1st Test: Pant, Jurel in playing XI - who is missing out?

India sprung a fewer surprises successful their playing XI arsenic South Africa won the flip and opted to bat archetypal successful the opening Test astatine Eden Gardens connected Friday. The astir notable omission from the lineup was, of course, Sai Sudharsan.

The South African squad includes Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickelton, Wiaan Mulder, Temba Bavuma arsenic captain, Tony de Zorzi, Tristan Stubbs, Kyle Verreynne arsenic wicketkeeper, Simon Harmer, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, and Keshav Maharaj.India's lineup features Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Washington Sundar, Shubman Gill arsenic captain, Rishabh Pant arsenic wicketkeeper,

Ravindra Jadeja

, Dhruv Jurel, Axar Patel,

Kuldeep Yadav

,

Jasprit Bumrah

, and Mohammed Siraj."I deliberation the lone flip that I'm going to triumph is hopefully successful the WTC finals.

Yeah. Looks similar a bully surface. Hopefully, we'll get immoderate question early, hopefully we're capable to extract that. Dressing country is beauteous amazing. This Test clump is precise bare and is ever determined to execute each clip we travel out," Indian skipper Shubman Gill said astatine the toss. "These 2 trial matches for america are precise important and we're arsenic bare arsenic ever. Looks similar a bully surface. It's going to beryllium a bully aboveground for the archetypal time oregon a mates of days.

And then, hopefully, we'll get immoderate crook arsenic the crippled goes on. Rishabh comes backmost successful spot of Reddy since we past played. And Axar is besides backmost successful the side.""We volition person a bat. The boys conscionable came backmost from Pakistan. I was with the A team. From a mentation constituent of view, we've done arsenic champion arsenic we can. It's not each time you get to play against 50,000-60,000 radical successful the stands. So, I'm looking guardant to the challenge. Being backmost successful India, it's ever an eye-opener," Temba Bavuma, South Africa captain, stated. "Looking guardant to everything. It's been sitting good astatine the infinitesimal (on being the World Test Champions). Hopefully, thing truly changes. For the show constituent of view, enactment astir with a batch much pride. But to support doing what we've been doing. (On the pitch) It's connected the adust side. Not overmuch grass. It's a emblematic Indian wicket. First innings runs is the key. Rabada misses out, Corbin Bosch comes successful his place."South Africa instrumentality to India aft 25 years without a Test bid victory, bringing renewed assurance arsenic the existent World Test Championship holders.The Proteas person struggled successful India, losing six of their past 7 Tests decisively, with 1 lucifer interrupted by rain.