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Dinakar and we are sure, he will, obviously Ash is going to be Saha replaces Pant in the playing XI; South Africa expected to put up a brave fight Visakhapatnam sooner than later, find his a threat, and in home condi­ Virat Kohli’s visage sported a game at the top. Once he is tions, with his batting cre­ SA IN INDIA glow and a smile that comes in his zone, he can do great dentials, and the way he with success. The relentless things for the team.” bowls as well, he’s always go­ run­maker with class and The skipper said wicket­ ing to be starting with Jadeja, S. Dinakar timing is also India’s most keeper Wriddhiman Saha so that was a no­brainer for Visakhapatnam successful Test captain. would be a part of the ele­ us.” Familiarity can lead to com­ After leading India to a ven. “Saha is fit and fine to South African captain Faf placency. And adversity can crushing Test series triumph go. His keeping credentials du Plessis was pleased about lift sides in unfamiliar over the West Indians in the are there for everyone to his team playing its first settings. Carribbean, Kohli is eyeing a see.” According to me, he’s World Test Championship Cricket is a funny game victory over the South Afri­ the best keeper in the world, series. and surprises are not un­ cans at home. And with ev­ so in these conditions, with “It’s very exciting for all of common. Yet, India, com­ ery win adding to India’s tal­ what he’s done in the past, us, it’s something fresh, so­ petitive abroad and ruthless ly in the World Test he starts for us.” mething new. We’ve been at home, should start the Championship, the Indian Kohli said both R. Ashwin playing a lot of Test cricket three­Test series against skipper is excited. and Ravindra Jadeja would but this is the first of its kind South Africa as the over­ play the Test here. “Jaddu, and we haven’t had Test whelming favourite. In no rush we felt, was in a better zone, cricket since February or And the dusty cream co­ The team management has as far as him performing March, or the beginning of loured track at the ACA­ been taking decisions ahead overseas and what he’s done the year. It has been a gap of VDCA Stadium should suit of the Test. Kohli confirmed, in the past season for the Test cricket for us. And we the top­ranked Test side in “Rohit [Sharma] is going to team, so yeah, from that are coming to India.” the world as the first Test start for us. We’re in no point of view he started in If the pitch offered turn gets underway here on rush. He’ll be given space to West Indies. then left­armer Keshav Mah­ Wednesday. find his own game and come “But look, wherever the araj, “as good as any in the For a South African side, into his own. conditions provide us to go world”, would trouble the rebuilding, the Freedom se­ Swing ‘em: Vernon Philander will look to make the ball talk in the Test series against India. * K.R. DEEPAK “He’s up for the challenge ahead with two spinners, Indians, he said. ries presents a wonderful opportunity to display to­ Skipper Faf du Plessis is as getherness and fight. Proteas feisty as they come while needs heroes to emerge. wicketkeeper­batsman Quin­ Tribute to the Mahatma! ton de Kock drips with ability. Rain forecast S. Dinakar Gandhi spent as many as growing up, South African Temba Bavuma is a develop­ Tuesday was bright here, but Visakhapatnam 21 years of his life in South fielding legend Jonty ing middle­order batsman. spells of rain have been fore­ It’s fitting that the India­ Africa and it was racial Rhodes said, “Both cast during the Test. Damp South Africa Freedom discrimination there, Mandela and Gandhi were Allrounder Philander conditions and a cloud cover series is beginning here on during the dark days of the great messengers of peace South Africa could play Ver­ could provide a lifeline to the October 2, the 150th birth apartheid era, that who taught us important non Philander, who com­ South Africans with their anniversary of Mahatma convinced him to fight values of equality, kindness bines seam movement with world class pacemen, led by Gandhi. against oppressive, colonial and humanity which have control, as an all­rounder at Kagiso Rabada. There is a common regimes and was the a place in cricket too.” No. 7 and pick a second spin­ If the conditions remain bond that runs through catalyst for his freedom The Indian and the ner to support the world class hot and dry, and cracks