Mission South Africa.

The decider at Cape Town has a lot of significance attached to it, with India on the brink of winning its first series in the rainbow nation in their 8 visits, while the Springboks will look to maintain its strong home record wherein no subcontinent team have managed to win here.

Cape Town is a happy hunting ground for SA with a Win/Loss ratio of 4.2, winning an astonishing 23 of the 34 tests at the venue and losing a mere 6 of them, the only home ground where they have a better record is at the Supersport Park, Centurion.

An interesting observation here is that SA’s 12 wins in the 23 wins here have come after losing the toss, with 10 wins coming when they’ve lost the toss and the opponents have chosen to bat.

South African batsmen have historically batted very well here, nowhere do they average more and this ground has the most number of Test hundreds scored by South African batsmen among their home venues.

While it may look to be a daunting task ahead of Team India, they are in no uncertain territory, this team is not new to breaking down fortresses and laying down their flag. India had their first test victory in South Africa under Rahul Dravid the captain and maybe a first series win in the same territory under Rahul Dravid the coach.