After winning a crucial toss, South African bowlers start impressively with three early wickets to give South Africa a flying start against India in the Boxing Day Test at Centurion's SuperSport Park on Day 1 of the first match.
Indian cricket team returns to red-ball cricket after a long period as they clash against South Africa in a highly-anticipated Boxing Day fixture at Centurion's SuperSport Park. The venue is tipped to offer a good amount of help for the pacer bowlers from Day 1.
India head coach confirmed that KL Rahul will don the wicketkeeping gloves in the first Test match against South Africa ahead of Ishan Kishan's replacement KS Bharat and also revealed extra bounce and seam at the SuperSport Park pitch suggesting the importance of pace bowlers.
"Indian team has arrived in South Africa with its best ever chance. For the first time they have got fast bowlers, who can bowl 'the line' and not just hit the length. India have been coming for many years but very few of your fast bowlers were line bowlers," AB de Villiers said.
South African head coach Shukri Conrad confirmed Kagiso Rabada and Lungi Ngidi's return to the nets on Saturday ahead of the Boxing Day Test match against India and also highlighted India's poor record in Rainbow Nation.
Indian cricket team will conclude their multi-format South Africa tour with a two-match Test series starting in Centurion on December 26 and will have a tough task against the history due to their poor head-to-head record in the Rainbow Nation.
South Africa are set to host the Indian cricket team in the much-awaited two-match Test series starting at Centurion's SuperSport Park on December 26 but rain is likely to play spoilsport on the first and second day of the match.
India's once-in-a-generation pace unit destroyed a listless South Africa with its relentless attack to fashion an emphatic 113-run win in the first Test here on Thursday, setting the team on the path towards an elusive series victory in the Rainbow nation.
India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) 1st Test, Centurion weather LIVE updates: As per the weather forecast, Day 5 is predicted to have moderate rain in the afternoon.
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