Cricket betting tips and series preview: India face final frontier in South Africa

India are playing a three-match Test series against South Africa in Centurion. Virat Kohli's team have been unbeaten at home for a number of years. South African cricket fans are looking forward to the series. Rohit Sharma is missing for the first Test. Dean Elgar captained the side to 2-0 series win over West Indies. Unibet and bet365 have priced Kohlin as a batsman at 5/4 and 2/1 respectively. He is also the leading runscorer in the current series so far. The Old Trafford Test was abandoned due to a coronavirus outbreak.

Kohli was the most productive of the Indian batsmen when they toured South Africa in early 2018. He scored 286 runs in the three-match series at an average of 47.66. Anrich Nortje will miss the series through injury. Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer are interesting bets. Hanuma Vihari is an interesting runner. If they do make the starting XI, they could play in any top India innings. They could make a half-century at anything north of 3/1.

In South Africa, batting in the middle order is easier than batting higher up. Ollie Pope averaged 88.66 for England from number six, Ben Stokes averaged 45.42 from five and Joe Root 45 from four. Sri Lanka recovered from 54-2 to win the first Test in Centurion last winter.

Rassie van der Dussen is the leading runscorer in the current series. Quinton de Kock is expected to miss one or two matches for the birth of his first child. Unibet and bet365 have him at 4/1 for top South Africa series batsman. He is a good Test match batsmen. His white-ball form is impressive. The patience he displayed in Caribbean and his low backlift and tight technique should help him combat India's pace attack.

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