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The second Test between India and South Africa will be played from January 3.
Team India trailed 0-2 in the 2-match Test series.
Indian players will welcome the New Year in South Africa
New Delhi. The Indian cricket team has faced defeat in the last match of the year 2023. Team India under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma reached South Africa to end the drought of 31 years but their dream has been shattered. The hosts have given a big shock before the New Year by defeating India by an innings margin in the Centurion Test match in 3 days. The Indian team had previously toured South Africa 8 times out of which they lost the Test series 7 times while once under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni the Indian team managed to draw the Test series. Team India will now look to make a fresh start in the new year. Before this, let’s know where Indian players will welcome the New Year.
Team India will play the second and final Test match of the series against the hosts South Africa (IND vs SA) from January 3 at the Newlands Ground in Cape Town. The Indian team will reach Cape Town before the second Test match. In such a situation, Rohit and company can celebrate the New Year at the team hotel in Cape Town this time. Before this, last time Rohit Sharma arrived in Maldives with his family to welcome the New Year, while Virat Kohli welcomed the year 2023 in Dubai with his wife Anushka Sharma and daughter Wamika.
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The Indian players then celebrated the New Year at Centurion’s team hotel.
The Indian cricket team toured South Africa in the year 2021 where they defeated the host team by 113 runs in the first Test match played at Centurion. After winning this Test, the Indian team under the captaincy of Virat Kohli had a New Year party at the team hotel in Centurion itself. This test match was also played on the occasion of Boxing Day. That team includes Kohli, head coach Rahul Dravid, Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara, Mohammad Shami, Ishant Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Mohammad Siraj and Rishabh Pant etc. Ashwin then shared a photo on social media with the entire team and support staff in which all the players are seen in a fun mood in front of a big cake.
Team India will celebrate the New Year with these players in Cape Town
The Rohit Sharma-led Indian team may have lost the first Test match against South Africa, but the hitman has expressed hope that his team will enter the new year with fresh preparations. Rohit’s team consists of Virat Kohli, Yashaswi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, R Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Mukesh Kumar, Hirshan Krishna, Mohammad Siraj etc. Apart from this, the Indian players will welcome the New Year at the hotel along with head coach Rahul Dravid and support staff.
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First published: December 29, 2023, 10:38 IST

