India will be squaring off against Australia in the first Test of the 2-match series at Centurion. India won the recently concluded ODI series by 2-1.
Rohit Sharma will be leading the Indian Test side while Temba Bavuma will be leading the Proteas team. Dean Elgar, Lungi Ngidi and Kagiso Rabada are among the key players from the Proteas team while Virat Kohli, Ravichandran Ashwin, and Ravindra Jadeja are among the popular names from the Indian side.
SA vs IND 1st Test Pitch Report:
The surface at the SuperSport Park is a batting-friendly wicket, with a good amount of help for the swing bowlers on offer. There is not much help for the spinners on this track early on. Batting will be easier towards the first half as compared to the latter half.
IND vs SA 1st Test Probable XIs:
South Africa: Temba Bavuma (c), Dean Elgar, Keegan Peterson, Aden Markram, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Tony de Zorzi, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Marco Jensen, Gerald Coetzee, Kagiso Rabada
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Srikar Bharat, Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravi Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, Shardul Thakur
IND vs SA Dream11 Team:
- Keeper – Lokesh Rahul
- Batsmen – Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Aiden Markram, Tony de Zorzi, Dean Elgar
- All-rounders – Ravindra Jadeja, Marco Jansen (c)
- Bowlers – Jasprit Bumrah (vc), Mohammad Siraj, Gerald Coatzee
