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India are hosting South Africa in the second match of the series in Guwahati. The hosts have faced a lot of scrutiny over the past few days after they were defeated in Kolkata. South Africa are currently 1-0 up and they are comfortably poised to register a Test series win in India, something which rarely happens for the visiting teams. As far as India are concerned, nothing less than a victory is going to bail them out of the chances of another series defeat.

India also have a few things to worry about. They are without the services of their regular Test skipper Shubman Gill who has been ruled out of the series, courtesy of a neck injury that he picked up in Kolkata.

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