Hosts South Africa lose three early wickets against India in first of the 3 test match series in Cape Town; After splendid performance at home, India looking forward to continue the streak on foreign soil too.

South Africa won the toss and opt to bat first against India in Capetown. But Bhuvneshwar Kumar gave India a dream start as he snarred the top three Proteas wicket with the score card reading just 12. Dean Elgar, Aiden Markram and Hashim Amla were all cooling their pavilion after failing to decipher Kumar’s bowling. When report last came in South Africa has scored 63 for the loss of 3 wickets

India play hosts South Africa in the first Test of the three-match series at Newlands Cricket Ground in Cape Town

A series win in South Africa will see the Indians create a new world record of 10 consecutive Test series victories. India have won nine successive series and are currently on level with Australia.

India have played 17 Tests against South Africa in South Africa, winning two, losing eight and drawing seven.

Six of India’s winning series were played at home and the others – two in Sri Lanka and one in the West Indies were in conditions where fast bowling was not a major factor.

Teams

South Africa: Faf du Plessis (captain), Dean Elgar, Aiden Markram, Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers, Temba Bavuma, Quinton de Kock (wkt), Theunis de Bruyn, Vernon Philander, Chris Morris, Andile Phehlukwayo, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel.

India: Virat Kohli (captain), Murali Vijay, Lokesh Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Wriddhiman Saha (wkt), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Parthiv Patel (wkt), Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah.