South Africa Versus India: Visitors Look to Make History With Newlands Win but Proteas Look to Win Test Series

South Africa Versus India: Visitors Look to Make History With Newlands Win but Proteas Look to Win Test Series

Byron Pillay
updated at April 12, 2023 at 7:54 PM
  • South Africa and India will compete in the final test at Newlands with both teams looking at a series win
  • India will make history with a win in Cape Town, a ground where they have never beaten the Proteas before
  • South Africa come into the game still on a high after their historic win at the Wanderers in the last game against India

South Africa and India will face off in the final test match at Newlands today with both teams looking to win the match and the test series.

South Africa levelled up the three-match series with an impressive win at the Wanderers, a ground where they've never beaten India before.

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South Africa and India will compete in the deciding test match with both teams looking for a series victory. Image: Ashley Vlotman
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Heading to Newlands for the third and final test, India needs a win to make a double piece of history. India have never won a test match series in South Africa and they've never won a test match at Newlands either, CricInfo reported.

The Proteas go into the game still on a high after their historic win in the second test and will be hoping to spoil India's party once again. The Proteas made no changes to their team as they look to keep the momentum.

Indian captain Virat Kohli returns to the squad after he was forced out of the second test due to a slight injury concern, Sport24 confirmed. Kohli's return is one of two changes for the Indians as Mohammed Siraj also misses out due to injury. He is replaced by seamer Umesh Yadav.

India won the toss and chose to bat in the deciding test. KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal will be looking to get India off to another decent start as they did in the first test match.

South Africa on a high after historic test victory against India, Mzansi comes out in praise of the Proteas

In other cricket-related news, South Africans are still on a high after the Proteas put on a gutsy display at Wanderers to secure a historic test victory in the second match against India, Sports Brief reported.

Social media has been buzzing since yesterday when Dean Elgar smashed the ball to the boundary to score the winning runs. Dean Elgar and Temba Bavuma remained unbeaten at the crease to guide South Africa to victory, CricInfo reported.

Both Elgar and Bavuma received tons of praise from South African cricket lovers with some Indian fans proving to be gracious in defeat as well. Former Proteas captain and current Director of Cricket for South Africa, Graeme Smith, also took to Twitter to praise the performance of the team.

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Byron Pillay is a sports writer and Head of the Department at Sports Brief (joined in 2022) with over 10 years of experience in community journalism and a degree in journalism from Caxton's Cadet School.
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