India vs South Africa 2nd Test Live Streaming: When & Where to Watch Live Telecast on TV & Online

The second test of India vs South Africa on October 10 (Thursday) will air on Star Sports Network and the live broadcast will be available on Hotstar. The match will be played in Pune and will start at 0930 HRS IST. You can also follow all the action on our live blog (IND vs SA).

That India is a dominant force in home cricket testing needless to say, and another example of that was seen in Visakhapatnam, where they gave South Africa a 203 run loss to take a 1-0 lead in the series of three games However, it was not the usual comfortable trip for the Virat Kohli team, which now resorts to Pune, which is a field where they have been very successful and will seek to end the series with a game in hand. And South Africa, for the benefit of India, does not seem to be the most intimidating opposition. For India, the opportunity that Rohit Sharma had at the top of the order was worth it, as it crushed centuries ago with Mayank Agarwal, who has an equally high confidence after his double century.

In Pune, the dynamic batting lineup of India that follows the starters with players like Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane and Hanuma Vihari will definitely seek to keep the Proteas in the field for as long as they can. However, they will be different from the collapse they suffered in 2017 against Australia, where a change of range shot again allowing Nathan Lyon to laugh for the last time. India has two experienced spinners at R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, and one hopes that Kohli needs them to do most of the bowling during the game.



If the rotating twins were not terrifying enough for South Africans, Mohammed Shami’s dominance with the semi-new and old ball on dry tracks is slowly reaching a legendary status and will have left scars on visitors. Ishant Sharma remained stable during the first test, which means that Faf du Plessis and company will really need to increase the grain ratio they showed in the first entries in Vizag if they want to get a positive result in Pune.

Such was its impact that Jasprit Bumrah was almost not lost despite his phenomenal presence in red ball cricket in the last 18 months. For the Proteas, having Quinton de Kock and Dean Elgar do what they did in Vizag again will be extremely important and Faf will hope that perseverance will also spread to Aiden Markam. The employer himself could do it with a bit of luck and he won’t mind a Pune surface. While India is unlikely to make changes in its eleven years, the South African group of experts might be tempted to drop one of Senators Muthusamy and Dane Piedt, who were taken to the cleaners by Indian batters and brought to Lungi Ngidi, a surprise exclusion in the first test.

Faf won’t want to play in Rohit’s bow as he did in the first Test when the Mumbaikar liked the spinners and broke a world record of 13 six in the game. South Africa, without a doubt, is losing the dynamism that Dale Steyn or Hashim Amla bring to the table, and Faf is very aware of how an incorrect decision could make the difficult task much harder for him. However, to his credit, the young side has shown guts and hunger for assuming what is thrown at them during this difficult period, but India in India is a completely different proposal.

Therefore, in order for South Africa to leave unharmed, Faf and the group of experts will have to dot the i and cross the t perfectly, as well as the way the hosts deal with their affairs.

Equipment:

India (XI) Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Chesteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami.

South Africa: Faf du Plessis (captain), Dean Elgar, Aiden Markram, Theunis de Bruyn, Temba Bavuma, Quinton de Kock (wk), Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Vernon Philander, Lungi Ngidi, Dane Piedt, Senuran Muthusamy, Zubayr Hamza Heinrich Klaasen, Anrich Nortje.