The visitors have made three changes to their playing XI for Centurion Test, KL Rahul has replaced Shikhar Dhawan, Ishant Sharma came in for Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and wicket-keeper Parthiv Patel has been included in place of injured Saha.
Lakmal has been rewarded for a good 2017 with the team's vice-captaincy while Rangana Herath and Dilruwan Perera head up the spin department.
Faf du Plessis kissed on Kagiso Rabada’s forehead after the pacer took the wicket of Hardik Pandya in the first innings of Cape Town Test.
Markram also admitted that playing India was a completely different experience different from being pitted against minnows like Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.
South Africa outplayed India by 72 runs inside four days in the opening Test in Cape Town to claim a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
Pandya played a whirlwind knock of 93 runs off 95 balls to single-handedly keep the visitors in contention on day two of the first Test in Cape Town.
The popular 'dab dance' moves had picked up by Team India players as their celebration style during India's tour of Sri Lanka in August last year.
With match-winning figures of 9/75 on his home ground, Philander gave South Africa a 1-0 lead in the three-match Test series on Monday.
Steyn drew a massive applause from spectators for each of his blocks during his five-minute unbeaten stay at the crease on day four of the Cape Town Test against India on Monday.
In a time when India's batting order appeared collapsing like dominoes, Pandya (93) played responsible cricket and established a 99-run partnership with Bhuvneshwar Kumar (25) to stabilise the visitors in the first innings.
Vernon Philander-led South African pace attack showed relentless aggression as hosts thumped India by 72 runs in the first Test to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
Du Plessis further said that they would have liked a total of 350 runs as the 208-run target made the hosts nervous at lunchtime on day four of the Cape Town Test.
Chasing 208 on day four for their third ever Test win on South African soil, the Indian batsmen let their team down for the second time in the match, getting skittled out for 135 in 42.4 overs.
Each of Australia's four frontline bowlers took more than 20 wickets in the five-match series with Pat Cummins leading the way with 23 dismissals, followed by Mitchell Starc (22), Josh Hazlewood (21) and Nathan Lyon (21).
As the Indian team skipped the optional session on Thursday, batting coach Sanjay Bangar dropped loose hints that the limited overs vice-captain Rohit Sharma may get a chance in the first Test based on his current form.
India's assistant coach Sanjay Bangar instead arrived to address the media, that too after a delay of over an hour.
A Crisis Level 6 water has been administered in Cape Town as the city council has permitted just 87 litres per person a day or 10,000 litres for a month.
The touring squad's behaviour has also been a distraction for Root and coach Trevor Bayliss, who struggled to hide his frustration after the drunken actions of Jonny Bairstow and England A batsman Ben Duckett earlier on the tour.
Philander said the playing eleven of the first Test will be picked according to the conditions.
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