India captain Rohit Sharma is again to take the sector for India after a spot of 5 weeks and would look to put the loss within the ODI World Cup ultimate to Australia behind himself as India put together for the conquest of their ultimate frontier within the longest format of the sport.Â
India haven’t gained a Test collection on South African soil but and Rohit and his males look decided to rewrite historical past. While all eyes can be on India’s efficiency within the Rainbow Nation as the red-ball leg of the tour will get underway with the Boxing Day Test in Centurion on Tuesday (December 26), the Indian skipper can also be on the verge of a private Test milestone and it has largely gone unnoticed.
The Nagpur-born is the third-leading Indian to hit probably the most variety of sixes in Test cricket with 77 maximums to his credit score and is simply two hits away from transferring past former India captain MS Dhoni.
Dhoni smashed 78 sixes in his Test profession which noticed him play 90 video games and presently holds the record for being the second main Indian to hit probably the most sixes within the red-ball format. Former India opener, Virender Sehwag, holds the record for smoking probably the most variety of sixes in Tests for India.Â
Sehwag, 45, was in a position to clear the fence on 91 events in 104 of his Test appearances for India.
India’s Test squad for the South Africa collection:
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, Prasidh Krishna, KS Bharat (wk), Abhimanyu Easwaran.
South Africa’s Test squad:
Temba Bavuma, David Bedingham, Nandre Burger, Gerald Coetzee, Tony de Zorzi, Dean Elgar, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, Wiaan Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Keegan Petersen, Kagiso Rabada, Tristan Stubbs and Kyle Verreynne.
