India vs South Africa 1st Test 2021: SuperSport Park Centurion Stadium Pitch Report, Weather Forecast, Stats

1.
Centurion
Pitch
Report

The
SuperSport
Park
pitch
often
favours
fast
bowlers
throughout
the
day.
The
outfield
at
this
venue
is
lightning
quick
and
they
get
good
value
for
their
shots
here.
But
overall,
fast
bowlers
will
be
eager
to
get
out
here
and
have
a
bowl.

2.
Centurion
Weather
Report

Weather
poses
a
big
threat
to
the
Boxing
Day
Test
as
first,
second,
fourth
and
fifth
day
could
see
scattered
thunderstorms
and
third
day
is
predicted
to
be
cloudy.
So,
there
is
a
chance
that
we
see
a
truncated
Test
at
Gauteng.

3.
India
vs
SA
Test
records

Total
Tests:
39;
India
won:
14;
SA
won:
15;
Draw:
10

Highest
run-getter:
Sachin
Tendulkar
is
the
highest
run-getter
from
either
side
with
1741
runs
from
25
Tests
at
an
average
of
42.46
with
7
hundreds
and
5
fifties.

Current
Test
captain
of
India,

Virat
Kohli
has
made
1075
runs
from
12
Tests
at
a
stunning
average
of
59.72
with
3
hundreds
and
3
fifties.

Current
India
coach

Rahul
Dravid
has
made
1252
runs
from
21
Tests
at
33.83
with
2
hundreds
and
5
fifties.

For
South
Africa,
the
highest
run-getter
is

Jacques
Kallis
with
1734
runs
18
Tests
at
a
whopping
average
of
69.36
with
7
hundreds
and
5
fifties.

Most
wickets:
Anil
Kumble
leads
the
chart
with
84
wickets
from
21
Tests.

Among
the
current
crop,

R
Ashwin
has
taken
53
wickets
from
10
matches,

Mohammed
Shami
34
wickets
from
8
Tests
and

Umesh
Yadav
16
wickets
from
14
matches.

For
South
Africa,
pacer
Dale
Steyn
is
the
highest
wicket-taker
with
65
wickets
from
14
matches.

4.
Squad

India:
Virat
Kohli
(Captain),
Rohit
Sharma
(vice-captain),
KL
Rahul,
Mayank
Agarwal,
Cheteshwar
Pujara,
Ajinkya
Rahane,
Shreyas
Iyer,
Hanuma
Vihari,
Rishabh
Pant
(wk),
Wriddhiman
Saha
(wk),
R
Ashwin,
Jayant
Yadav,
Ishant
Sharma,
Mohammed
Shami,
Umesh
Yadav,
Jasprit
Bumrah,
Shardul
Thakur,
Mohammad
Siraj.

Standby
Players:
Navdeep
Saini,
Saurabh
Kumar,
Deepak
Chahar,
Arzan
Nagwaswalla.

South
Africa:
Dean
Elgar
(Captain),
Temba
Bavuma
(vc),
Quinton
de
Kock
(wk),
Kagiso
Rabada,
Sarel
Erwee,
Beuran
Hendricks,
George
Linde,
Keshav
Maharaj,
Lungi
Ngidi,
Aiden
Markram,
Wiaan
Mulder,
Anrich
Nortje,
Keegan
Petersen,
Rassie
van
der
Dussen,
Kyle
Verreynne
,
Marco
Jansen
,
Glenton
Stuurman,
Prenelan
Subrayen
,
Sisanda
Magala,
Ryan
Rickelton,
Duanne
Olivier.