India have arrived early in South Africa, with most of their stars missing the home ODI series against New Zealand. Dhoni said the preparation has been satisfactory. "Last few days have been good. We were in Cape Town, most of us. We were practising at Gary's [Kirsten, India's coach] academy, the facilities were good, we had some decent time to ourselves. Batsmen worked on a few of the things. It was quite relaxed. No hassles. Till now the preparations have been good, we still have three days to go to the Test."
India looked a side at comfort with itself during their first full practice session with the whole squad for the Tests, but there was cause for concern with Zaheer Khan choosing to go through just fitness drills due to what seems like a hamstring injury.
Dhoni and his team have been proud of the No. 1 ranking, but have mostly spoken about the processes that have got them there. However, this series is the most anticipated for this team, one that is supposed to show just how good the side really is. The extra time spent in preparation shows how important India think this series is. Dhoni, though, refused to call it a defining series, a yardstick to judge the team by.
SA v IND 1st Test 2010 Live videoTeams: South Africa v India
Venue: Centurion
Date: Dec 16-12-2010
Timing: 10:30 local | 08:30 GMT | 19:30 EST | 19:00 CST | 16:30 WST
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South Africa v India 1st Test Highlights Video
South Africa Squad: Graeme Smith(captain), Hashim Amla, Johan Botha, Mark Boucher( wicketkeeper ),AB de Villiers, Jean-Paul Duminy, Paul Harris, Jacques Kallis, Ryan McLaren, Morne Morkel, Wayne Parnell, Alviro Petersen, Ashwell Prince, Dale Steyn, Lonwabo Tsotsobe.
India Squad: MS Dhoni( captain/keeper ), Virender Sehwag( vice-captain ), Rahul Dravid, Gautam Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, VVS Laxman, Pragyan Ojha, Cheteshwar Pujara, Suresh Raina, Wriddhiman Saha, Ishant Sharma, Sreesanth, Sachin Tendulkar, Jaidev Unadkat, Murali Vijay, Umesh Yadav.
