IND vs SA Dream11 Match Prediction | India vs South Africa Test Series | Team News, Playing11, Fantasy Team
Preview :
Number one ranked Test side India will look to continue their home dominance in Test cricket when they take on South Africa in first of the three Tests in Visakhapatnam from tomorrow. In these spin friendly conditions it’ll be a tough task for South African team to challenge this Indian team. Both the teams have some world class cricketers like Virat Kohli, Kagiso Rabada, Cheteshwar Pujara, R Ashwin and some young talents like Aiden Markram, Shubman Gill and Lungi Ngidi.
Match Details :
Match : IND vs SA, India vs South Africa, 1st Test, South Africa tour of India, 2019
Date and Time : 2 October 2019, 9.30 AM IST
Venue : Dr. YSR Reddy Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
India Team News and Expected Playing XI :
Team News :
1. India is ranked number 1 in ICC Test team rankings.
2. Jasprit Bumrah has been ruled out of series due to stress fracture and Umesh Yadav has replaced him in the squad.
3. Rohit Sharma and Mayank Agarwal are confirmed to open in this Test.
4. Wriddhiman Saha will be the wicket keeper and Rishabh Pant has been dropped from playing XI.
Expected Playing XI :
Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Mohammad Shami
South Africa Team News and Expected Playing XI :
1. South Africa is ranked number 3 in ICC Test team rankings.
2. South Africa are without their Hashim Amla and Dale Steyn who recently announced their retirements from international and Test cricket respectively.
3. There are no major injury concerns for South Africa side.
Expected Playing XI :
Aiden Markram, Dean Elgar, Theunis de Bruyn, Faf du Plessis (c), Temba Bavuma, Quinton de Kock (wk), Vernon Philander, Keshav Maharaj, Dane Piedt, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi
IND vs SA Dream11 Team Prediction :
Wicket keepers : Quinton de Kock
Batsmen : A Markram, V Kohli, A Rahane, H Vihari, C Pujara
All rounders : R Ashwin, R Jadeja
Bowlers : M Shami, K Maharaj, K Rabada
Captain and Vice Captain :
Captain – Virat Kohli or R Ashwin and Vice captain – Cheteshwar Pujara or R Jadeja
Stats and Facts :
1. Last 5 Tests results –
India – W, W, D, W, L
South Africa – L, L, W, W, W
2. Following players from both sides have been in good form in Test cricket in recent times
Hanuma Vihari – 331 runs at 82.75 in 4 inns (1*100, 2*50)
Ajinkya Rahane – 289 runs at 72.25 in 4 inns (1*100, 2*50)
Ishant Sharma – 11 wickets at 12.27 in 2 Tests (1*5-for)
Mohammad Shami – 11 wickets at 20.18 in 3 Tests
3. Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara had average series with bat against West Indies last month but they’re the top two batsmen of Asian conditions and average over 55 in Tests at home.
4. R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja average 17.5 and 13.9 respectively against South Africa in Test cricket and took 54 out of 70 wickets against them in the last home series in 2015.
5. Aiden Markram kicked off his tour with two back to back hundreds (vs India A and Board President XI).
6. Faf du Plessis (avg 22.38 in Asia) and Dean Elgar (avg 24.29) have poor record in Asia with bat.
7. Keshav Maharaj took 9 wickets in an innings (vs Sri Lanka) in his last Test on Asian soil.