Face to face: South Africa v India

Face to face: South Africa v India

Cricket

Overall, the two teams have played 42 test matches, of which South Africa won 17 and India won 15

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(Reuters) - Factbox on the first test between South Africa and India, which begins on Tuesday:

WHEN?

Dec. 26-30 (10:00 am local time/0800 GMT)

WHERE?

Centurion Park, Pretoria (22,000 capacity)

MATCH OFFICIALS

Umpires: Paul Reiffel (Australia), Langton Rusere (Zimbabwe)

Third umpire: Ahsan Raza (Pakistan)

Match referee: Chris Broad

SOUTH AFRICA

World ranking: 4

Coach: Shukri Conrad

Captain: Temba Bavuma

Squad: Temba Bavuma, 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.

INDIA

World ranking: 1

Coach: Rahul Dravid

Captain: Rohit Sharma

Squad: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, KS Bharat, Abhimanyu Easwaran.

PREVIOUS CENTURION PARK TESTS

2010 - South Africa won by an innings and 25 runs

2018 - South Africa won by 135 runs

2021 - India won by 113 runs

RECORD IN SOUTH AFRICA

Played 23

South Africa won 12

India won 4

Drawn 7

OVERALL RECORD

Played 42

South Africa won 17

India won 15

Drawn 10