New Delhi: Team India is all set to take on the hosts South Africa in the Test series beginning December 26 at SuperSport Park in Centurion.
The Men in Blue remain high on momentum with their victory against the Proteas in One Day International (ODI) series and will also have the power of seasoned players like Rohit Sharma & Virat Kohli. Both along with R Aswhin & Jasprit Bumrah arrived in the city for Test encounters and are set to lead the side in first match tomorrow.
Notably, this is the last lap of India’s tour of South Africa. The two teams will be vying in the Test format after thrilling T20 and ODI encounters.
IND VS SA: Head to head stats & details
In all previous encounters, South Africa has won 42 matches while India security win in 15 matches.
Match Time: 1:30 PM IST
Channel: Star Sports Network
IND vs SA 1st Test: About Weather
While the excitement builds up for first match between India & South Africa, the weather gods are supposedly not in favour of it. Weather experts have forcasted a spell of rain on December 26, accompanied by high humidity levels. The temperature is likely to stay pleasant at around 20 degress, however, the match will depend on rain gods.
IND vs SA: Match Prediction
Prima facie, South Africa remain the favourites to win the Test Series against India, on basis of their previous stats. However, a tough battle would be in the works as Rohit & Kohli would be looking to tame the Proteas in their own backyard.
While Proteas eye victory in the first match, Kohli & Rohit would also be facing the red-ball challenge. Experts say that the team scoring more than 400 runs in the first innings would have more probability to win.
IND vs SA My Dream11 team
KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma , Dean Elgar, Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, Aiden Markram, Marco Jansen, Kagiso Rabada, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Ravindra Jadeja,