Proteas plan to burst India’s Bullring bubble
SA are yet to beat the visitors in a Test match at Wanderers
India captain Virat Kohli may have only pride to play for ahead of the third Test starting at the Wanderers on Wednesday, but the thought of just playing at the Bullring should give him every reason to be excited. In what was his first Test in the country in 2013, Kohli announced himself as India’s player to watch with enchanting innings of 119 and 96. Like his supremely compiled 153 in the second Test at Centurion, the ton could not deliver a win but marked out the first post-Sachin Tendulkar Indian side to come to these shores as one to watch. It has been to SA’s benefit that the rest of India’s batting has not been able to channel Kohli’s belligerence into something tangible. With India having surrendered the series after losses in Cape Town and Centurion, it is only memories that Kohli has to cling on to. India, however, do have the incentive of ensuring they not only avoid a whitewash but collect their first Test win in SA since 2010. "We would focus on the things that worked f...
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