: Wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant is set to return to India’s Test squad for the upcoming two-match series against South Africa, starting November 14 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

IANS understands that the Ajit Agarkar-led senior men’s selection committee had an online meeting earlier Wednesday and that vice-captain Pant’s return to the Test team is a certainty. It is understood that the squad could come out in the next few days.

Pant, who missed the 2-0 Test series win over the West Indies due to his recovery from a foot fracture sustained during the fourth Test against England at Manchester in July, is expected to replace fellow wicketkeeper-batter N Jagadeesan in what is likely to be the only change to the squad.

Pant, 28, proved his match fitness and readiness by captaining India

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