Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have not performed a aggressive game since that fateful night time of November 19 when Australia thrashed the hopes of billion Indian followers to win the World Cup in Ahmedabad. The duo skipped the white-ball leg of the South Africa tour however are set to characteristic in the upcoming two-match Test series in opposition to the Proteas ranging from December 26.
Ahead of the series, the Indian gamers are concerned in the intra-squad practice game that obtained underway from December 20 however the majority of the opening day was washed out on account of rain with match beginning late. However, when it obtained underway, based on Revsportz, Shubman Gill managed to smash a formidable century staking his declare principally at quantity three for the opening Test. Gill could not do a lot in the previous T20I series however has began effectively in red-ball cricket ahead of the series.
Yashasvi Jaiswal who will open the innings alongside Rohit, additionally scored a half-century earlier than getting retired out. All focus is on Indian skipper Rohit and former skipper Kohli and each of them appeared good throughout their temporary stint in the center. Interestingly, there isn’t a replace associated to the match neither from the BCCI nor from the Cricket South Africa. Moreover, scorecard of the match just isn’t obtainable too. Having stated that, the aforementioned temporary updates trace at Indian batters being in good contact ahead of the series.
India squad for South Africa Tests
Rohit Sharma (capt), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan (wk), KL Rahul (wk), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah (vice-capt), Prasidh Krishna
