The Kotla surface has traditionally been on the slower side with low bounce. The pitch usually aids slow bowlers, and tend to take more turn as the match progresses.
Pant has been one of the core members of the Indian team for some time now and has shown great improvement in his batting and his wicketkeeping. The innings that he played in the final test match of that fabled Border-Gavaskar series is one for the ages and will be remembered for a very long time.
Gaikwad was handed over the India cap in 2021 when India had traveled to Sri Lanka for a white ball series under the leadership of Rahul Dravid, but he was far from his best.
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Rishabh Pant will take the field as captain of the Indian T20 side against South Africa on Thursday at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi.
The men in blue have started their preparations for the T20 world cup scheduled to be played in Australia and they are all set to take up the South African challenge in their backyard.
The five-match T20 series between India and South Africa will be played with no restrictions as far as the crowd capacity is concerned.
If the 'Boxing Day Test' was used to breach the Proteas' fortress at the Centurion, the New Year's game will be all about stoutly defending the 'Bull Ring' bastion which has been a 'home' away from home for the Indian team.
When Bumrah didn't bowl much in the first innings, Shami stood up with 5/44 to bowl out South Africa for 197.
Bollywood celebs celebrated India's win against South Africa in their own special way. While Amitabh Bachchan and Boman Irani tweeted congratulatory messages, Anushka Sharma posted Virat Kohli's photo.
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.
South Africa remains one of the very few places where India have not won a Test series, and the Virat Kohli-led side is determined to end the wait this time around.
Kohli had decided to give up the leadership role in Twenty20 format and later he was replaced by Rohit Sharma in the One-day format too.
The choice between an untested rookie like Shreyas Iyer and a proven but out-of-form Ajinkya Rahane for the number five slot, is not an enviable one. It's more like choosing between rock and hard place with fear of unknown being a persistent factor.
On his third tour of South Africa, Kohli will be itching to lead the Indian team to their maiden series win in the country when the three-match Test series begins from Sunday at SuperSport Park in Centurion.
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India ran over South Africa 3-0 in the three-match series with the visitors providing little resistance over the course of the series.
India beat South Africa by an innings and 202 runs to complete a 3-0 series whitewash and extend their lead at the top of the World Test Championships table.
Following on, South Africa were all out for 189 in their second innings in the final session of day four.
Skipper Virat Kohli completed his seventh double hundred in Test cricket, remaining unbeaten on 254 while Ravindra Jadeja (91) missed out on his second hundred by nine runs.
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