File photo of Cheteshwar Pujara.© AFP
Indian batsmen ahead of South Africa series Cheteshwar Pujara He added that the visiting team’s bowlers have always been the “differential” between the two teams in the earlier tours as they expect similar performances in the upcoming games. South Africa and India will face off in a three-match Test series before the two sides face off in the limited-overs format. Test series is starting from 26th December. Pujara has backed Indian bowlers to do well for the visitors in the upcoming matches South Africa Chain.
“Whenever we’ve played overseas, our fast bowlers have made the difference between the two sides. If you look at the Australia series, even if you look at the England series, we did exceptionally well as a bowling unit And I am sure it will be the same in South Africa,” ESPNcricinfo quoted Pujara as saying.
“Our fast bowlers are our strength and I hope they will be able to take advantage of these conditions and give us 20 wickets in every Test match,” he said.
India recently beat New Zealand 1-0 in the Test series and Pujara feels this is the best opportunity for the Indian team to win the series in South Africa.
“The good thing is that we have played a few Test matches in India. So most people are in touch, and when it comes to preparation, the support staff has been excellent. They are supporting us well and we have five or six It’s a few days before we go to the first Test,” Pujara said.
He said, “I am sure we have enough time to prepare and people are looking forward to this series. This is the best chance for us to win our first series in South Africa. So we are all looking forward to it.” ” ,
publicized
The Indian Test team reached Johannesburg, South Africa on Thursday. Rohit Sharma will be ruled out of the upcoming Test series following a hamstring injury and Priyank Panchal has been named in his place.
Meanwhile, on Saturday the All India Senior Selection Committee nominated KL Rahul As the vice-captain for the upcoming 3-match Test series against South Africa.
Topics mentioned in this article
,