India tour of South Africa begins on 26 December with the first test match of SA vs IND played at the SuperSport Park, Centurion. Indian team is all set to execute their dominance once again against South Africa after a great tournament against New Zealand. This series is definitely going to be a challenging yet interesting one as India has not won a Test series ever in South Africa.
SA vs IND Test series :
Match Details :
Venue: SuperSport Park, Centurion
Date: Dec 26- Dec 30, 2021
Time: 01:30 PM IST
Pitch Report : SA vs IND Test series
The pitch at this ground proves to be quite helpful for the batters as they find it easy to bat and execute strokes on this surface. On the other hand, bowlers might find it difficult to pick wickets easily on this pitch. In the last five matches played in this venue, the average score of the first innings is 297 runs.
SA vs IND Test series :
Team News :
South Africa:
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South Africa will be missing out on Anrich Nortje as he is injured. The team led by Dean Elgar needs to trust Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Duanne Ollivier for scalping wickets. The pitch is quite helpful for batters and therefore batteries like Temba Bavuma, Quinton de Kock, and Aiden Markram might be seen thrashing the Indian bowlers.
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India :
The Indian squad without injured Rohit Sharma needs to put in extra effort to win the series and break the jinx. It is quite a difficult time for the team as cricketers like Shubman Gill, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja won't be a part of the squad. The Indian team has enough experienced cricketers like Virat Kohli, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin, and many more. It will be quite interesting to see how the Indian team minus these players play to register a win.
Head-to-head stats:
Both the teams faced each other total of 39 times. At the moment, South Africa is leading the winning margin by only 1 win. India registered 14 wins whereas South Africa won 15 matches.
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South Africa:
Dean Elgar (c), Aiden Markram, Temba Bavuma, Rassie van der Dussen, Kyle Verreynne, Quinton de Kock (wk), Wiaan Mulder, Marco Jensen, Kagiso Rabada, Duanne Olivier, Lungi Ngidi
India :
KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma