India Focuses on Batting to bounce back against SA

South Africa Jan 12: India would play its second test against the South Africa which would be starting from Saturday. Currently, India team is aiming to bounce back after it has lost the first test.

Indian batsmen have struggled against the pace attack of the South Africa and have lost wickets because of poor shot selections. Sources said that the team is now Focussing on improving their batting skills and have practiced some shots which be useful during the match.

meanwhile the hosts are looking confident as their bowlers took wickets at crucial intervals, however, they too are focussing on their batting as they too lost wickets against the pace.

The squads:

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

South Africa: Faf du Plessis (Captain), Hashim Amla, Temba Bavuma, Theunis de Bruyn, Quinton de Kock (wicket-keeper), AB de Villiers, Dean Elgar, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, Morne Morkel, Chris Morris, Andile Phehlukwayo, Vernon Philander, Kagiso Rabada. Duanne Olivier, Lungi Ngidi.