Rishabh Pants return to competitive cricket after a three-month injury-enforced hiatus will be the primary focal point of India As four-day match against South Africa A, starting here on Thursday.
Pant had sustained a foot injury during the fourth Test against England on July 23, and the wicketkeeper batter has been on the rehabilitation route ever since.
Pant had missed the home Test series against the West Indies in this interim. But these two four-day games at the BCCI CoE grounds, in which he will lead India A, offer him the perfect chance to shed the accumulated rust ahead of the two-match Test series at home against world champions South Africa.