The wait for the beginning of India’s tour of South Africa bought delayed after rain washed out the primary T20I of the multi-format collection on Sunday. The Indians have come to South Africa on the again of a T20I collection win towards Australia at dwelling, which was adopted by a heartbreak within the World Cup 2023.
The eyes will probably be on T20Is first however the main focus level of the collection would be the two-match Test collection. India have by no means crushed South Africa in a Test collection on the latter’s dwelling and it may be mentioned because the final frontier for the Men in Blue. Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar, nicely conscious of the magnitude of the Test collection, mentioned that this collection will present a chance for Rohit Sharma to make up for the World Cup final loss beneath his management.Â
“Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have really been at the peak of their powers in the last 6-8 months. Rohit is going to be key for India in the Test series. Rohit will have a big role to play to set up the batters coming after him at three, four and five. Whatever happens, this is Rohit Sharma’s opportunity to make up for the World Cup final loss,” Gavaskar mentioned on Star Sports.
India’s stern check in South Africa
India will probably be going through a stern check on the South African shores. They have performed eight Test collection at Proteas’ dwelling however have solely come shut to enjoying a drawn collection. They ran South Africa for cash in each of the earlier excursions however couldn’t discover sufficient gasoline to clinch the collection. The Men in Blue misplaced the final collection by 2-1 in 2021/22, whereas they went down in 2017/18 too by an analogous margin.
Former Proteas all-rounder Jacques Kallis additionally said that South Africa is a tricky staff to beat at dwelling. This is an effective Indian staff however South Africa is hard to beat in South Africa. Centurion will in all probability go well with South Africa and Newlands will in all probability go well with India. It will probably be a very good collection and it’ll come down to one or two periods that one staff would possibly play higher than the opposite. It can be a carefully fought contest,” Kallis mentioned in an interview with PTI.
