Dream11 Prediction By Expert Team India vs South Africa Series

Dream11 Prediction Cricket / Indian team selection for South Africa series today, just 2 centuries from 6 openers in last 10 Tests

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• Indian team will play three Tests against South Africa from October 2 to 23
• On the West Indies tour, opener Lokesh Rahul scored 101 in four innings and Mayank Agarwal scored 80 runs.
• Chief selector MSK Prasad hinted to include Rohit Sharma as an opener in place of Rahul.

The Indian team will be selected in Mumbai on Thursday for the three-Test series against South Africa. Team India has to play three Tests against South Africa between October 2 and 23. Lokesh Rahul, who is opening on the West Indies tour, is considered to be out of the team.In his place, Rohit Sharma, a regular ODI opener, can be included in the team. Rohit played his last Test against Australia in December 2018. He then scored an unbeaten 63 in the first innings and 5 runs in the second innings.

The Indian team has tried 6 openers in the last 10 Tests, but none could confirm their position. Of these, Rahul played the maximum number of 9 Tests, but he could score only one century.6 openers scored 2 centuries and 4 half-centuries in total during this period. Out of these, three half-centuries were made by Mayank Agarwal, who played 4 Tests. A century and a half-century came from Prithvi Shaw's bat.

Openers hit just a half-century on the Windies tour

Rahul scored 44, 38, 13 and 6 in four innings of two Tests against the West Indies. He scored 149 against England at the Oval last year. After this, he could not score a single 50+ in 7 Tests. On the other hand, Mayank Agarwal scored 5, 16, 55 and 4 in four innings of the same series.

Rohit was not selected in the playing XI against the Windies

Rohit was taken with the team on the West Indies tour, but was not included in the playing XI. In place of him, Hanuma Vihari was placed in the team at number six. Vihari had scored a century and two half-centuries. Ajinkya Rahane performed well at number five. He scored 271 runs in 4 innings at an average of 90.33. Vihari had scored 289 runs in 4 innings at an average of 96.33. Rohit could not find a place in the middle order due to the excellent play of both.

Iswaran, Priyank Panchal and Shubhaman also in the race

Bengal opener Abhimanyu Easwaran scored 4067 runs in 52 first class matches at an average of 49.59. During this, he also scored 13 centuries. Ishwaran scored 153 runs in the last match against India Green while playing for India Red. On the other hand, Priyanka Panchal scored 6186 runs in 87 first class matches at an average of 47.22.During this, he scored 21 centuries. Priyank played 160 runs against Sri Lanka A in May this year while playing for India A. At the same time, Shubman Gill scored 1348 runs in 13 first class matches at an average of 74.88. He has 4 centuries in his name. He scored 204 runs against Windies A in August.

Hardik's return possible, Bhubaneswar can stay out

All-rounder Hardik Pandya has been out of the Test team for the last one year. During this time he was left out of the team due to injury first and then due to objectionable comments on women in Koffee with Karan. He was not placed in the squad against the Windies. They can return to the team.On the other hand, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who played his last Test against South Africa in January last year, can remain out of the team despite being fit. With Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami in place, he is tough.

Expected Indian team: Mayank Agarwal, Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (captain), Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Hanuma Vihari, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Riddhiman Saha (wicketkeeper), Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma, Mohammad Shami.

Schedule against south africa

Date Test Place
2 to 6 October First Visakhapatnam
10 to 14 October Second Ranchi
19 to 23 October 3rd Pune

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