Sourav Ganguly firmly believes that De Villiers needs to do a Virat Kohli on his return to turn the fortunes around for the depleted hosts.
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Team India are off to Johannesburg where they won the third and final Test match and all-rounder Hardik Pandya took to social media to state that the team is on their way.
De Villiers missed the first three games of the six-match series with a finger injury he sustained during the Wanderers Test.
South Africa wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock suffered a left wrist injury while batting during the second ODI at Centurion on Sunday and needs two to four weeks to make a full recovery.
Markram, 23, will bat at number four for de Villiers who has been ruled out of the first three ODIs due to a finger injury.
The 33-year old is expected to be fit for the fourth match of the series, the pink ODI at the Wanderers, for which he is one of the ambassadors.
The youngster, who was picked up by RPS last year as a replacement for his illustrious state-mate Ravichandran Ashwin, impressed in IPL-10 and has since graduated to the national team in the ODI and T20 format.
The Indian team skipper Kohli was retained for a whopping price of 17 crores by RCB management, making him the costliest buy ever in the cash-rich league.
Despite collecting all 20-wickets in the 2nd Test, Team India have succumbed to yet another series defeat in South Africa.
De Villiers said that the Indian blowing attack was a "surprise" for him as it challenged the Proteas batsmen quite well in the two concluded Tests.
At stumps, South Africa still had eight wickets left in their second innings and will be targeting a lead of 250 at least.
It was an action-packed day at Centurion as Kohli's 150 and AB de Villiers speedy fifty was quite enjoyable till rain caused spoil-sport and bad light stopped play. Take a look at some of the highlights of day three.
South Africa outplayed India by 72 runs inside four days in the opening Test in Cape Town to claim a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
The SA batting coach lauded the Indian bowling attack but felt that it was de Villiers and the skipper who shifted the course after they stepped foot onto the field.
The former South African skipper will return to Test cricket in the one-off Test against Zimbabwe beginning on Tuesday before the three-match Test series against India starting on January 5.
The former South African skipper will return to Test cricket in the one-off Test against Zimbabwe beginning on Tuesday before the three-match Test series against India starting on January 5.
The South African Invitation XI will play a day/night three-day tour match with Zimbabwe, starting at Boland Park in Paarl on Wednesday.
Skipper Faf du Plessis, who was earlier doubtful for the day-night Test against Zimbabwe as Cricket South Africa was considering not to rush with his inclusion in the squad, has returned to the team after remaining out of action for six weeks.
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