India Test squad, for South Africa tour/series 2018 (away)
| Squad member | Playing role |
| Virat Kohli | Team captain, top-order batsman |
| Murali Vijay | Opening batsman |
| Shikhar Dhawan | Opening batsman |
| KL Rahul | Opening batsman |
| Cheteshwar Pujara | Top-order batsman |
| Ajinkya Rahane | Middle-order batsman |
| Rohit Sharma | Middle-order batsman |
| Hardik Pandya | All-rounder |
| Dinesh Karthik | Wicketkeeper-batsman |
| Parthiv Patel | Batsman-wicketkeeper |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | Spin bowling all-rounder |
| Ravindra Jadeja | Spin bowling all-rounder |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | Fast bowler |
| Mohammed Shami | Fast bowler |
| Ishant Sharma | Fast bowler |
| Umesh Yadav | Fast bowler |
| Jasprit Bumrah | Fast bowler |
| Player withdrawn (from squad for third Test): Wriddhiman Saha (left hamstring tendon injury) | |