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After a closely fought white-ball leg, India and South Africa set their sights on the ultimate prize: Test victory. The Boxing Day Test in Centurion ignites this fiery series, with India facing the daunting challenge of South Africa’s home-turf advantage. While the Proteas hold the early favour, India yearns to break history and claim its first-ever Test series win on South African soil. India came quite close on the previous two tours but this time around, they will be looking to complete the job.
Match: South Africa vs India, 1st Test
Venue: SuperSport Park, Centurion
Date & Time: 26th December, 01:30 PM IST
Live Streaming Details: Disney Plus Hotstar and Star Sports Network
The wicket is likely to be a typical, hard surface that we have been accustomed to seeing in Centurion. The bowlers are likely to get a lot of help and it will be extremely tough for batters. There is a lot of grass on the surface which will make it a paradise for the seamers. The curator has said on record that batters will have their tasks cut out.
Matches – 42
Wins for India – 15
Wins for South Africa – 17
Draw – 10
India Playing XI: Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Prasidh Krishna, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
South Africa Playing XI: Dean Elgar, Temba Bavuma, Aiden Markram, Keegan Petersen, Tony de Zorzi, Kyle Verreynne, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada, Gerald Coetzee, Nandre Burger.
Wicketkeepers: KL Rahul
Batters: Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli (vc), Aiden Markram, Shubman Gill
All-rounders: Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Marco Jansen
Bowlers: Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Gerald Coetzee
Wicketkeepers: KL Rahul, Kyle Verreynne
Batters: Dean Elgar (c), Temba Bavum, Shubman Gill
All-rounders: Marco Jansen
Bowlers: Jasprit Bumrah, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj (vc), Gerald Coetzee