Dhruv Jurel is set to retain his place in India's Test XI despite Rishabh Pant taking back his spot as wicketkeeper. Allrounder Nitish Kumar Reddy is set to make way for Pant, who returns after missing the two Tests against West Indies last month with a fractured foot.

India assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate more or less confirmed this in his press conference two days out from the start of the first Test against South Africa in Kolkata.

Jurel played the West Indies series in Pant's absence and scored his maiden Test hundred in the first Test in Ahmedabad . That innings came in the middle of a run of four hundreds in eight first-class innings, including one in each innings of India A's second unofficial Test against South Africa A in Bengaluru last week.

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