Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions: India Tour of South Africa 2023-2024 - 2nd Test - 3-7 January 2024

Here are the Fantasy Cricket Predictions and Betting Tips for the 2nd Test Match of the India Tour of South Africa which will start on 3rd of January 2024 at the Newlands Cricket Ground, Capetown.

Live Scores and Stats - 2nd Test South Africa v India

Current Test Form India and South Africa:

South Africa have dominated India in the first Test and won it by an innings and 32 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the series.

The top run scorer for South Africa in the Test Series is Dean Elgar with 185 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for South Africa in the Test Series is Kagiso Rabada with 7 scalps under his belt.

The top run scorer for India in the Test Series is Virat Kohli with 114 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for India in the Test Series is Jasprit Bumrah with 4 scalps under his belt.

In the First Test, India batted first and they were bowled out for 245. Apart from KL Rahul, who scored 101 runs, no other Indian batter showed any resilience against an accurate South African bowling attack. Kagiso Rabada picked up 5 wickets to trigger the collapse.

South Africa were brilliant in their first innings. They finished at 408. Dean Elgar continued his top notch form and smashed 185 runs in the first innings to ensure South Africa registered a big lead over the India.

India in their second innings looked very flat with their batting display. Apart from Virat Kohli who scored 76 runs, the other batters simply threw their wicket away one way or the other.  Nandre Burger was the star in the second innings as he picked up 4 wickets for just 33 runs as India lost the match by an innings and 32 runs.

Let’s have a look at the squads:

India Squad for 2nd Test:

Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Prasidh Krishna, KS Bharat (wk), Abhimanyu Easwaran, Avesh Khan

South Africa Squad for 2nd Test:

Dean Elgar (C),David Bedingham, Nandre Burger, Marco Jansen, Aiden Markram, Keshav Maharaj, Wiaan Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Keegan Petersen, Kagiso Rabada, Tristan Stubbs, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Tony de Zorzi


Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions* - PrePlay

Who will win the toss? – South Africa

Who will win?-  South Africa

Top Batter (Runs Score) – KL Rahul (India), Dean Elgar (South Africa)

Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Avesh Khan (India), Kagiso Rabada (South Africa)

Most Fours – KL Rahul (India), Dean Elgar (South Africa)

Player of the Match- Kagiso Rabada (South Africa)

Team Scores Batting first – South Africa 300+, India 250+

Match Handicap:  South Africa


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*NB these predictions may be changed nearer the start of the match once the final starting teams have been announced and we will be running ‘In-Play’ features, so stay tuned.


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