India v South Africa, 2nd Test: Virat Kohli misses Wanderers Test due to back spasm; KL Rahul leads, India bat

KL
Rahul
is
leading
India
in
the
Test
and
the
visitors
won
the
toss
and
elected
to
bat.
Hanuma
Vihari
replaced
Kohli
in
the
India
playing
11
for
the
second
Test.

Rahul
is
captaining
India
for
the
first
time
in
Test
cricket.

But
there
will
be
focus
on
the
batting
form
of
Ajinkya
Rahane
and
Cheteshwar
Pujara
as
well.

Not
directly
pointing
towards
Pujara
and
Ajinkya,
the
head
coach
Rahul
Dravid
had
said
there
are
phases
in
cricketers’ careers
when
they
are
not
able
to
replicate
their
past
performance
but
added
that
it
is
just
a
matter
of
time
for
India’s
middle
order
before
they
come
good.

“There
are
a
variety
of
factors
that
happens.
There
are
phases
in
your
career
where
you
probably
are
batting
well
but
big
scores
are
not
coming.
And
it
happens
with
everyone,
but
the
good
point
is
that
they
seem
to
be
batting
really
well
so
they
are
getting
the
starts,” said
Dravid.

“They
know
how
to
convert
it’s
not
that
these
guys
don’t
know
how
to
score
big
runs.
So
it’s
just
a
matter
of
time,
I
am
really
hoping
we
will
see
some
really
good
performance
in
coming
days,” he
added.

Captains
talk

KL
Rahul,
India
skipper:
”Virat
is
having
an
upper
back
spasm.
Every
Indian
player
dreams
to
captain
his
country.
Really
looking
forward
to
this.
We
will
look
to
put
some
runs
on
the
board
and
put
the
opposition
under
pressure.
Hanuma
Vihari
comes
in
for
Virat.
No
other
change.”

Dean
Elgar,
South
Africa
skipper:
“It
doesn’t
really
bother
me
(who
is
the
India
captain.
Kyle
Verreynne
is
in
for
Quinny
(Quinton
de
Kock)
and
Duanne
Olivier
for
Wiaan
Mulder.
Losing
Quinny
is
never
ideal,
losing
a
big
player
is
never
ideal
but
we
need
to
move
on.
Just
two
changes.
Cannot
wait
to
get
the
Test
underway.”

Playing
11

South
Africa:
Dean
Elgar(c),
Aiden
Markram,
Keegan
Petersen,
Rassie
van
der
Dussen,
Temba
Bavuma,
Kyle
Verreynne
(wk),
Marco
Jansen,
Kagiso
Rabada,
Keshav
Maharaj,
Duanne
Olivier,
Lungi
Ngidi

India:
KL
Rahul(c),
Mayank
Agarwal,
Cheteshwar
Pujara,
Ajinkya
Rahane,
Hanuma
Vihari,
Rishabh
Pant(w),
Ravichandran
Ashwin,
Shardul
Thakur,
Mohammed
Shami,
Jasprit
Bumrah,
Mohammed
Siraj.