India, Nov. 14 -- The fascination with all-rounders continues when it comes to India, and this saw Sai Sudharsan being dropped for the first Test against South Africa at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata. India fielded three all-rounders in the playing XI - Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar and Axar Patel, and the combination will now see Sundar being tried out at the No.3 position. Dhruv Jurel, who scored twin centuries in the India A match against South Africa A, will be batting at the No.6 position.

From the previous Test against the West Indies, India made two changes to their playing XI, bringing in Rishabh Pant and Axar Patel in the place of Nitish Kumar Reddy and Sudharsan. Earlier, Nitish was released from the main squad for the first T...