SA vs IND Dream11 Prediction: Dean Elgar struck a gritty, unbeaten 96 as South Africa chased down 240 with seven wickets in hand to consign India to their first-ever defeat in Johannesburg. The victory also meant South Africa kept the three-match series alive, going into the final Test in Cape Town with the contest tied 1-1. Indian captain Virat Kohli is set to return for this match and that will be a huge boost for the visitors who are looking to create a bit of history by winning their first test series in South Africa. Meanwhile, hosts will be full of confidence and this is set up for an exciting finish.
Fixture: 3rd Test, South Africa vs India
Competition: South Africa vs India Test Series
Date: January 11-15
Time: 2:00pm
Team Form Guide:
SA(recent first): WLLL
IND(recent first): LWWD
ICC Test Rankings: SA – 6, IND – 1
Head to Head: SA 16 – 15 IND
Ground: Newlands, Cape Town
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SA Team News
1 Dean Elgar (c)
2 Aiden Markram
3 Keegan Petersen
4 Rassie van der Dussen
5 Temba Bavuma
6 Kyle Verreynne (wk)
7 Keshav Maharaj
8 Marco Jansen
9 Kagiso Rabada
10 Lungi Ngidi
11 Duanne Olivier
IND Team News
Captain Options – Kagiso Rabada & Virat Kohli
Differential pick – Aiden Markram
Virat Kohli Stats in TEST
98 Matches, 7854 Runs, 50 Average, 27 Hundred
In SA: 6 Matches, 611 Runs, 50.9 Average
KL Rahul Stats in TEST
42 Matches, 2525 Runs, 36.3 Average, 7 Hundred
Jasprit Bumrah Stats in TEST
26 Matches, 107 Wickets, 22.8 Bowling Average
Ravichandran Ashwin Stats in TEST
83 Matches, 430 Wickets, 24.2 Bowling Average & 2835 Runs
Mayank Agarwal Stats in TEST
18 Matches, 1407 Runs, 45 Average, 4 Hundred
Dean Elgar Stats in TEST
71 Matches, 4549 Runs, 40.25 Average, 13 Hundred
At Home: 41 Matches, 2899 Runs, 47.52 Average
Aiden Markram Stats in TEST
28 Matches, 1876 Runs, 37.5 Average, 5 Hundred
Rassie Van der Dussen Stats in TEST
12 Matches, 665 Runs, 33.2 Average
Kagiso Rabada Stats in TEST
49 Matches, 226 Wickets, 22.6 Bowling Average
Lungi Ngidi Stats in TEST
12 Matches, 43 Wickets, 21.3 Bowling Average
Best performers of this series :
KL Rahul – 204 Runs at an average of 51
Dean Elgar – 202 Runs at an average of 67
Temba Bavuma – 161 Runs at an average of 80.5
Kagiso Rabada – 13 Wickets, 19.62 Bowling Average
Marco Jansen – 12 Wickets, 18.5 Bowling Average
Mohammed Shami – 11 Wickets, 19.4 Bowling Average
1 KL Rahul
2 Mayank Agarwal
3 Cheteshwar Pujara
4 Virat Kohli (c)
5 Ajinkya Rahane
6 Rishabh Pant (wk)
7 R Ashwin
8 Shardul Thakur
9 Mohammed Shami
10 Jasprit Bumrah
11 Ishant Sharma/ Umesh Yadav
WICKET KEEPERS: R Pant
BATSMEN: V Kohli(vc), A Rahane, L Rahul, D Elgar, R van der Dussen
ALL ROUNDERS: M Jansen
BOWLERS: S Thakur, J Bumrah, L Ngidi, K Rabada(c)