Rishabh Pant is back from the injury he sustained in England in July this year and has been included in India’s squad for their upcoming two-match Test series against South Africa. The first Test will be played from November 14 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata while the second will be played in Guwahati from November 22. Pant has replaced N Jagadeesan in the squad that hosted the West Indies last month. The other change in the squad is Akash Deep replacing Prasidh Krishna. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO

Pant returns as vice-captain of the team. His comeback to competitive cricket was as captain of India A in their first unnofficial Test against South Africa A, which was played from October 30 to November 2 at the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru . The 28-year-old kept wickets thro

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