Thakur, who was the first player to enter the throwdown nets, was hit on the left shoulder while facing throwdowns from batting coach Vikram Rathour.
He has scored 994 runs in 35 innings at an average of 31.06. However, his statistics suggest his struggle against red-ball giants like New Zealand, England and now South Africa.
Nandre Burger, replacing injured Lungi Ngidi in the line-up, finished with match figures of 7-83
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Jadeja missed the opening Test match after complaining of 'upper back spasm' during the morning of the first day at the Supersport Park.
Shami had been picked in the initial squad for the two Tests, but was forced to withdraw due to fitness issues.
South Africa meet India in Centurion in the opening Test starting on December 26 before moving to Cape Town for the second match from January 3.
The fifth and final Test is still two days away but thousands of English fans have flocked to the hill station.
India registered a thrilling 6-3 win over South Africa to advance to the final of the FIH Hockey5s Women's World Cup in Muscat.
They are scheduled to fly out to Johannesburg on Friday.
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'As long as the guys understand the way that we want to try play as a team and can keep that close to them when playing in different leagues and tournaments. Then hopefully by the time we meet up for the World Cup, the guys are used to that brand and how we want to operate as a team.'
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The players were cheered by fans at the airport and obliged supporters with selfies.
'I do a lot of hard work to ensure I look after my body to be able to play this brilliant game we love so much.'
England's Ollie Pope, who has scored 2136 runs from 38 Tests since his debut in 2018, does not mind low-scoring Test matches in India.
The legendary Clive Lloyd wants to see more Test cricket on the international calendar and prefers a minimum of three red-ball games in a bilateral series.
Skipper Rohit Sharma stressed on the Indian team's ability to win games on any surface including rank turners, following its record 434-run win over England on a flat track in Rajkot on Sunday.
In the ODI rankings, Sri Lanka's two ODI matches at home against Zimbabwe =saw a number of movers, most notably on the bowling side through spinner Maheesh Theekshana, who moved to a career high rating (634) and rank (11th) with four wickets across the matches.
Former coach John Buchanan does not consider David Warner as one of the greats of the game.
'It's a nice feeling to hear 'Ram Siya Ram' in the background'
South Africa's batting great AB de Villiers is clearly disappointed that the ever-growing popularity of T20 Cricket is putting Test cricket 'under pressure'.
Former Australian cricketer Simon O'Donnell is not in favour of opening batter David Warner getting a farewell Test, saying no one should have the right to pick and choose the venue and date of his choice.
Iyer is a player who primarily plays with hands with not much pronounced footwork.
Indian captain Virat Kohli and his South African counterpart Faf du Plessis made the donation of 100,000 Rand to the Gift of the Givers Foundation at the third T20 International cricket match at the Newlands Stadium on Sunday.
'Cape Town once again showed cricketers with limited first class experience will always struggle against the red ball.'
South Africa head coach Shukri Conrad slammed the Newlands pitch as 'not great'.
India captain Rohit Sharma said India can take pride in their performance after defeating South Africa inside two days of the 2nd Test at Newlands in Cape Town on Thursday.
The India pacer was more pleased about rectifying the mistakes he committed during the first Test against South Africa.
India will play as many around 15-16 Tests in 2024.
Indian cricket has been told to not keep the shower open for more than two minutes.
The Indian opener, who is in decent form, having scored well in the One-dayers and the T20Is against Sri Lanka last month, enjoyed some time out from training while going sight-seeing with his young family in beautiful Cape Town.
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Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane were part of India's Test team till earlier this year, but were left out of the tour to South Africa, the selectors pinning hopes on youngsters Shubman Gill and Yashawi Jaiswal to produce the goods in challenging conditions.
India went down by an innings and 32 runs -- their worst Test defeat on South African soil.
VIn a dramatic turn of events on Day 3, India faced a resounding defeat against South Africa in the first Test as their batting lineup crumbled, managing only 131 runs in the second innings after the hosts posted a formidable 408 in their initial essay.
South Africa shredded through the Indian batting line-up to claim victory by an innings and 32 runs in the first Test.
Kirsten said it is not improbable if India can figure a way to make things right in the knockout games.
The former Australia captain declined to name the players involved but reiterated that he had told them, "I don't want to know about it", and then walked away.
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