 15 wickets in 2 matches.

After the T20 series against Australia, India will play all three formats against South Africa at home. It will start with a 2-match test series, for which the team will be announced in a few days. It remains to be seen whether Mohammed Shami returns to the team or not.

South Africa will tour India in November to play a 2-Test, 3-ODI and 5-match T20 series. It will start with the Test series, the first match of which will be played at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata between November 14 and November 18. Cricket South Africa has announced its team for the Test series against India.

This will be Shubman Gill’s second home Test series as Test captain, before this Gill and the team had won the 2-match Test series 2-0 at home against West Indies. South Africa ended its last Test series with a 1-1 draw with Pakistan, the first match of which was won by Pakistan and the second by South Africa.

Aiden Markram was handling the captaincy in the absence of Temba Bavuma in the Test series against Pakistan, but Bavuma has returned against India. It was under the captaincy of Bavuma that South Africa won the ICC World Test Championship title this year by defeating Australia in the final.

South Africa Test Squad

Temba Bavuma (captain), Corbin Bosch, Dewald Brevis, Marco Jansen, Aiden Markram, Zubair Hamza, Keshav Maharaj, Ryan Rickelton, Tony De Zorzi, Senuran Muthusamy, Tristan Stubbs. Kagiso Rabada, Kyle Verne, Wiaan Mulder, Simon Harmer.

SQUAD ANNOUNCEMENT

The South African Men’s selection panel has announced the 15-player squad for the two-match Test series against India from 14 – 26 November in the subcontinent.

Test captain Temba Bavuma returns to the side after missing the recent Pakistan Test series… pic.twitter.com/dOGTELaXUu

— Proteas Men (@ProteasMenCSA) October 27, 2025

South Africa has not won a test series in India for 26 years

This will be the 8th time that South Africa is coming to India to play a Test series, before this the team has come to India 7 times where India has won 4 series and South Africa has won 1 series. 2 series has ended in a draw. South Africa won the last and only Test series on the India tour in 1990, after that the team came to India 5 times to play the Test series but could never win.

India vs South Africa Test Schedule

first test

• date- 14 to 18 November
• Venue- Eden Gardens Stadium, Kolkata
• Time- from 9:30 am

second test

• date- 22 to 26 November
• Venue- Assam Cricket Association Stadium, Guwahati
• Time- from 9:30 am