The 15-member squad that beat Sri Lanka 6-1 was retained for the first three matches against South Africa.
The Tamil Nadu batsman scored his second Ranji hundred in as many matches as his team marched to 353.
Striker Gurwinder Singh Chandi failed to make the cut as Hockey India announced an 18-member squad, led by Sadar Singh, for the eight-nation Hero men's Champions Trophy, in Bhubaneswar, from December 6-14. Lalit Upadhyay, who was capped nine times earlier, has been drafted in place of Chandi in the squad, named by Hockey India selectors after trials at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in Delhi on November 18.
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