Not Pujara Or Rahane! Ex-India A Captain Replaces Ruturaj Gaikwad In Test Squad For SA Series

not cheteshwar pujara or ajinkya rahane! ex-india a captain abhimanyu easwaran set to replace injured ruturaj gaikwad in test squad for two-match series against south africa – reports

India will face South Africa in a two-match Test series. The red-ball assignment will start with a Boxing Day Test at SuperSport Park in Centurion, and the second Test is scheduled to take place at the Newlands in Cape Town. India has never won a Test series in South Africa, and under Rohit Sharma’s leadership, the world No. 1 Test team would like to create history this time. Ahead of the start of the first Test, India suffered a big setback when it was revealed that star top-order batter Ruturaj Gaikwad was ruled out of the Test series.

Gaikwad, who is yet to make his Test debut for India, suffered a finger injury during the second ODI between India and South Africa, which was played at St. George’s Park in Gqeberha. He was ruled out of the third ODI in Paarl on December 21 due to that, and on Friday (December 22), Cricbuzz and many other publications reported that he would miss the Test series as well. The BCCI onfirmed the news on Saturday (December 23) via a tweet.

After Gaikwad was ruled out of the Test series, India included a former India A captain in the Test team as his replacement. Former India A captain Abhimanyu Easwaran, who plays for Bengal in domestic cricket and has experience of playing in 88 First-Class matches so far, was announced as Gaikwad’s replacement by the BCCI.

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Easwaran, who has earned an India Test call-up a couple of times before as well, has led India A in the past.

Rohit Sharma is back in the Indian team and will lead the side in two Tests. Along with him, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur, and Ravichandran Ashwin will also be seen in action for the first time since India’s loss in the ODI World Cup 2023 final.

Among other major updates, fast bowler Harshit Rana was ruled out of the four-day match against South Africa A starting on December 26 at Willowmoore Park in Benoni due to a hamstring injury. The Selection Committee has added Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Avesh Khan and Rinku Singh to India A’s squad and released Kuldeep Yadav from the squad.

India A’s updated squad for four-day match against South Africa A: Abhimanyu Easwaran (C), Sai Sudharsan, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Tilak Varma, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Avesh Khan, Navdeep Saini, Akash Deep, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Manav Suthar, Rinku Singh