de­ Gandhi, India and South struggle in India. South African teams will be left­armer Keshav Maharaj. velop on the surface, apart Africa. Indeed, South Talking about the paying their tribute to The explosive Rabada could from spin, reverse swing Africa is an important stop influence of Nelson Gandhi when they start the be partnered by the mercu­ could dent line­ups. in the inspirational man’s Mandela and Mahatma series on such a rial Lungi Ngidi or the even The host has made some tale. Gandhi in his life while momentous day. quicker Anrich Nortje. important choices. Wriddhi­ Pace has to combine with man Saha, who last figured accuracy. As du Plessis put it, in a Test at Cape Town in Jadeja, who is just two short keen on giving Rohit a run as ed stay but is India missing speed alone would be a waste 2018 before being derailed of 200 Test scalps, are to­ an opener. the big picture? In the pace in India. by injuries, is back in the gether again in the eleven. Making runs, particularly attack, the lanky Ishant Shar­ The teams: India (final XI): Virat eleven. And Saha’s presence will lift at the top of the order, is a lot ma gets the nod over Umesh Kohli (Capt.), Rohit Sharma, Despite questions being their confidence levels. about belief and Rohit, a nat­ Yadav. The seamer is at the Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar raised about Rishabh Pant’s Interestingly, legendary ural, will receive the time peak of his career, with con­ Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma choice of strokes, Saha’s skil­ wicketkeeper­batsman and space to find his way. trol, bounce and movement. Vihari, Wriddihiman Saha (wk), ful and superior glovework Adam Gilchrist had said He has a barrage of shots The presence of the com­ R. Jadeja, R. Ashwin, Ishant would have swung the argu­ some months ago that when but does Rohit possess the posed Hanuma Vihari with Sharma and Mohammed Shami. ment in his favour. Saha returned from injury, technical nous and the tight­ his cultured batting at No. 6 South Africa (from): Faf du On subcontinental pitches the question of who should ness of game to make runs lends balance to the Indian Plessis (Capt.), Aiden Markram, Dean Elgar, Theunis de Bruyn, keep should be left to the In­ line­up. with turn and uneven away from the subcontinent Temba Bavuma, Quinton de bounce that deteriorate dian bowlers. where stiffer tests await In­ South Africa is a comba­ Kock (wk), Vernon Philander, further, standing up to spin­ dia? K.L. Rahul is still young tive side. At the top of the or­ Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, ners is the hardest job for a All eyes on Rohit and India has the talented der, Aiden Markram is a Lungi Ngidi, Dale Piedt, Anrich ’keeper and Saha appears Much focus will be on Rohit Prithvi Shaw, once his ban compelling shot­maker Nortje and Senuram Muthusa- the right man for the job. Sharma too. It is clear that ends, waiting in the wings. while southpaw Dean Elgar my. R. Ashwin and Ravindra the team management is Rohit will receive an extend­ is an old fashioned fighter. Match starts at 9.30 a.m. Rohit’s new gig the last throw of the dice Shafali, spinners seal series win for India game around and showed how a big would have succeeded. After the opener powers the side to 140, Poonam and Radha take over heart and sheer self­confidence can so­ Already Priyank Panchal has given metimes overcome technical the selectors a reminder with a century SA-WOMEN IN INDIA shortcomings. against South Africa­A while Abhima­ Rohit Sharma is not the first middle­ nyu Easwaran, younger by five years, P.K. Ajith Kumar order batsman who has been asked to has shown himself to be an organised SURAT BETWEEN WICKETS open, nor will he be the last. The selec­ batsman with an appetite for big scores. There was cricket, finally. tors are probably hoping that the move K.L. Rahul isn’t out of it yet, merely out The women’s T20I series, suresh menon will be as successful as the one initiated of form. Prithvi Shaw’s drugs ban ends badly affected by persistent by skipper Ganguly when he asked Vi­ in November soon after he turns 20 and rain over the last few days, ther things remaining equal, if the render Sehwag to open five matches af­ he comes into reckoning again. resumed on Tuesday. And Ochoice for a Test place is between ter he began his career, like Rohit, with India clinched it in style.

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