NEW DELHI: India wicket-keeper batter Rishabh Pant was on Tuesday appointed captain of the national A side for a red-ball series against South Africa A after fully recovering from a foot fracture sustained during the tour of England.

Pant had injured his foot while batting in the fourth Test at Manchester in July and subsequently was not part of the Asia Cup squad and more recently the two-Test home series against the West Indies.

He was struck on his right toe by a Chris Woakes delivery but came out to bat heroically, scoring a half century albeit in a lost cause.

The selectors have named him in the India A squad for both the games, to be held in Bengaluru from October 30. The A series will give Pant valuable game time ahead of the two-match home Test series against South Africa begin

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