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.
