Know the odds against India in the test series against South Africa

New Delhi: India is on a tour of South Africa for 3 ODIs and 2 Test matches, and the visitors have displayed embarrassing performances in the ODIs. India lost 2 one days and the last one was abandoned, all praises to rain.Now, India will play two Test matches against the Proteas starting from Dec 18. The first test will be played at Wanderers, Johannesburg. In the Test matches, South Africa has always dominated over India with the odds stacked against the visitors. The first threat for India will be Johannesburg's pitch which is famous for its bouncy and fast nature. It troubled Indians in the 1st ODI of the tour when South African speedsters tore apart the terrific Indian batting line up.India has surely won last six Test matches but those were played on home soil, where pitches are flat and slow. India has not played a Test outside its soil since January 2012 when they were beaten 4-0 in Australia.While, the Proteas are unbeaten in 13 series but their most recent two series against second-ranked India, away in 2009-10 and at home the following season, have ended in 1-1 draw.Now let's talk about the batting department. South African batting line up is tremendous with A B de Villiers and Hashim Amla ruling the 1st and 2nd place of ICC test rankings and Graeme Smith, Jacques Kallis are in the top 12. On the other hand, the only Indian Cheteshwar Pujara is at 6th position in the rankings while Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni are at 20th and 21st places respectively.In the bowling department too, the home team also has an upper hand with Dale Steyn and Vernon Philander claiming the two top spots, Morne Morkel is at 12th place in the test bowling rankings. India only got two spinners in top 10 with R Ashwin is at 5th rank and Pragyan Ojha is at 9th place. But induction of experienced bowler Zaheer Khan may play a crucial role in the match. Weather may play spoilsport in the match in an unusually wet South African summer as thundershowers are predicted for all five days of the first Test.