India named an unchanged squad for the final two Test matches v South Africa

India named an unchanged squad for the final two Test matches v South Africa: India have named an unchanged squad for the final two Test matches against South Africa. India are set to play in Nagpur from November 25 and then travel to the capital city Delhi, as the fourth and final Test will be starting from December 3.They lead the four-Test series 1-0 after winning in Mohali and the Bangalore Test being washed out as rain played spoilsport.

The second Test match turned out to be a rain-hit one as umpires called off the match after an inspection at 11.30 local time. It is the first time in the history of Test cricket in India that four days have been completely washed out.

The last time a vital part of a Test in India was washed out was almost ten years ago when play was held up for three days in a Test in Chennai between India and Sri Lanka. India were in the driver seat at 80/0, after wrapping up the visitors for 214. Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja shared 8 wickets between them.

Both teams will now travel to Nagpur for the penultimate and third game. Of the 17 members, pacers Umesh Yadav and Bhuvneshwar, and batting-allrounder Gurkeerat Singh, had been released ahead of the Bangalore Test so that they could play the seventh round of the Ranji Trophy.

Squad:

Virat Kohli (capt), M Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Amit Mishra, Varun Aaron, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, KL Rahul, Stuart Binny and Gurkeerat Singh Mann.