Virat Kohli makes a comeback in the Third Test at Cape Town. It has been expected that Kohli will definitely grab the victory in this test as he is with a massive confidence on himself, but it is not an over confidence. He lost the last Test in Johannesburg due to back spasms. The hosts are also on fire to win the Third Test too after a fighting performance led them to their winning path.
Though there have been struggling days when teams have missed wickets in clusters like 18 wickets India and South Africa lost on Day 4 in 2018, while, Newlands has a good fame of being kinder to visiting batsmen.
Playing XIs :
India XI : KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur,Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah and Umesh Yadav.
South Africa XI : Dean Elgar, Aiden Markram, Keegan Petersen, Rassie Van der Dussen, Temba Bavuma, Kyle Verreynne, Marco Jansen, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Duanne Olivier and Lungi Ngidi.
Kagiso Rabada is playing his 50th Test with the new ball for South Africa. While KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal both are in the middle of India. KL Rahul opened his and India’s account with a gentle push down the ground. India has scored 6/0 in one over.
Keegan Petersen drops Agarwal at the 3rd slip. Mayank picks up a boundary. Currently, India is at a score of 16/0 in 5 overs.
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