India vs South Africa test series starts from 14th November. The first test match will be played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata from 14th November. Before that, preparing the best playing eleven has become a headache-inducing task for the team management. Especially the wicketkeeper’s slot is causing great concern. Test team vice-captain Rishabh Pant will be returning from injury, on the other hand, Jurel has also staked claim for a place in the playing eleven by scoring centuries in both the innings of the second unofficial Test match against South Africa A.

Dhruv Jurel has also increased the concern of Team India management because not only against South Africa A, but before that he had also played a century in the first test match against West Indies. Meanwhile, former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra has talked about giving place to both Rishabh Pant and Dhruv Jurel in the playing eleven in the first test.

Give a chance to both Pant-Jurel…

Aakash Chopra said through his YouTube channel, “Rishabh Pant and Dhruv Jurel, both are in the squad. Rishabh is the vice-captain, so he will play. He will play and he should play. I believe that Dhruv Jurel should also get a chance. There should be a place for him in the playing eleven too. The question will be whether you will remove Sai Sudarshan from the top order or Nitish Kumar Reddy from the lower order.”

oust Nitish

Aakash Chopra further said that Sai Sudarshan should remain at number-3, but Nitish Kumar Reddy has not shown anything special by coming to his place. Chopra said that Nitish could be ousted, which would free up space for Dhruv Jurel.

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South Africa Tour Of India: The Indian cricket team is playing ODI and T20 series with Australia from 19th September. Today, on Saturday, 8th November, the last T20 match will be played between India and Australia. After this, Team India will return to its country. But within a few days of returning to India, Team India has to play Test, ODI and T20 series with South Africa. South African team will visit India. The first match between India and South Africa will be played on 14 November.

South Africa tour to India

The South African team is going to come to India to play a series of 2 Tests, 3 ODIs and 5 T20 matches. This tour of South Africa will start from 14th November and continue till 19th December.

India-South Africa Test Series

• First match- 14-18 November, Kolkata
• Second Test- 22-26 November, Guwahati

India-South Africa ODI series

• First match- 30 November, Ranchi
• Second match- 3 December, Raipur
• Third match- 6 December, Visakhapatnam

India-South Africa T20 series

• First match- 9 December, Cuttack
• Second match- 11 December, New Chandigarh
• Third match- 14 December, Dharamshala
• Fourth match- 17 December, Lucknow
• Fifth match- 19 December, Ahmedabad

Indian squad for test series

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

india tour australia

The Indian team is on Australia tour from 19th September. Team India went here to play 3 ODI and 5 T20 matches. Australia defeated India 2-1 in the ODI series. Team India has played four matches of the T20 series so far, in which India is leading 2-1. The first match of this series was washed out in rain. Today, the fifth and last T20 match will be played, after which it will become clear whether India has won this series or Australia has managed to tie the T20 series.

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