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India's Predicted XI vs South Africa: Ravichandran Ashwin May Miss Out As Major Changes Expected

South Africa will face India in the 2nd Test of the Freedom Trophy 2023/24 on Wednesday, January 3, at Newlands in Cape Town, South Africa. The match will start at 1:30 PM IST. South Africa and India have played one match in the series, with South Africa winning the first Test. In the first game of this series, Dean Elgar was the Man of the Match and the opening batter scored the highest fantasy points for South Africa with 243 match fantasy points while KL Rahul topped the fantasy points leaderboard for India with 164 match fantasy points.

Only 2nd Time In History! Rohit Sharma Eyes Elusive Feat Achieved By Only MS Dhoni

Rohit Sharma will be looking to become just the second Indian cricket team skipper ever after MS Dhoni to draw a Test series in South Africa as the two teams face each other on Wednesday. India's hopes of winning a maiden Test series in South Africa were dashed after a humiliating defeat in the first Test. However, a win in the second Test will mean that Rohit will be able to achieve a feat that has happened just once in the last eight occasions. Under Dhoni's captaincy, the Test series between India and South Africa in 2010-11 ended 1-1 between the two sides. Besides 2010-11, India ended up losing the Test series in 1992-93, 1996-97, 2001-02, 2006-07, 2013, 2018, and 2021-22.

India vs South Africa 2nd Test Day 1, Cape Town Weather Report: Will Rain Force Delayed Start?

India vs South Africa 2nd Test Day 1, Cape Town Weather Report: Will Rain Play Spolisport?

Watch: Jasprit Bumrah Imitates Ravichandran Ashwin's Bowling Action. Internet Can't Keep Calm

Indian cricket team fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah perfectly imitated teammate Ravichandran Ashwin's bowling action at the nets ahead of the second Test match against South Africa on Tuesday. During the bowling session at the nets, Bumrah was caught bowling spin using Ashwin's action and the video of the incident has gone viral on social media. The fast bowler earned a lot of praise online from the social media users with many of them marveling over how much he was able to replicate the action.

"Changed My Technique To Copy Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma": South Africa Star's Huge Admission

David Bedingham was around 21 and full of promise, having already started playing First-Class cricket. But a horrifying car accident almost curtailed the South African's budding journey as he was out of action for a year. Bedingham, however, made a strong-willed comeback to become a Western Province bulwark and also plied his trade for Durham in English county making more than 6000 runs in 89 games before making an impressive Test debut against India at Centurion last week. Now, Bedingham is in a singular space, playing his first Test at Newlands, his home ground.

"Injury Can Happen To" Jasprit Bumrah: Ex-India Star On Need For Bowling Depth

India must focus on increasing the bench strength of their pace attack in 2024 as the Centurion Test exposed chinks in that department, reckons former pacer Irfan Pathan. Mohammed Shami's absence was felt badly in the heavy loss to South Africa in the opening Test of the two-match series in the Rainbow Nation last week.

"We Are Overrated": 1983 World Cup Winner Blasts Team India Ahead Of South Africa 2nd Test

Legendary Indian cricket team batter Krishnamachari Srikkanth criticised the Rohit Sharma-led side and said that the Test team has been 'overrated' in the recent times. During a recent interaction, Srikkanth pointed out that India were outstanding when Virat Kohli was skipper but since then, the form has deteriorated drastically. Under Kohli, India won Test series in Australia and England. However, since then, they have lost in South Africa and England as well as in the World Test Championship (WTC) Final.

"I Personally Hated...": Rohit Sharma's Big Revelation On Past Batting Position Ahead Of South Africa 2nd Test

Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma is well known for his witty quips during press conference and ahead of the second Test match against South Africa, he came up with another gem of a comment with regards to batting positions. During the pre-match press conference on Tuesday, Rohit was asked about Shubman Gill batting at No. 3 instead of his preferred opening position. Rohit was quick to state that he believes that it is an individual decision on how batters decide to look at certain positions in the batting order and even quipped that since he started opening, the other positions seem wrong to him.

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India's Predicted XI vs South Africa: Ravichandran Ashwin May Miss Out As Major Changes Expected

Only 2nd Time In History! Rohit Sharma Eyes Elusive Feat Achieved By Only MS Dhoni

India vs South Africa 2nd Test Day 1, Cape Town Weather Report: Will Rain Force Delayed Start?

Watch: Jasprit Bumrah Imitates Ravichandran Ashwin's Bowling Action. Internet Can't Keep Calm

"Changed My Technique To Copy Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma": South Africa Star's Huge Admission

"Injury Can Happen To" Jasprit Bumrah: Ex-India Star On Need For Bowling Depth

"We Are Overrated": 1983 World Cup Winner Blasts Team India Ahead Of South Africa 2nd Test

"I Personally Hated...": Rohit Sharma's Big Revelation On Past Batting Position Ahead Of South Africa 2nd Test