The India national cricket team is performing very well in the world cricket, especially in the Test format. At present India is the no.1-ranked Test team who are achieving a new height in every game.
India have started their journey in the ICC World Test Championship 2019-21 in a perfect fashion. The last Test series against the host side Windies was India’s first Test series in the inaugural ICC World Test Championship. It was the two-match Test series and India won both those Test matches to secure 120 points in the Test Championship.
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India won their first Test of that tour at Antigua by 318 runs. It was also India’s largest Test victory (by runs) outside India. Later, they also won the second and final Test of that series at Jamaica by 257 runs.
Now, the Indian Test side is getting ready for the three-match home Test series against South Africa. After completion of the three-match T20I series, India and South Africa will be busy in the Test series from 2nd October. Vishakhapatnam (2-6 October), Pune (10-14 October) and Ranchi (19-23 October) will host the upcoming home Test series.
The India vs South Africa Test series is also a part of the ICC World Test Championship 2019-21. For every victory in this Test series, the winning team will earn 40 points. In the case of a draw or tie result in this series, both teams will earn 13 or 20 points respectively.
Here is India’s 16-member probable squad for the upcoming home Test series against South Africa.
Virat Kohli (Captain)
Indian captain Virat Kohli just recently lost his no.1 ranking spot in Test batting. In the last Caribbean tour, Kohli hit two successive ODI centuries but failed to reach three figures in the Test series. Apart from scoring two half-centuries during the Test series in the Caribbean tour, Kohli also scored a golden duck in the last innings. However, in-form Kohli is still enough dangerous who can hit a Test century very soon.
Ajinkya Rahane (Vice-captain)
Finally, Ajinkya Rahane has returned to his form. During the latest Caribbean tour, he was one of the top performers for India. The right-handed batsman was the second most run-scorer in that Test series as he scored 271 runs in four innings with an average of 90.33. He hit one century and two half-centuries in that series as he scored 81, 102, 24 and 64* runs. During India’s second innings of Antigua Test, Rahane hit a century which was his first international century in two years. Now, he has to maintain his batting form.