Overview
- The BCCI named a 15-player squad with Shubman Gill as captain and Rishabh Pant back as wicketkeeper and vice-captain, with Kuldeep Yadav included as the specialist spinner.
- Pacer Akash Deep was recalled to the Test group, replacing Prasidh Krishna from the West Indies series squad.
- Several players on T20 duty in Australia, including Gill, Jasprit Bumrah, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel and Washington Sundar, will join the Test setup after November 8.
- The Tests are scheduled for November 14–18 at Eden Gardens in Kolkata and November 22–26 in Guwahati, which will host a Test for the first time.
- Media projections suggest Dhruv Jurel could miss out on the playing XI following Pant’s return, while India enter the series third in the WTC table with South Africa fifth.