SA vs IND: Weather report for first Test match at Centurion for India’s tour of South Africa 2023-24
India and South Africa will meet for the 1st Test of India’s tour of South Africa 2023 at the SuperSport Park in Centurion from 26-30 December. The fans can witness the live action for the match from 1:30 PM IST on the Star Sports Network and stream the match online on Disney+ Hotstar .
India and South Africa initially met for a three match T20 and three match ODI series each. Since the first match of the T-20 series was abandoned due to rain the series was later drawn as both the teams won one game each. India sealed and easy victory in the three match ODI series as they won two games in the first and third ODI.
South Africa vs India weather report for Centurion
As per Google Weather and India’s Meteorological Department’s weather report, Centurion will experience a rainy day, the temperatures will range around 22°C and will see a huge drop till 17°C towards the evening with a wind speed of 26 km/h with an extremely high humidity of 80%. The precipitation chances throughout the day in Centurion are 75%, which indicates high signs of interruption in the game.
Rohit Sharma will lead the Indian squad for the two-match Test series against South Africa. The main squad of the Indian team will get back together in over a month, after a miserable ODI World Cup 2023 loss against Australia in the finals. India would like to seek redemption as they will attempt to win the match test series considering they have never won any in South Africa.
SA vs IND: Probable Playing XI
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Yashavi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Shardul Thakur, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna.
South Africa: Dean Elgar, Tony de Zorzi, Keegan Peterson, Aiden Markram, Temba Bavuma (c), Kyle Verreyne (wk), Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Nandre Burger, Gerald Coetzee.