Temba Bavuma and Rohit Sharma
IND vs SA 1st Test Centurion Weather Report: The 2-match Test series between India and South Africa is starting from 26th December. The captain of the Indian team is Rohit Sharma. Temba Bavuma has got the command of the African team. Young and experienced players have got a chance in the Indian team. But Team India has not been able to win the Test series on South African soil till date. Only Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been able to draw a Test series on South African soil. Now the first match between the two teams will be played at SuperSport Park in Centurion. Let us know, how is the weather on the first day in Centurion?
Rain can become a villain
According to the report of Accuweather, Centurion may receive 96 percent rainfall on December 26. Strong winds are also expected. It will be cloudy during the day. It is expected to rain for at least four hours a day. The probability of rain at night is up to 60 percent. The wind will blow at a speed of 18 kilometers per hour at night. In such a situation, it seems difficult to compete on the first day.
Centurion Weather Report
Such is the record of both the teams
South Africa has played 28 matches on the Centurion ground and won 22. South Africa has dominance on this field. On the other hand, Team India has played only three Test matches and has lost two and won only one. India played a Test match here for the first time during the 2010-11 tour and lost by an innings and 25 runs. After this, in the test match played on the tour of 2017-18, the Indian team had to face defeat by 135 runs. Whereas during the 2021-22 tour, India had defeated Africa in the Test match by 113 runs on this ground.
Squads of both the teams for the test series:
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), KS Bharat (wicketkeeper), Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah (Vice Captain), Prasidh Krishna.
South Africa: Temba Bavuma (captain), Tony De Georgi, Dean Elgar, Aiden Markram, Keegan Pietersen, Marco Jansen, Wiaan Mulder, David Bedingham (wk), Tristan Stubbs (wk), Kyle Verreyen, Nandre Berger, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada.
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