The match is scheduled to start on January 3rd in Cape Town . South Africa is presently leading the two match series 1-0 after winning the first Test by an innings and 32 runs. South Africa bowled first in the opening test match and bundled out the Indian innings at 245 runs. Kagiso Rabada claimed five wickets while KL Rahul amassed 101 runs.
South Africa put by scoring 408 runs . Dean Elgar scored 185 runs and Marco Jansen added 84 runs. Indian batsmen were bowled out for just 131 runs in second innings.With 76 runs , Virat Kohli scored. Marco Jansen claimed 3 wickets while Nandre Burger
took four wickets. India would be looking to even the series . However South Africa will be aiming for a series victory . This is going to be another interesting encounter between these two teams.
SA against IND head to head records :
South Africa matches won : 15
India matches won : 12
Pitch Report :
The neutral wicket surface at Newlands Cricket Ground will probably be quite helpful which can help the seamers immensely in both the innings. With the swing available the batsmen will need to be cautious in early overs ., the spinners will have minimal assistance early on.
Average 1st innings score: 267 to 280.
IND vs SA 2nd Test Probable Players
South Africa : Dean Elgar ©, Aiden Markram, Tony de Zorzi, Zubayr Hamza, David Bedingham, Kyle Verreynne (WK), Wiaan Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Marco Jansen, Kagiso Rabada, Nandre Burger.
India : Rohit Sharma ©, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (WK), Ravindra Jadeja,Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Avesh Khan.
1st test match two innings best performed players :
Jasprit Bumrah 4 wickets
Nandre Burger 7 wickets
Kagiso Rabada 7 wickets
KL Rahul 104 runs
Dean Elgar 185 runs
Marco Jansen 84 runs and 4 wickets
David Bedingham 56 runs.
1st test match Man of the Match announced Dean Elgar.
