Overview
- India and South Africa open a two-Test series at Eden Gardens on November 14, with both squads now in Kolkata.
- Temba Bavuma linked up with the Proteas on Monday to complete their group, with first training set for Tuesday and selection attention on how his return affects Dewald Brevis.
- The Cricket Association of Bengal says India have not requested a rank turner, with ground staff expecting early movement and spin from Day 3 after the surface was last watered on Saturday.
- India’s likely XI has one contested spot, with in-form Dhruv Jurel competing with Axar Patel and Nitish Kumar Reddy as Rishabh Pant returns to the squad.
- Ravichandran Ashwin and Sourav Ganguly back using Jurel as a specialist batter after his twin unbeaten centuries for India A, and the CAB reports 34,000 priced tickets sold for the Test.