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For the first time since the heartbreaking loss in the 2023 ODI World Cup final against Australia in Ahmedabad on November 19, Virat Kohli will be making a comeback to international cricket in the impending two-match Test series in South Africa that begins next Tuesday in Centurion..
If veterans and legends are correct, this will be India's best chance to tick that final box in their Test cricket list, of getting a series win in South Africa, and for that the visitors will need one of their best batters in Kohli to be at the top of his game..
He is, in fact, India's second-highest run-getter in Test cricket in South Africa after the legendary Sachin Tendulkar (1161 runs in 15 matches)..
Speaking to PTI before the two-match contest, De Villiers advised South African fast bowlers to play the waiting game against Kohli...
De Villiers even cited the example of Tendulkar, whose ODI century record Kohli recently broke during the World Cup, to drive home his point..
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