Jasprit Bumrah, who was the best bowler for India in the series opener in Centurion, tried his hand at off-spin during the training ahead of the second Test against South Africa. India will be looking to level the series in Cape Town after suffering a defeat by an innings and 32 runs.
Captain Rohit Sharma spoke in detail about Shubman Gill's batting position and what he personally thinks about No.3 in Test cricket ahead of the second and final match against South Africa. Gill has struggled at No. 3 so far having scored just 120 runs in six innings.
With South Africa skipper Temba Bavuma not available for the second and final Test against India due to injury, Dean Elgar will lead the Proteas. The hosts are leading the series 0-1 having won the opening game by an innings and 32 runs within three days in Centurion.
IND vs SA: India and South Africa will take on each other in the 2nd Test of the series at Newlands, Cape Town. South Africa have taken an unassailable lead of 1-0 as India's final frontier remains out of their grasp. Here is a list of Indian players with the most runs at Newlands.
IND vs SA: India and South Africa will kick start their New Year with a Test at the picturesque venue of Newlands in Cape Town. The first Test in Centurion had a 1:30 PM start, however, this game sees a change in timings.
IND vs SA: Virat Kohli has played some crucial knocks for India in the New Year Tests. Kohli has been bossing things from 2011 onwards. He has played two New Year Tests in South Africa. Here is how he has performed in his New Year Tests every year.
Former India captain Virat Kohli was the best batter for the team in Centurion Test. He waged a lone battle in the second innings scoring 76 runs as the visitors were skittled just for 131 runs as they went down meekly by an innings and 32 runs. Kohli will yet again be key for India in Cape Town.
After a disappointing end to the year 2023, the Indian men's cricket team will clash against hosts South Africa in the 2nd Test match at Cape Town's Newlands starting on January 3, 2024, in the hope of avoiding a series loss.
After losing the opening Test by an innings and 32 runs, India are eager to level the series and trained hard at Newlands in Cape Town two days before the game. Rahul Dravid, the head coach, also inspected the pitch that is always a talking point in South Africa especially in Tests.
India are 0-1 behind in the two-match Test series against South Africa having lost the opening game by an innings and 32 runs. Bumrah made his Test debut at the Newlands in Cape Town back in the New Year Test in 2018 and returns to the same venue with a record to aim.
Team India lost the first Test of the two-match series against South Africa last week by an innings and 32 runs. Since the loss, Rohit Sharma is being criticised for his poor show not only with the bat but also for his captaincy during the Centurion Test.
Indian cricket team will take on South Africa in the second and last Test match at Cape Town's Newlands starting on January 3, 2024, but faces a tough job against the history with no win in their six red-ball encounters at the venue.
India lost the opening Test of the two-match series by an innings and 32 runs. Meanwhile, Shardul Thakur was hit in the nets during the optional training session and there is an update around his fitness ahead of the second and final Test of the series.
IND vs SA: India are already without the services of Mohammed Shami and Ruturaj Gaikwad for the Test series against South Africa. They also missed Ravindra Jadeja in the first Test.
Team India ended a middling 2023 on a poor note losing the final Test of the year as South Africa gave them a humbling by an innings and 32 runs. However, before the year was over, the visitors got some good news in the form of their all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja's fitness.
If a defeat by an innings and 32 runs wasn't enough, the Indian team was slapped with a fine and penalty for maintaining a slow over-rate in the first Test against South Africa. India who slipped to fifth position in the World Test Championship standings after the loss, slipped even further.
Captain Rohit Sharma was positive about his team's batting quality despite the abject surrender in the first Test against South Africa in Centurion. India were bowled out twice in a little over 101 overs combined while South Africa outbatted them scoring 408 in 108 overs in just one innings.
South Africa took a 1-0 lead in the two-match Test series after beating India by an innings and 32 runs. The Proteas proved to be too strong for India with both bat and ball and now find themselves at the top of the table in the World Test Championship standings and India faced a massive drop.
South Africa landed a knockout punch on India as they won the Boxing Day Test in Centurion within three days. It was an abject surrender from the Indian team with both bat and ball as they first conceded a 163-run lead and then were folded for just 131 with Virat Kohli putting up some fight.
India cricketer Virat Kohli has been in excellent touch in 2023 and is batting for one last time this year in the Centurion Test against South Africa. The former Indian skipper slammed centuries for fun this year apart from being the highest run-getter in the World Cup.
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