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The best mix according to conditions isn't generally a group's best eleven and it will surely be a battle for India to find the right mix going into the initial Test against South Africa on 'Boxing Day'.

Somewhere around two spaces will give lead trainer Rahul Dravid restless evenings.

The tying issues for India will be KL Rahul being approached to keep wickets to reinforce the batting and the precarious undertaking of picking either Mukesh Kumar and Prasidh Krishna to supplant the in a real sense indispensable Mohammed Shami, who is recovering from a lower leg niggle.

By all accounts, a few choices could look clear however things will not be essentially as simple as it appears for the Indian group the board, which will again need to go with disagreeable choices.

Mukesh or Prasidh?

The Centurion track has fundamentally been a speed bowler's heaven - - hard and fun with dampness that helps invert swing during the last 50% of the day.

So on the off chance that one is discussing sidelong development, Mukesh, who has proactively made his Test debut in the Caribbean, strolls straight into the playing XI. In any case, the Bengal seamer hasn't thoroughly searched in the best of structure during the white ball leg of the series.

Nonetheless, with 151 wickets from 40 top notch games, red ball cricket is where Mukesh feels comfortable and has a normal of 21 or more runs for each wicket. His strike-rate stays an exceptionally good 48 balls for every wicket.

All the more critically, Mukesh is a like a workhorse, who can bowl long spells and has likewise been known to utilize switch swing during his post tea spells in Ranji Prize cricket.

The other benefit is channel bowling - - right on the line - in and around the off-stump hallway and keeping it at more full length.

Mukesh's closest rival is one of Dravid's #1 and an individual Bangalore man Prasidh, whose hit-the-deck stuff is great for the Supersport Park.

Prasidh, who hasn't even played 15 top notch games since his Ranji Prize presentation in 2015, wouldn't actually be in the image had Shami been fit.

Nonetheless, he hasn't caused his goal any damage by getting a fifer for India 'A' against South Africa 'A' in first 'Informal Test' in Potchefstroom.

Prasidh, whose speed is somewhat more and a characteristic length on the more limited side, is supposed to get more bob. In any case, he can likewise release runs as he isn't known to be steady with his lines.

In the event that one goes by structure in ODIs, Mukesh could miss out yet going by abilities in red ball cricket, he holds an unmistakable benefit over Prasidh.

KL 'the hitter' or KL 'the Manager'

Supersport Park was the scene where India won their main Trial of the three-match series back in 2021. Rahul looked magnificent in transit his hundred while opening the innings.

However, things have changed over the most recent two years, Rahul lost his structure, Rishabh Gasp had a terrible mishap, KS Bharat didn't look cut out for first class cricket and Ishan Kishan, subsequent to being sidelined starting from the beginning of World Cup, has now looked for a 'emotional wellness break'.

Rahul had been named guardian for the series and he has previously said that he is prepared to wear any job that group needs.

Last time, he had lost his place as a player and he comprehends that glovework won't just give him an additional pad yet assist him with counterbalancing any unfortunate batting structure, till Gasp gets back in the saddle, which may as yet be a far off future.

That Bharat was named in India An after his inability to get a solitary fifty out of five Tests demonstrates that the cabinet is exposed. Kishan likewise got his Test cap based on white ball structure and the other A-group manager Dhruv Jurel is likewise to a greater degree a T20 guardian player in Jitesh Sharma shape.

India at the present time, don't have an excessive number of good red-ball keeping choices and it is discovered that for the Britain series, youthful Kumar Kushagra, who got an incredible Rs 7.20 crore IPL bargain from Delhi Capitals, could genuinely be considered as the subsequent guardian.

In South Africa, Rahul can in any case oversee as he would accumulate most balls round his midsection to the pacers however keeping to Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja on rank turners is actually quite difficult.

In any case, in the event that one plays an expert manager in Bharat, the batting mix goes for a throw. Yashasvi Jaiswal, after his shimmering Test debut in West Indies, could turn into the so-called symbol of atonement with either Rahul or Gill opening the innings.

That is the main way that Shreyas Iyer, still an untested item on fun tracks in SENA nations, can be opened in the center request and add profundity.

Rahul keeping wickets will conclude what is Dravid's thought process - positive or negative.