SA Vs IND 2nd Test Full Match Preview, Possible XI, Head To Head Stats

Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg will host the second test match of the India tour of South Africa 2021-22. India is already ahead after winning the 1st match of SA vs IND. The Proteas will try to draw the result with an intense performance. The clash will start tomorrow at 1:30 p.m.

SA vs IND Test series :
Match Details :

Venue: Wanderers Stadium
Date: Jan 03- Jan 07, 2022
Time: 01:30 PM IST

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Pitch Report : SA vs IND Test series

The pitch condition at the Wanderers Stadium is balanced and chasing is preferable on this pitch. 207 score is the average score of the last 5 matches in the 1st innings on this venue. This stadium is a great place for the pacers as they earned 84% of bowling fantasy points in this pitch. The bowlers will get some more bounce off the surface on the pitch. According to past stats, only 20% of the teams batting first won the match.

SA vs IND Test series :
Team News :

South Africa:

The second test match is definitely going to be a bit hard for the South African team due to the absence of Quinton de Kock. The wicketkeeper-batter announced his retirement after the first test. The pitch is quite great for the bowlers and the South African test team has some efficient bowlers. The bowlers definitely need to take a lot of responsibility and pick up wickets as soon as possible.

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India:

On the other hand, India had a blast in the 1st test match of the series. KL Rahul was magnificent and scored a century in the first innings. Mohammad Sami was also phenomenal as he picked up fifer and helped the Indian bowlers to bundle out the Proteas on 197 runs. Interestingly the Indian team has not lost a single match in the Wanderers stadium. It is only a matter of time to see if the Indian test team can continue their winning streak at this stadium.

Head-to-head stats:

India and South Africa played 40 test matches altogether against each other. Both the teams won an equal number of times; 15 times.

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SA vs IND Test series : Possible Playing XI

South Africa:

Dean Elgar (c), Aiden Markram, Keegan Petersen, Rassie van der Dussen, Temba Bavuma, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Marco Jansen, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Duanne Olivier, Keshav Maharaj

India:

KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (C), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (WK), Shardul Thakur, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj