India vs South Africa 1st Test Day 2; Rohit Sharma-led IND vs Temba Bavuma-led SA, toss timing, pitch report, live streaming, weather report, Boxing Day Test updates, Day 1 highlights

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India vs South Africa - Boxing Day Test

Rohit Sharma-led Team India will face Temba Bavuma-led South Africa today in the second day of the Test match.

Team India: Squad

Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah (vc), Prasidh Krishna, KS Bharat (wk), Abhimanyu Easwaran

Team South Africa: Squad

Temba Bavuma (c), David Bedingham, Nandre Burger, Gerald Coetzee, Tony de Zorzi, Dean Elgar, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, Wiaan Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Keegan Petersen, Kagiso Rabada, Tristan Stubbs, Kyle Verreynne (wk)

India vs South Africa:  Injury update

There are no fresh reports of any injury. Ruturaj Gaikwad was already ruled out of the Test series due to a fractured finger and Abhimanyu Easwaran was brought in as his replacement.

India vs South Africa match: Venue, pitch report

India vs South Africa second Test match will be played at SuperSport Park Cricket Stadium in Gqeberha, South Africa. The pitch is favourable to batsmen.

India vs South Africa 1st Test Day 2: Timing

India vs South Africa match is set to resume at 1:30 pm IST. South Africa had won the toss and chose to bowl.

India vs South Africa 1st Test Day 2: Live telecast

India vs South Africa Test series will be televised on the Star Sports Network. You can also watch the India tour of South Africa on Disney+Hotstar app and website.

India vs South Africa 1st  Test Day 2: Weather, rain  prediction

Forecasts signal a wet start in Centurion, a 66% likelihood of precipitation at 9:30 AM. Progressing through the morning, this probability falls to 34% at 10:30 AM and goes down to a mere 14% by 11:30 AM IST.

India vs South Africa  Test match: Head-to-head  record

India and South Africa have played 42 Test matches, with South Africa leading the head-to-head record with 17 wins to India's 15. Ten matches have ended in a draw. Out of the above matches, India has played 23 Tests in South Africa, winning only four, while conceding 12 defeats and seven draws

India vs South Africa   1st Test Day 1: Highlights

– Kagiso Rabada took five wickets KL Rahul scored 70 runs not out – India was 208/8 when play was called off due to rain and bad light