For more than 130 years since the first Test at Newlands in 1889, the majestic Table Mountain has been an imperious witness to the action that has unfolded at its foothills. It has borne testimony to 21 wins by touring sides, but India aren’t among those to have tasted success here.

Rohit’s poor record

Correcting precisely this anomaly will be topmost on the minds of Rohit Sharma and his men when they run into South Africa in stand-in skipper Dean Elgar’s farewell Test, starting on Wednesday. Their aspirations of a maiden series victory shattered after the three-day drubbing in Centurion, India have crucial World Test Championship points to aim for, as well as the distinction of becoming only the second outfit since Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s band in 2010-11 to leave these shores with the series split.