(Reuters) – Factbox on the first test between South Africa and India, which begins on Tuesday:
WHEN?
Dec. 26-30 (10:00 a.m. 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
(Compiled by Nick Said; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
