The Indian cricket team will return to red-ball cricket after five months as they take on hosts South Africa in the first Test match at Centurion starting December 26. Captain Rohit Sharma and other prominent figures will also participate for the first time since their joining. Heartbreaking defeat in the ICC 2023 World Cup final on November 19.
After a 1-1 draw in the T20Is, the Men in Blue registered a successive 2-1 win over the Proteas under KL Rahul on December 21. KL Rahul became the second Indian captain in history to register an ODI series win in South Africa. .
Now Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid are aiming to win the first Test series on South African soil in a two-match series. South Africa have always dominated every opponent in home Tests, but the Indian team has the best chance of making history after a dominant performance across formats in 2023.
India vs South Africa Head to Head Test Record:
In Tests, South Africa marginally leads India’s overall head-to-head record with 17 wins and 15 defeats in 42 matches. South Africa also recorded a straight 2-1 win when the two teams last faced off against each other two years ago.
| Matches played | India won | South Africa won | He paints | Equalizer/NR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 0 |
Record of the IND vs SA head-to-head test in South Africa:
| Matches played | India won | South Africa won | He paints | Relations / n |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 0 |
At home, South Africa has an impressive record against the Indian team with 12 wins in 23 Test matches and only four defeats so far. India’s last Test win came in South Africa during a Boxing Day match in 2021 under Virat Kohli.
India have won three of the last five Test matches against South Africa but history remains with the latter.
India Test Squad for South Africa Series: Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Yashavi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Prasidh Krishna, Abhimanyu Iswaran.
South Africa Test Team: Temba Bavuma (c), David Bedingham, Nandre Berger, Gerald Coetzee, Tony De Zorzi, Dean Elgar, Marco Janssen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, Jan Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Keegan Pietersen, Kagiso Rabada, Tristan Stubbs, Kyle Vereen (wk ). )
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