IND vs SA Tests: Will it be rewarding?
Updated On: 26 December, 2023 07:00 AM IST | Centurion | R Kaushik
Rohit Sharma’s emotional, ‘we are working so hard, so we want something big’ remark shows how pumped up India are to win first Test series in SA
India captain Rohit Sharma (right) with teammates Shubman Gill and Mohammed Siraj during a practice session ahead of the first Test against South Africa in Centurion on Sunday. Pic/PTI
Christmas Monday dawned bleak and damp, the constant pitter-patter of the rain an unwelcome diversion that forced the cancellation of India’s optional training session. It was to have been the team’s final top-up ahead of the two-Test series starting at SuperSport Park on Tuesday; instead, Rohit Sharma and his boys were confined to their hotel in nearby Johannesburg, watching the rain beat down with varying degrees of intensity.
No practice, no issue
The loss of one practice session is unlikely to have a major impact on which way the dice rolls in a series whose significance extends beyond World Test Championship points. South Africa is the only land where India haven’t won a Test series; since 1992, India have lost seven and drawn the other, installing this as the Final Frontier, one that India are desperate to conquer, in the words of their skipper.
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