After two consecutive Test series victories in Australia in 2018-19 and 2020-21 and an encouraging 2-1 lead in England [with the rescheduled fifth Test to be played in Birmingham next year], all eyes are now on Team India’s final frontier—South Africa. Virat Kohli’s Indians will get into the action in Sunday’s Boxing Day Test at SuperSport Park, Centurion where they will look to register only their fourth Test win in the country.

Such has been the anticipation that even legendary Sunil Gavaskar has been eagerly looking forward to the contest as stated in one of his columns for Sunday mid-day in as early as May. “South Africa is the final frontier, the only top country remaining that India haven’t beaten in a Test series there. If India do that then they will truly have had a year to cherish and remember, starting with the win in Australia and culminating with another series win in South Africa,” he wrote.