Rishabh Pant is set to return to competitive cricket after a long injury layoff, as the BCCI Selection Committee has named the wicketkeeper-batter captain of the India A squad for the two four-day matches against South Africa.

The two four-day games will be played from October 30 to November 9 at the BCCI Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru. Pant fractured the metatarsal in his right foot during the fourth Test against England in Manchester in late July, after inside-edging a reverse sweep off Chris Woakes.

He was forced to retire hurt at 37, with scans later confirming a fracture. Since then, the lengthy recovery period caused Pant to miss Asia Cup, a two-match Test series against the West Indies, which concluded earlier this month in India, as well as the ongoing white-ball tour of Aust

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