We think of spinners whenever we play Test cricket in India. However, if there is one venue where the fast bowlers can make an impact, it is the iconic Eden Gardens, Kolkata. While the limelight will be on the spinners of both teams, there is no doubt that the likes of Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kagiso Rabada and Marco Jansen will be licking their lips to bowl on the Kolkata track.

India will definitely enter the contest as favorites but South Africa has a team to upset the hosts. Surely, Gautam Gambhir and Shubman Gill will not take anything for granted after New Zealand stunned India in 2024.

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Indian captain Shubman Gill needs four sixes to reach 50 maximums in Test cricket. He also needs 161 runs to complete 3000 runs in the red-ball format.

Yashasvi Jaiswal needs seven sixes to reach 50 maximums in Test cricket. The left-hander needs 72 runs to complete 2500 runs in the format.

Indian opener KL Rahul needs 15 runs to complete 4000 runs in the red-ball version.

Rishabh Pant needs 73 runs to complete 3500 runs in the multi-day format. He also needs 10 sixes to reach 100 maximums in the format.

India’s all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja needs 10 runs to reach the 4000-run mark in Test cricket.

South Africa’s gun fast bowler Kagiso Rabada needs 10 wickets to reach 350 scalps in Test cricket.

India Test squad: Shubman Gill (C), Rishabh Pant (WK) (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Axar Patel, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Akash Deep

South Africa squad: Temba Bavuma (c), Corbin Bosch, Dewald Brevis, Tony de Zorzi, Zubayr Hamza, Simon Harmer, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, Wiaan Mulder, Senuran Muthusamy, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Tristan Stubbs, Kyle Verreynne.