The climax of India’s tour of South Africa 2023-24 has arrived. The second Test between India and South Africa is all set to begin on Wednesday, January 3. The venue for the match is the Newlands Cricket Stadium in Cape Town. The second Test of India vs South Africa is the last match of the tour and will conclude the series.
South Africa won the first Test by an innings and 32 runs and lead the series 1-0. They need one more victory to win the series. India aims to make a comeback in the second Test India vs South Africa. Now they can only tie the two-game series.
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South Africa has always oppressed India in Tests on home soil. South Africa won 13 matches and lost only 4 of 24 matches against India at home. Proteas also have an impressive record at the Newlands Cricket Stadium against India.
Both teams have played 6 Tests at the stadium and South Africa has won 4 matches. 2 matches ended in a draw. Therefore, India has never achieved a victory at the Newlands Stadium against South Africa in the red-ball format.
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India vs South Africa match preview: 2nd Test, 2023-24
India
Rohit Sharma is the captain of India in the India vs South Africa test series. In the first Test, KL Rahul smashed a century in the first innings. Virat Kohli scored 76 runs in the second innings. Other batsmen failed to put up a good show in both the innings.
Among the bowlers, Jasprit Bumrah got the most 4 wickets for the team. Pacer Mohammed Siraj picked 2 wickets. Shardul Thakur, Ravichandran Ashwin and Prasidh Krishna got 1 wicket each. However, Siraj, Krishna and Thakur were very expensive during their spells.
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IND Team: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Ravindra Jadeja, Srikar Bharat, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Mukesh Kumar , Avesh Khan.
South Africa
Temba Bavuma is the captain of South Africa in the India vs South Africa test series. However, he has been ruled out due to injury. In the first match, Dean Elgar scored a knock of 185 to win the match. David Bedingham and Marco Jansen broke out in the fifties. Proteas batted only in the first innings.
Among the bowlers, Kagiso Rabada and Nandre Burger bagged the most 7 wickets each for the team in both innings. Rabada took a 5-wicket haul in the first innings. Marco Jansen picked 4 wickets in total, with a 3-wicket haul in the second innings.
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SA Team: Dean Elgar, Aiden Markram, Tony de Zorzi, Keegan Petersen, David Bedingham, Kyle Verreynne, Marco Jansen, Kagiso Rabada, Nandre Burger, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Wiaan Mulder, Tristan Stubbs, Zubeyr Hamza.