India vs South Africa 1st Test Prediction: In the last four weeks or so, we have been watching the biggest off-field drama and turmoil in Indian cricket. There were several concerning issues that were raised, many took part in the discussion to term who is right and who is wrong, but now it's the time for the cricketing showdown as team India takes on South Africa in the opening test match at SuperSport Park Centurian.



The Boxing day test match is going to be one of the biggest thrillers as India looks to seize the history books by registering test series win against South Africa.



The three matches test series is slated to begin today i.e., 26th December 2021. The other two test matches will begin on 3rd January and 11th January respectively.



Here is the complete details of South Africa vs India 1st test match preview, dream11 prediction, Fantasy Tips, Probable Playing11, pitch report etc.



<h2>Match Details:</h2>



Match: India tour of South Africa 2021



Teams: South Africa vs India 1st test match



Date/Day: 26th December, Sunday



Venue: SuperSport Park, Centurian



Time: 1:30 PM IST



<h2>South Africa vs India 1st Test Pitch Report:</h2>



The Protea nation is known for its unreliable pitches. The first two days of the test match are going to be crucial for the bowlers. The ball will swing on opening two days, as long as the seam is there, and the batters will have a stern test to prove their batting in the Rainbow nation. The third day will be a paradise for the batters as the pitch will no longer assist bowlers on that particular day. The last two days, again, will be crucial with an unexpected bounce from the surface.



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<h2>South Africa vs India 1st Test Probable Playing11 and Complete Squad:</h2>



South Africa Playing11:?Aiden Markram, Dean Elgar (c), Keegan Petersen, Rassie van der Dussen, Temba Bavuma, Quinton de Kock (wk), Wiaan Mulder, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Duanne Olivier, Lungi Ngidi.



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



India Playing11: KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (wk), R Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma.



Full Squad: KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Virat Kohli(c), Cheteshwar Pujara, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant(w), Ravichandran Ashwin, Hanuma Vihari,? Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Wriddhiman Saha, Jayant Yadav, Priyank Panchal



<h2>South Africa vs India 1st test Dream11 Prediction and Fantasy Tips:</h2>



KL Rahul, Virat Kohli (c), Dean Elgar, Rishabh Pant, Quinton de Kock, Rassie van der Dussen, Ravichandran Ashwin, Wiaan Mulder, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah (vc), Kagiso Rabada.



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SAvsIND: South Africa vs India 1st Test Prediction, Dream11 Fantasy Tips, Preview, Probable Playing11

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Jasprit Bumrah twisted his ankle severely during day 3 of SAvsIND 1st test: In an unfortunate incident Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah has severely injured his ankle while bowling in the 1st innings against South Africa on day 3. The incident took place in the 11th over of the South African innings when Bumrah was bowling to Rassie van der Dussen.?



In his followthrough, Bumrah twisted his ankle and looked in tremendous pain after that. The physio immediately came to the middle and attended to the injured.?



?Jasprit Bumrah has suffered a right ankle sprain while bowling in the first innings. The medical team is monitoring him at the moment,? said BCCI giving an update on Jasprit?s injury.



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The statement further added that Shreyas Iyer has stepped into the field as his substitute.



?Shreyas Iyer is on the field as his substitute.?



Jasprit though rushed back to the dugout in immense pain, but he seems fine and was up again to step into the field. The Indian medical team monitored the pacer and did some bandages.



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<h2>SAvsIND 1st Test Scores:</h2>



It is noteworthy that Jasprit Bumrah provided India with the initial breakthrough. He picked up the wicket of the Protea skipper Dean Elgar in the first over itself.&nbsp;



As of now, South Africa is riding on the back of wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock and Temba Bavuma. Both the players have scored 33 and 31 runs respectively.&nbsp;



Mohammad Shami has picked up two wickets of Aiden Markram and Keegan Petersen. While Mohammad Siraj picked up the wicket of Rassie van der Dussen.



