India vs South Africa: Rain threat looms over first Test
Cricket | September 30, 2019 20:44 ISTThe first Test between India and South Africa is scheduled to begin on October 2, but rain could play spoilsport in Visakhapatnam.
The first Test between India and South Africa is scheduled to begin on October 2, but rain could play spoilsport in Visakhapatnam.
Ajinkya Rahane ended his long wait for a Test century last month, when he reached the three-figure mark against West Indies.
Virat Kohli's men were absolutely brilliant in the Caribbean Islands where they outclassed the Jason Holder-led side and comfortably whitewashed them in the two-Test series.
Keshav Maharaj, who is on his maiden tour to India, has said that the upcoming three-match Test series against the World No.1 side will decide if he belongs to international cricket.
Rohit played a crucial role in India's win in Australia, which was the last Test series they played before the West Indies tour.
In the high-voltage series, clashes between the top players are the most common things and in India vs South Africa, we might see a lot of them. Here are the key battles to look forward to during the three-match Test series between the two teams.
While the world accepts the fact that Pant is one of the most destructive batsmen at present, the general feeling is that his keeping still needs quite a bit of improvement.
The third women's T20I between India and South Africa was abandoned on Sunday without a ball being bowled.
It will be first Test series for South Africa since the retirements of experienced players such as Hashim Amla and Dale Steyn.
Opening the batting with Mayank Agarwal, the Board President's XI captain Rohit Sharma fell on the second ball to Vernon Philander for a duck.
VVS Laxman advised Rohit Sharma not to try anything new or drastic in order to succeed at the top of the order in Test cricket.
Hanuma Vihari will play in his first Test on home soil when India take on South Africa in the opening game of the three-match series in Vishakapatnam.
Many believe that Rohit's audacious strokeplay has brought about his downfall in Test cricket, but Rahane thinks otherwise.
Aiden Markram, who has played 17 Tests and scored 1,358 runs at 43.80, believes the environment in the dressing room is good and they are looking forward to the challenge.
Rishabh Pant could be replaced by Wriddhiman Saha for the first Test against South Africa in Vizag.
Mayank Agarwal and Umesh Yadav are also a part of the Board President's XI that will take on South Africa in the warm-up tie.
Jasprit Bumrah will miss the Test series against South Africa due to a stress fracture and he was replaced in the squad by Umesh Yadav.
Jasprit Bumrah's body has finally answered and he has been ruled out of the Test series against South Africa due to a minor stress fracture.
Jasprit Bumrah has sustained a minor stress fracture in his lower back and has been ruled out of the entire Gandhi-Mandela Trophy against South Africa.
Kohli now has three demerit points after having got one demerit point each during the Pretoria Test against South Africa on 15 January 2018, and against Afghanistan in the 2019 World Cup 2019 on June 22.
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