Match Details
Date: January 3-7, 2024
Time : 2:00 PM IST
Venue : Newlands, Cape Town
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Preview
In the second and the final Test of the series, South Africa will lock horns against India at the Newlands in Cape Town. Following a comprehensive win in the first Test match against the Indians in the Highveld, the South Africans will head to the coast with all the confidence to boss their upcoming contest. For India, it will be important to address the issues surrounding their batting and bowling side of things if they want to compete well against South Africa in the second Test match.
Pitch Report
The pitches at the Newlands in Cape Town are some of the most balanced in South Africa for riveting Test cricket, allowing the batters and bowlers to dictate terms at different phases of the game. The average first innings score at this venue in Tests is 325, which could be the initial target for both India and South Africa to achieve if they get the chance to bat first.
Team Analysis
South Africa
Dean Elgar was the star of the show for South Africa with the bat, stitching together three figure partnerships with David Bedingham and Marco Jansen to help his team attain a big first innings total, apart from fulfilling the leadership role brilliantly after Temba Bavuma couldn’t continue playing due to a hamstring injury. The fast bowlers for the Proteas were very penetrative, with Kagiso Rabada picking up the majority of the Indian wickets, while getting great support from the debutant Nandre Burger.
SportsTiger Playing XI of 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
KL Rahul and Virat Kohli were the only shining light for India in the batting department while the rest of the batters found it hard to cope with the sheer quality of South African fast bowlers on a very difficult pitch. The Indian fast bowlers couldn’t find a way to take advantage of the favourable conditions except for Jasprit Bumrah, allowing the opposition to post a total in excess of 400, putting themselves firmly on the backfoot.
SportsTiger Playing XI of 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
Match Prediction
Conclusion
Although South Africa managed to get the better of India in a comprehensive manner in the first Test match, it is often difficult to put together such a top-quality performance in back-to-back games. India are known for making great comebacks in Test cricket in overseas conditions in the recent past, a phenomenon which could easily repeat against South Africa at Newlands in Cape Town.
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