Sa V Ind – India Is Out To Break The South Africa Code As The Tour Starts With Boxing Day Test

SA v IND – India is out to break the South Africa Code as the tour starts with Boxing Day Test

Centurion 25 December : .After a string of impressive wins in Australia and England (twice), India is now determined to break the South Africa code in the Test series that begins on Sunday at SuperSport Park, Centurion.
The Omicron version of COVID-19 virus was threatening to cancel the tour so the fixtures were reworked with Tests and OIs keeping their respective places and dates.

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South Africa’s pace, bounce, and difficult pitches have been an area where India has not won.While England and Australia have won, South Africa remains to be conquered.India showed some hope in 2018 when it started the first Test at Cape Town.

South Africa responded and won the series with a 2-1 win.

Vice-captain KL Rohul knows how to start the series right.

The discussion has centered on the Test match.It is not too early to think about the future.We must start the series well with the first Test match.”All our discussions and focus have been on trying the best in this first match and getting the team off on a positive note, bat or ball,” Rahul said on Friday in a virtual press conference.

India has the pace lineup to rival South Africa on paper.Jasprit Bhumarah has seen his stocks rise in Test cricket since the 2018 tour.

Ishant Sharma and Mohammed Shami followed closely by Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj, and Umesh Yadav completing India’s hexagonal pace attack.

Dean Elgar, South Africa’s captain of pace bowling, identified the most difficult challenge facing the hosts as being the tourists’ pace-bowling contingent.

Their strength is their bowling.This is something we are very aware of.As a team, they have enjoyed many successes.The attack has a number of senior spearhead bowlers who lead it, and they have a solid back-up team of bowlers.

Their bowling team will be able to exploit South Africa’s conditions quite well, based on my experience.

India has lost left-arm spin allrounders Ravindra Jadeja (left-arm) and Axar Panel (left-arm), but off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin will be leading the spin, with Thakur taking over for the all rounder’s spot.

The main concern for the Indian team has been in batting.Captain Virat Kohli, senior pros Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane are in the middle of a tough patch.

India was majorly saved by Shreyas in Kanpur, and Mayank Agarwal (opener) in Mumbai in the home series against New Zealand.

The batters will have to do their very best to keep Rohit Sharma from exiting the series because of a left-hamstring injury.

South Africa will play a Test match, the first since its two matches against West Indies last June.Despite the fact that the hosts’ batting strength has been reduced by Hashim Amla, Faf du Plessis and AB de Villiers retiring, Captain Dean Elgar, Aiden Markram, and Rassie Van der Dussen are still around.

They will be more concerned about their batting with Quinton De Kock, wicketkeeper and batter, only being available for the Tests before going on paternity leaves.

Their bowling team, headed by Kagiso Radabada, can still trouble the Indian bats, despite Anrich Nortje’s absence.

Lungi Nadi’s Test debut in 2018 against India here at this venue saw him score 6/39.However, he has suffered from injuries, and most recently COVID-19.

South Africa hopes that Lungi Ngidi and Duanne Olivier, who are both returning to the Test team in 2018, can continue the strong fast-bowling stock.

Centurion was a stronghold for the Proteas, much like the Gabba is for Australia.

South Africa has won 21 of 26 Tests held at this venue and was defeated only once, in defeat to Australia in 2014 and England 2000.

However, India and them both have areas of weakness in their batting and it is possible that this series will be decided by runs, and, to a certain extent, the ability for the Indians to quickly dismiss the batters.

Squads:

South Africa: Dean Elgar (captain), Temba Bavuma (vice-captain), Quinton de Kock (wicket-keeper), Kagiso Rabada, Sarel Erwee, Beuran Hendricks, George Linde, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Aiden Markram, Wiaan Mulder, Keegan Petersen, Rassie van der Dussen, Kyle Verreynne, Marco Jansen, Glenton Stuurman, Prenelan Subrayen, Sisanda Magala, Ryan Rickelton and Duanne Olivier.

India: Virat Kohli (captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Wriddhiman Saha (wicket-keeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Jayant Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur and Mohammed Siraj.

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