India vs South Africa Match Preview- 2nd Test, 2023-24

The climax of India’s tour of South Africa 2023-24 has arrived. India vs South Africa 2nd Test is all set to start on Wednesday, January 3. The venue of the encounter is Newlands Cricket Stadium in Cape Town. India vs South Africa 2nd Test is the final match of the tour and will conclude the series.

South Africa won the 1st Test by an innings and 32 runs and leads the series 1-0. They need one more victory to win the series. India aims for a comeback in the India vs South Africa 2nd Test. They can only draw the two-match series now.

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South Africa has always oppressed India in Tests on their home soil. South Africa has won 13 matches and lost only 4 out of 24 games against India at home. Proteas also have a stunning record at Newlands Cricket Stadium versus India.

Both teams have played 6 Tests at the stadium and South Africa has won 4 games. 2 matches ended in a draw. Hence, India has never clinched a victory at Newlands Stadium against South Africa in the red-ball format.

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India vs South Africa Match Preview- 2nd Test, 2023-24

India

Rohit Sharma is the captain of India in the India vs South Africa Test series. In the 1st Test, KL Rahul shattered a century in 1st innings. Virat Kohli slammed a 76-run knock in 2nd innings. Other batters failed to come up with a good show in both innings.

Among bowlers, Jasprit Bumrah grabbed the most 4 wickets for the team. Pacer Mohammed Siraj picked 2 wickets. Shardul Thakur, Ravichandran Ashwin, and Prasidh Krishna got 1 wicket each. However, Siraj, Krishna, and Thakur were highly expensive during their spells.

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IND Squad: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Ravindra Jadeja, Srikar Bharat, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan.

South Africa

Temba Bavuma is the skipper of South Africa in the India vs South Africa Test series. However, he has been ruled out due to injury. In the opening game, Dean Elgar slammed a match-winning knock of 185. David Bedingham and Marco Jansen stormed the fifties. Proteas batted in only 1st innings.

Among bowlers, Kagiso Rabada and Nandre Burger hunted the most 7 wickets each for the team across both innings. Rabada clinched a 5-wicket haul in 1st innings. Marco Jansen picked 4 wickets in total, with a 3-wicket haul in 2nd innings.

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SA Squad: Dean Elgar, Aiden Markram, Tony de Zorzi, Keegan Petersen, David Bedingham, Kyle Verreynne, Marco Jansen, Kagiso Rabada, Nandre Burger, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Wiaan Mulder, Tristan Stubbs, Zubeyr Hamza.