Welcome to India tour of South Africa 2021/22, and today is the 1st Test match, which is being played between India and South Africa, and this match will be played at SuperSport Park, Centurion. This match will start today on 26th December 2021 at 01:30 PM.
Preview
South Africa is a very good team and currently this team occupies the 6th position in the ICC Test ranking, and the captain of the South Africa Test team is Dean Elgar, who is a great batsman, and all the players of this team are also in very good form. It is going on, now it has to be seen whether South Africa can defeat India in this test series starting with Team India or not, and it will also be interesting to see how this team performs in this series.
On the other hand, India is a very good team and currently this team occupies the first position in the ICC Test ranking, and the captain of the Indian Test team is Virat Kohli, who is a great batsman and the only batsman whose average in all three formats of cricket. More than 50, and all the players of this team are also running in very good form, recently they have won the test series by defeating New Zealand, now it has to be seen that the Indian team starts with South Africa. How does it perform in test series?
Pitch Report
The pitch of Supersport Park, Centurion, Cricket Ground is a very good pitch, this pitch helps the batsmen as well as the bowlers, in this pitch the fast bowlers get a lot of help, which helps their team to win. Plays a very important role, and if we talk about spin bowlers, then they do not get much help from this pitch, but the matter of concern in this cricket ground is the weather. Because on the first, second, fourth and fifth day there may be little rain and on the third day there may be a change of shade.
Probable Playing XI :- SA vs IND
South Africa Players Stats :-
Note- All Players CAREER AVERAGES
- Dean Elgar (c) :- (M-69, R-4347, Ave-39.51, W-15)
- Temba Bavuma (vc) :- (M-44, R-2097, Ave-32.26, W-1)
- Quinton de Kock (wk) :- (M-53, R-3245, Ave-39.09)
- Aiden Markram :- (M-26, R-1824, Ave-39.65)
- Kagiso Rabada :- (M-47, R-693, Ave-11.94, W-213)
- Keshav Maharaj :- (M-36, R-739, Ave-14.49, W-129)
- Duanne Olivier :- (M-10, R-26, Ave-3.71, W-48)
- Lungi Ngidi :- (M-10, R-49, Ave-5.44, W-32)
- Rassie van der Dussen :- (M-10, R-610, Ave-38.12)
- Wiaan Mulder :- (M-6, R-143, Ave-15.88, W-14)
- George Linde :- (M-3, R-135, Ave-22.50, W-9)
Probable Drops :-
- Beuran Hendricks :- (M-1, R-9, Ave-9, W-6)
- Kyle Verreynne :- (M-2, R-39, Ave-13)
- Keegan Petersen :- (M-2, R-44, Ave-14.66)
- Marco Jansen :- (DNP)
- Sisanda Magala :- (DNP)
- Ryan Rickelton :- (DNP)
- Prenelan Subrayen :- (DNP)
- Sarel Erwee :- (DNP)
- Glenton Stuurman :- (DNP)
Indian Players Stats :-
Note- All Players CAREER AVERAGES
- Virat Kohli ( C ) :- (M-97, R-7801, Ave-50.65)
- KL Rahul ( V/C ) :- (M-40, R-2321, Ave-35.16)
- Mayank Agarwal :- (M-16, R-1294, Ave-47.92)
- Cheteshwar Pujara :- (M-92, R-6589, Ave-42.82)
- Ajinkya Rahane :- (M-79, R-4795, Ave-39.30)
- Rishabh Pant (wk) :- (M-25, R-1549, Ave-39.71)
- R Ashwin :- (M-81, R-2755, Ave-27.55, W-427)
- Jasprit Bumrah :- (M-24, R-130, Ave-5.41, W-101)
- Ishant Sharma :- (M-105, R-785, Ave-8.26, W-311)
- Mohammed Shami :- (M-54, R-590, Ave-11.80, W-195)
- Mohammed Siraj :- (M-10, R-57, Ave-8.14, W-33)
Probable Drops :-
- Shreyas Iyer :- (M-2, R-202, Ave-50.50)
- Hanuma Vihari :- (M-12, R-624, Ave-32.84, W-5)
- Wriddhiman Saha (wk) :- (M-40, R-1353, Ave-29.41)
- Jayant Yadav :- (M-5, R-246, Ave-35.14, W-16)
- Umesh Yadav :- (M-51, R-404, Ave-11.88, W-156)
- Shardul Thakur :- (M-4, R-190, Ave-38, W-14)
Venue Stats :- SA vs IND (SuperSport Park, Centurion)
Total Matches Players :-
Average Score :- 287
Highest Chased Score :- 151
1’st Batting Team Won :- ( 33 %)
2’nd batting team Won :- ( 67 %)
Wickets Split :- SuperSport Park, Centurion
Pace Bowling :- ( 93 %)
Spin Bowling :- ( 7 %)
H2H Records :- SA vs IND
Matches Played in the last 10 matches
- South Africa team Won – 07
- India team Won – 02
- Tie/No Results – 01
Top Dismissals :- SA vs IND
BOWLERS | BATTERS | OUTS |
Ravichandran Ashwin | Kagiso Rabada/Quinton de Kock/Dean Elgar/Keshav Maharaj/Aiden Markram | 6/4/3/3/2 |
Mohammed Shami | Temba Bavuma/Kagiso Rabada/Dean Elgar/Quinton de Kock | 4/3/2/2/ |
Jasprit Bumrah | Quinton de Kock | 3 |
Keshav Maharaj | Ajinkya Rahane | 3 |
Kagiso Rabada | Cheteshwar Pujara/Mayank Agarwal | 3/3 |
Ishant Sharma | Ishant Sharma/Kagiso Rabada | 2/2 |
Umesh Yadav | Aiden Markram/Umesh Yadav/Quinton de Kock/Kagiso Rabada | 2/2/2/2 |
Lungi Ngidi | Mohammed Shami/Virat Kohli | 2/2 |
Must Picks Players :- SA vs IND
PLAYERS | STATS |
Virat Kohli | (M-97, R-7801, Ave-50.65) |
Cheteshwar Pujara | (M-92, R-6589, Ave-42.82) |
Ajinkya Rahane | (M-79, R-4795, Ave-39.30) |
R Ashwin | (M-81, R-2755, Ave-27.55, W-427) |
Ishant Sharma | (M-105, R-785, Ave-8.26, W-311) |
KL Rahul | (M-40, R-2321, Ave-35.16) |
Dean Elgar | (M-69, R-4347, Ave-39.51, W-15) |
Quinton de Kock | (M-53, R-3245, Ave-39.09) |
Temba Bavuma | (M-44, R-2097, Ave-32.26, W-1) |
Kagiso Rabada | (M-47, R-693, Ave-11.94, W-213) |
Keshav Maharaj | (M-36, R-739, Ave-14.49, W-129) |
Mohd. Shami | (M-54, R-590, Ave-11.80, W-195) |
Duanne Olivier | (M-10, R-26, Ave-3.71, W-48) |
Jasprit Bumrah | (M-24, R-130, Ave-5.41, W-101) |
C & VC Selection :- SA vs IND
Safe Option :-
- Virat Kohli
- R Ashwin
- Cheteshwar Pujara
- KL Rahul
- Quinton de Kock
- Dean Elgar
Risky Option :-
- George Linde
- Mohammed Siraj
- Wiaan Mulder
Sunggested XI :- SA vs IND
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