LIVE UPDATES – Ind vs SA, 1st Test, Day 1: Rain Likely To Play Spoil Sport In Centurion

LIVE UPDATES – Ind vs SA, 1st Test, Day 1: Rohit Sharma-led Team India will be facing Temba Bavuma’s South Africa in the first Test of the three-match series at the SuperSport Park in Centurion, on December 26. However, rain and bad weather are likely to play spoilsport during the match, the forecast has predicted rain showers during all five days of the match. The series is crucial for the Indian side as they have never won a red-ball series against Proteas and they would like to change that.

Squads

India Test 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

South Africa Test 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)