India and South Africa are facing each other in the first Test of the two-match Test series at SuperSports Park Centurion. In this match, the South African captain won the toss and elected to bowl first.
Rohit Sharma and the company started their innings in a fragile way and kept losing wickets at regular intervals. The star pacer of South Africa disturbed the batting lineup of team India and dismissed Indian captain Rohit Sharma with an individual score of five runs.
With this record, Rabada has registered a world record to his name. Now the star pacer holds the record for dismissing Rohit Sharma for the most number of times in Test Cricket. Rabada has done this achievement for 13 times in Test cricket. Before him, the New Zealand bowler had a record where he had dismissed the Indian batter 12 times.
For India, fast bowler Prasidh Krishna has made his Test debut in this match. David Bedingham and Nandre Burger are playing their first Test match for South Africa. All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was not available for selection in this match due to a back injury.
The teams are as follows:
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (Wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna.
South Africa (Playing XI): Dean Elgar, Aiden Markram, Temba Bavuma (Captain), Keegan Petersen, David Bedingham, Kyle Verreynne (Wicketkeeper), Marco Jansen, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Nandre Burger.
