Match Details
Date: January 3-7, 2024
Time : 2:00 PM IST
Venue : Newlands, Cape Town
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Preview
South Africa will take on India in the second and the final Test of the series at the Newlands in Cape Town. After demolishing the challenge of the Indian cricket team in the first Test by an innings and 32 runs, the Proteas have all the momentum going into the upcoming fixture. But, while Team India is struggling in all departments of the game, they have the ability to bounce back from adverse situations, which is something the South African cricket team should be wary of.
Weather Report for January 3
Pitch Report
Analysis
After Temba Bavuma suffered an hamstring injury, South Africa were a batter short, but Dean Elgar took charge of the situation, notching up his second highest Test score while putting together two big partnerships with debutant David Bedingham and Marco Jansen to help his team put a massive first innings total on the board. In the bowling side of things, the Protea spearhead Kagiso Rabada wreaked havoc on the Indian batting lineup, while getting able support from the debutant Nandre Burger to bowl them out twice cheaply.
On the other hand, the Indian batting lineup was toothless in front of a high quality South African bowling attack on a very difficult pitch with only KL Rahul and Virat Kohli playing a couple of good innings, but it was far from enough for them. The bowling effort from Team India was nothing much to write home about since only Jasprit Bumrah seemed to threaten the opposition batters at certain stages of their innings.
Key Players
Author’s Picks
Probable XIs
South Africa: Dean Elgar (c), Aiden Markram, Tony de Zorzi, Keegan Petersen, David Bedingham, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Wiaan Mulder, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Nandre Burger
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Avesh Khan, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
Grand League
Head-to-head
Best 14
Wicketkeepers : KL Rahul
Batters : Dean Elgar, Tony de Zorzi, David Bedingham, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli
All-Rounders : Aiden Markram, Marco Jansen, Ravindra Jadeja
Bowlers : Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
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