Virat Kohli vs Kagiso Rabada will be one of the battles to watch in the final Test match in Cape Town. (AP Images)
Here are the key battles to watch in the third Test between South Africa and India.
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Team India will be eyeing to create history in the third test match against South Africa in Cape Town. The ongoing tour is the last frontier for India as they have never won a Test series on Proteas soil. The three-match series is currently tied at 1-1 and Cape Town is one place India has never won a Test match.
After winning the opening Test at Centurion, India suffered a major setback in Johannesburg in the absence of skipper Virat Kohli, who was ruled out due to an upper back cramp. However, the Indian skipper has confirmed that he has regained fitness and will return for the final Test.
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Here are the key battles to watch in the third Test between South Africa and India.
Virat Kohli vs Kagiso Rabada: All eyes will be on these two special players whenever they clash with each other in the deciding match of the series. Rabada has dismissed Kohli 7 times across all formats and the Indian Test captain needs to be a little cautious in front of him in Cape Town. Kohli’s vulnerability outside the off-stump has grown exponentially in the last few matches as he was dismissed in the same fashion in the Centurion Test. The Indian captain has failed to break the three-figure mark in his last 23 Test innings and has come under a lot of scrutiny for his conversion rate. While Rabada will play his 50th Test on Tuesday and he will try to make it memorable.
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KL Rahul vs Marco Jensen: The flamboyant India opener has been in sensational form on the ongoing tour with hundreds and half-centuries already from his bat. However, his disciplined batting suffered a lack of concentration in the final Test where he failed to convert a good start into a big total. Young Marco Jensen outperformed Rahul on both the occasions in Johannesburg. India will need Rahul to bring their A-game to the table in the final Test in script history, while the Proteas will rely on their young left-arm pacer to emulate Jo’burg heroics.
Dean Elgar vs Jasprit Bumrah: The southpaw has led the South African team from the front in the first two Tests. Elgar has shown great resilience with the bat in the series so far and Joburg played a vital role in leveling the series with his 96 not out in the Test. It was Jasprit Bumrah who got rid of him at Centurion, however, he looked a bit off-colour in the second match, where Elgar held his ground and took the Proteas to victory. Bumrah would be keen to ask some tough questions to Elgar at the place where he made his Test debut.
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