Full list of designated wicketkeepers to captain in Tests. (Picture Credit: AFP, AP)

Rishabh Pant is leading India in the ongoing second Test against South Africa, which is taking place at Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati from Saturday, November 22. The 28-year-old left-handed wicketkeeper-batter from Delhi is getting a chance to captain India in Tests for the first time in his career due to the absence of Shubman Gill.

Gill is India’s designated captain in Tests and ODIs, but he is not playing in the second Test at Barsapara Cricket Stadium due to a neck injury that he suffered on Day 2 of the first Test at Eden Gardens.

Pant is the second designated Indian wicketkeeper-batter after MS Dhoni to captain in Tests and overall the 35th designated wicketkeeper-batter in the world to ca

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