Rohit himself had been a part of the U-19 World Cup final in 2006 where they lost to Pakistan in the final.

India are on a two-month long tour of Rainbow nation and have just finished a gruelling three-Test series, the visitors are scheduled to play six ODIs and three T20Is starting on February 1.

Mumbai Indians are the only team in the IPL history to win the coveted trophy thrice, while, Chennai and Kolkata have won it twice.

India had lost the first Test in Cape Town by 72 runs and were beaten in the second match at Centurion by 135 runs to surrender an unassailable lead to the hosts.

Rohit's failure to live upto the expectations and the Indian batting's inability to stand upto the South African pace attack in the preceding matches attracted widespread criticism, forcing the team management to rethink about Rahane.

Preferred over vice-captain Rahane, Rohit Sharma failed miserably as he managed to score just 78 runs in four innings in South Africa.

According to Bedi, another baffling decision was to drop pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar after a six-wicket haul in the first Test in Cape Town.

Virat Kohli feels that despite the mistakes committed, his batting unit is in much better shape for this game.

Vernon Philander-led South African pace attack showed relentless aggression as hosts thumped India by 72 runs in the first Test to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.

Rahane, who has not been amongst the runs of late, had a successful tour of South Africa four years ago.

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While the last date of submission for the player retention is January 4, the franchises are more or less certain about the kind of players they would like to retain and the ones they would buy back with Right To Match (RTM) cards.

Rohit Sharma, who is India's first-choice opening batsman in limited-overs cricket, said South Africa's attack is multi-dimensional with variety, experience and skill set.

2017 turned out to be an outstanding year for Indian cricket as both the men's and women's team achieving several heights and creating many records. In this piece, we take a look at the some of the best moments that became the highlight of the year.

Under the captaincy of Rohit, Dhoni batted at No. 4 in the first T20I and hammered an unbeaten 39.

Leading India in the absence of regular skipper Kohli, Rohit smashed his record third ODI double hundred in the second ODI against Sri Lanka.

India have leapfrogged England, New Zealand and the West Indies to move from fifth to the second position in the list, which is led by Pakistan with 124 points.

Finishing as the highest run scorer in the two formats, Rohit was simply unstoppable in his first full series as captain

Skipper Rohit Sharma praised his young team-mates for the way they performed in the series.