India will probably be seeking to a optimistic begin to New Year 2024 after they tackle South Africa within the second Test match at Newlands, Cape Town beginning on January 3. South Africa confirmed their superiority at house with a dominant win in Centurions and stay favourites to safe the collection in Cape Town.
Rohit Sharma-led Indian aspect suffered an embarrassing defeat by innings and 32 runs within the first match. The veteran Dean Elgar smashed 185 runs within the first innings within the final match and now’s additionally named captain to guide the workforce in his farewell match.
For India, KL Rahul and Virat Kohli confirmed some resistance against the Proteas’ spectacular bowling assault in Centurion and the administration is unlikely to tinker with the batting lineup for the second match. In bowling, the premier pacer Jasprit Bumrah took 4 wickets within the first innings however the remaining struggled at SuperSport Park.
India are more likely to make some adjustments to their playing eleven for the Cape Town Test to salvage a collection draw. There isn’t any official replace on Ravindra Jadeja‘s availability however the veteran spin all-rounder is predicted to be match after lacking the primary match resulting from a again spasm.
Cape Town’s pitch vastly helps tempo bowlers so Rohit may stick to 4 pacers and one spinner mixture. Ravichandran Ashwin, the present ICC world no.1 Test bowler, may get changed by Jadeja if the latter recovers on time however the possibilities of each spinners playing collectively are very slim.
Prasidh Krishna, Shardul Thakur and Mohammed Siraj additionally struggled in Centurion with the previous enduring a poor Test debut with only one wicket. Shardul suffered a shoulder blow in a internet session after the Centurion Test however was noticed batting within the newest follow session on Monday.
Shardul is more likely to maintain his place, given he’s totally match, however both Avesh Khan or Mukesh Kumar may get an opportunity to impress within the place of Prasidh. Mukesh performed his solely Test against West Indies in July final yr and is more likely to get most popular over uncapped Avesh for the Cape Town Test.
India Test Squad:Â Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah (vc), Prasidh Krishna, KS Bharat (wk), Abhimanyu Easwaran, Avesh Khan
India Predicted Playing XI for 2nd Test: Rohit Sharma (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah.