Brief Scores of SAvsIND 1st Test:



India (1st Innings): 327/10



KL Rahul - 123 (260) / Lungi Ngidi - 6 Wickets



South Africa (1st Innings): 104/4 (still playing)



Quinton de Kock - 34 (62) / Mohammad Shami - 2 wickets



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SAvsIND: Jasprit Bumrah twisted his ankle severely during day 3 of SAvsIND 1st test

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ICC penalise India with 1 WTC Point for poor over-rate in Centurion test against South Africa: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Saturday docked one crucial World Test Championship (WTC) point from India for maintaining a slow over-rate in the Centurion test match. Team India fell one over short of their required target due to which a WTC point has been penalised by the ICC.



During the opening test match against South Africa, team India, though, won the match by 113 runs but lost a crucial one World Test Championship 2021-23 point for their slow over-rate offence.



As per the ICC rules, a WTC point will be docked from the total points accumulated by a team, if they fell short of their required target. For each over bowled after the specified time, a point is fined.



Also, the Indian players were penalised with a 20 per cent match fee for their offence. The charges were imposed by match referee Andy Pycroft. On-field umpires Marais Erasmus and Adrian Holdstock have levelled the charges and the players accepted the offence which is why no formal hearing was conducted.



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It is noteworthy that team India has remained guilty of the same offence back in August 2021 during the Nottingham Test against England. Virat Kohli and his men were docked two WTC points for the slow over-rate offence.



The current ICC World Test Championship Cycle will run until 2023. The second edition started with the India tour of England 2021 while it will end in 2023.



Australia had to suffer huge losses during the last WTC cycle as they were penalised with four crucial WTC points from their points table. The Aussies fell just short to enter the final due to the points docked by the ICC.



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As of now, in the current ICC World Test Championship 2021-23, India sits at fourth position with a 63.09 win percentage and 53 points in seven matches. Australia, Sri Lanka and Pakistan are ahead of India in the points table with a 100 win percentage for the top two and a 75 win percentage for Pakistan.



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Team India has more experienced test side than South Africa, says Hashim Amla: Former South African legendary batter Hashim Amla reckons team India has more collective experience than South Africa in the test cricket which created a huge difference and owing to which India convincingly thrashed the hosts in the series opener in Centurion. India won the match by 113 runs and gained a lead of 1-nil in the three-match test series.



"They (India) have been a strong unit over the last two years or so. They have more experience collectively and it always makes a huge difference when you have runs on the board to back you up,? said Hashim Amla on the Cricket South Africa website.



The Indian unit comprises several big test match players, which is certainly not the case with South Africa. In the Protea team, only a few players have considerable test exposure. Barring the likes of skipper Dean Elgar, Quinton de Kock(now retired), Kagiso Rabada and Lungi Ngidi, other players haven?t been a consistent feature in the traditional format.



Amla further said that India firmly held the game in the first innings itself with a good score of over 300. The surface in Centurion is vividly known to be drastic and challenging as the game progresses.



"Centurion is notorious for becoming more difficult to bat as the days progress. So once India won the toss, batted and scored in excess of 300 it was game on for the Protea batters to match that score at the very least," Amla said.



"Being 130 runs behind is what really hurt them, and it ended up being the difference."?



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"Day one, the pitch looked best for batting and credit to the Indians for playing disciplined cricket,? he said heaping praises on the Indian batsman, openers especially.



The former South African batsman also emphasised, how the hosts pulled up the game on day two and restricted India to around 300, which could have gone to over 400, had India batted well on the second day.



"Not challenging the defence enough. That was day one, but on day two, though, they did extremely well to restrict the Indians to 327. They could have got to 400 plus. The bowlers all had their moments. Lungi (Ngidi), KG (Kagiso Rabada) and the youngster (Marco) Jansen stand out of course.?



Moving ahead he loved watching Temba Bavuma bat, who looked like the lone warrior for SA after Elgar?s wicket. Bavuma scored 52 and 35(unbeaten) in the two respective innings of the Centurion test match against India.



?However, in a relatively low scoring match I enjoyed watching Temba Bavuma. He always looks like he has time and seldom troubled,? Amla added.



India and South Africa will now show up for the 2nd test match of the three-match series. The second encounter is slated to begin on 3rd January in The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg. It will be interesting to see whether South Africa manages to pull things off nicely in their favour or India manages to clinch its maiden test series win in South Africa.



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