India’s quest to claim their final frontier is about to get underway at the SuperSport Park in Centurion today as the Rohit Sharma-led side is all set to take on the Temba Bavuma’s South Africa in the Boxing Day Test to kickstart the two-match Test series between two countries. On the other hand, Pakistan have gone in without a specialist spinner in their playing XI for the Boxing Day Test against Australia at the MCG. All of that and much more in today’s sports wrap.
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