IND vs SA: South Africa Test coach Shukri Conrad backs team to maintain 'proud record against India'

IND vs SA: South Africa Test coach Shukri Conrad backs team to maintain ‘proud record against India’

South Africa’s Test coach Shukri Conrad has backed his team to maintain their proud home record against India. India is all set to tour South Africa, where they will play three T20Is, three ODIs and two Test matches.

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India will begin their month-long tour to South Africa with the T20I series, set to begin on Sunday, December 10. The T20I series will go on till December 14 before the ODI series begins from December 17. Following the 50-over series, the two sides will clash in the two-match Test series for the Freedom trophy.

Speaking ahead of the tour, as quoted by ICC, Conrad said his side is ready to get off to a good start in the new World Test Championship cycle against one of the best teams in the world. India has reached the final of the last two WTC cycles, losing both finals, first against New Zealand and more recently against Australia.

“It is the start of a new ICC World Test Championship cycle and that itself is a huge incentive for everyone. The playing field is level and we want to try and ensure we make a strong start to this sequence here at home against one of the best teams in the world,” said Conrad.

He went on to back his team to maintain their proud home record against India in Test cricket. India has never defeated South Africa in an away Test series.

“Overall we believe this group has all the attributes to deliver on our objective, which is to maintain our proud record against India in South Africa,” Conrad added.

India vs South Africa: Test schedule

1^st Test in Centurion: December 26 to December 30

2nd Test in Cape Town: January 3 to January 7

India Test squad: Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan (wk), KL Rahul (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Mohd. Shami*, Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Prasidh Krishna.

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 and Kyle Verreynne

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