South Africa are backing AB de Villiers to show his class and score heavily as he continues his return to the test arena, captain Faf du Plessis said ahead of their three-test series against India. But the 33-year-old is now back for South Africa as they begin a busy home schedule with the opening test against India at Newlands on Friday. He has had a good break," said Du Plessis on Thursday. De Villiers scored a quick-fire half century -- his 40th in test cricket -- on his test return in the brief Boxing Day test against Zimbabwe in Port Elizabeth last week, but this will be a much tougher examination. We don't have an Ashes, so it's good to see that India v South Africa can start becoming a really big series," Du Plessis said.

Source: dna January 04, 2018 15:00 UTC