India vs South Africa Toss Update : The captaincy will be held by Shubman Gill while the captaincy of the South African team will be held by Temba Bavuma. The South African team is the champion of the World Test Championship held in 2025, so South Africa will have a challenge in front of the Indian team. The toss for these matches has been completed, South African captain Temba Bavuma has won the toss and elected to bat first. Get detailed information about how the playing 11 of both the teams are.

Rishabh Pant’s return to the Indian team

India’s star player and vice-captain Rishabh Pant has returned to the Indian team after four months. He suffered a serious leg injury in the fourth Test of the five-match Test series between India and England. So he had to stay away from cricket for a long time. The decision to leave Sai Sudarshan out of the team is beyond everyone’s understanding. Shubman Gill and Gautam Gambhir have now replaced Washington Sundar at number three.

IND vs SA 1st Test: ‘Virat’ performance on Shubman Gill’s radar! He will become the first Indian captain to achieve this feat after 93 years

Everyone was surprised to see the Indian team players. Shubman Gill has decided to play all four spinners Washington Sundar, Akshar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja. Sai Sudarshan is out. Now the question is who will bat at number three. Rishabh Pant is back in the final squad, while Dhruv Jurel is also in the squad.

Indian team playing 11

Shubman Gill (captain), KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Dhruv Jurel, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Akshar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj,

South Africa Team Playing 11

Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickelton, Tony De Zorzi, Temba Bavuma (captain), Tristan Stubbs, Kyle Vereen, Senuran Muthusamy, Simon Harmer, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj