Rishabh Pant 's comeback to competitive cricket will begin in the first India A vs South Africa A four-day match at the BCCI's Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru on October 30. Pant, who has been out of action with a fractured foot since the Manchester Test against England in July, has been named captain of the India A side for the two games, with B Sai Sudharsan his deputy.

It was earlier understood that Pant would return to action in Delhi's Ranji Trophy second-round match, from October 25, at home against Himachal Pradesh. That could change now, with the first India A vs South Africa A game set to start just two days after the scheduled last day of the Ranji Trophy game.

Pant, who had fractured his right foot in the Old Trafford Test in late July, was in his final stretch of r

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