Kolkata: In-from wicketkeeper-batter Dhruv Jurel will play the opening Test against South Africa and all-rounder Nitish Reddy is likely to sit out, India's assistant Ryn Ten Doeschate said on Wednesday.

The opening Test begins here on Friday.

"I think we have got a pretty good idea of the combination. Given the way Dhruv has gone in the last six months and scoring two hundreds (against South Africa A) in Bangalore last week. He is certain to play this week," ten Doeschate said in a press conference here.

"The primary thing is to set out a strategy to win the game. Our position certainly hasn't changed on Nitish. He didn't get much game time in Australia.

"But I would say given the importance of this series and given the conditions we think we are going to face, he (Nitish Kumar Reddy)

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