Former South Africa batters Graeme Smith , Hashim Amla and Faf du Plessis have placed the onus on their current Test batters to give India a fight in the forthcoming two-Test series starting November 14. While Amla was of the view the bowling attacks of both teams are "pretty close," Smith said South Africa's top-three batters have to step up. Amla went on to say that the presence of some inexperienced batters in their line-up could turn out to be a blessing for the visitors as they won't be carrying the "baggage" of previous tours, given South Africa haven't won a Test in India since 2010 and a series since 2000.

On their last two tours of India, in 2015 and 2019 , South Africa's batters struggled against India spinners, but this time the opening Test in Kolkata is expected

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