India's ideal Test Playing XI for home after South Africa series

Overview

• Due to errors in selections and many other factors, the Indian team has been performing poorly at home in Tests since October 2024
• There's a need to back bowlers who can spin the ball on any kind of surfaces
• There's a need to back batters with temperament and infuse conidence in shotmaking of some aggressive players

Due to errors in selections and many other factors, the Indian team has been performing poorly at home in Test Cricket since October 2024. There's a need to back bowlers who can spin the ball on any kind of surfaces. There's a need to back batters with temperament and infuse conidence in shotmaking of some aggressive players.

Looking at the Indian team in the series against South Africa, especially in the Guwahati Test, where both batters and bowlers were outplayed, it seems evident that the team needs massive changes in personnel. India has been playing bowlers who are either well past their prime or the ones who aren't big turners of the ball.

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Barring Kuldeep Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah, others aren't as good in helpful conditions. Hence, it's ideal to back Akash Deep as the second pacer, along with Harsh Dubey and Tanush Kotian in the spin bowling department, who are good turners of the ball and are capable of batting too.

Batting changes in the Indian playing XI for home Tests

Moreover, they have a good record in FC Cricket lately. In the batting department, No.3 has seen a lot of experiment. It's good to back someone like Washington Sundar for a fair period of time, who has adapted himself to different positions. Sarfaraz Khan and a fit Shreyas Iyer deserve to get chances too.

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Other major players will continue to feature in the team. However, there's a need for the aggressive batters like Rishabh Pant and Yashasvi Jaiswal to improve their shot selection.

India's ideal Test Playing XI for home after South Africa series -

Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Washington Sundar, Shubman Gill (C), Rishabh Pant (WK), Sarfaraz Khan, Tanush Kotian, Harsh Dubey, Kuldeep Yadav, Akash Deep, and Jasprit Bumrah