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With Gill unavailable, Yashasvi Jaiswal is expected to step in at the top of the order. Ruturaj Gaikwad is the frontrunner to fill Shreyas Iyer’s middle-order role. Should Gaikwad be preferred, Rishabh Pant — who has returned to the squad — may find it difficult to break into the XI, as India are likely to field two allrounders. A key decision will be whether one of those allround options is seam-bowling allrounder Nitish Kumar Reddy. During the Australia series, India opted for all three allrounders to strengthen their batting depth, and they could adopt the same approach again.

India (Probable):

1. Yashasvi Jaiswal, 2. Rohit Sharma, 3. Virat Kohli,

2. Ruturaj Gaikwad / Rishabh Pant, 5. KL Rahul (capt, wk),

3. Washington Sundar, 7. Ravindra Jadeja, 8. Nitish Kumar Reddy,

4. Harshit Rana, 10. Arshdeep Singh, 11. Prasidh Krishna

For South Africa, Aiden Markram is expected to return to the opening role — a move they have experimented with since the last World Cup, where he batted at No. 4. Temba Bavuma should reclaim the No. 3 position.

South Africa (Probable):

1. Aiden Markram, 2. Quinton de Kock (wk), 3. Temba Bavuma (capt),

2. Matthew Breetzke, 5. Dewald Brevis, 6. Rubin Hermann,

3. Marco Jansen, 8. Corbin Bosch, 9. Keshav Maharaj,

4. Nandre Burger, 11. Lungi Ngidi