IND vs SA first test today: India won only 17% of the matches in South Africa

IND vs SA first test today: India won only 17% of the matches in South Africa; One of them will play between Ashwin and Shardul, and Rahul will do the keeping.

The first match of the 2-Test series between India and South Africa will be played in Centurion from today. The match will start at 1:30 pm at Supersport Park ground. The toss will take place at 1 pm.

The Indian team has not been able to win a single Test series in South Africa so far. The series is important for both the teams to reach the final of the World Test Championship (WTC).

Team India won Test series in England, New Zealand, West Indies and all the countries of Asia. India has got success twice in Australia, but the team has not been able to win any series in South Africa till date.

India could win only 17% of tests in South Africa

Team India played 8 series in South Africa, India lost the first 4 one-sidedly. For the first time in 2010, the series was a draw and from 2013 to 2021, Team India came close to winning the series thrice, but the team lost in all three. India played a total of 23 tests here and the team won only 4 tests i.e. 17.39% of the matches. The team lost 12 tests, while 7 matches were drawn.

A total of 15 test series have been played between India and South Africa so far. India won 4 of these, while South Africa won 8 and 3 series were drawn. Overall 42 tests were played between the two teams. India won 15 and South Africa won 17 matches, while 10 tests were drawn.

The Indian team is on South Africa tour for the series of all three formats. It started with the T-20 series. This three-match series was a 1-1 draw. After this the ODI series was played, which Team India won 2-1.

Most runs in Kohli's name this year

Rohit Sharma is captaining Team India in the series. Team India's regular captain Rohit took a break from the ODI and T20 series after the World Cup. In his absence, T20 was captained by Suryakumar Yadav and ODI by KL Rahul. Virat Kohli scored the most runs for India in Tests this year, with 557 runs in his name. Spinner R Ashwin is on top in bowling, he has 40 wickets in his name.

Markram top run scorer for South Africa

Temba Bavuma is commanding South Africa. Aiden Markram is the top run scorer for the team in the year 2023, he scored 276 runs. Kagiso Rabada is at number one in the list of top wicket taker, he has taken 13 wickets in 3 tests.

These records can be made in the match

Ravichandran Ashwin is 11 wickets away from completing 500 Test wickets.

As soon as Keshav Maharaj takes 13 wickets, he will become South Africa's leading wicket taker spinner in Tests. Hugh Taffield has taken the maximum 170 wickets for South Africa as a spinner. Maharaj has 158 test wickets in his name.

Temba Bavuma is 3 runs away from scoring 3000 test runs.

Shubman Gill is 34 runs away from scoring 1000 Test runs.

pitch report

Bowlers can prove to be more effective on the pitch of Centurion Stadium. Especially here fast bowlers are more successful, spinners do not get much help. A total of 28 test matches were played at SuperSport Park. The team batting first has won 13 matches and the team batting later has won 12 matches. While 3 matches were also drawn.

Team India played 3 tests here, India won one, while the team lost 2. The special thing is that the team had won the last test here in 2021 by a margin of 113 runs, in which KL Rahul scored a century.

92% chance of rain in IND vs SA

There is no good news regarding weather in Centurion on Tuesday. There is a 92% chance of rain here today. The wind speed will be up to 15 kilometers per hour. The temperature can range between 13 to 23 degrees Celsius.

Possible playing-11 

India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Shardul Thakur/R Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna.

South Africa: Temba Bavuma (captain), Dean Elgar, Keegan Pietersen/Tony DeGeorge, Aiden Markram, David Bedingham, Marco Yanson, Kyle Varian (wk), Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada, Gerald Coetzee/Nandre Berger.