Both India and South Africa face their toughest test yet. While Temba Bavuma knows where the danger is most likely to come from, he wanted to wait for a more conclusive threat assessment.

“Those are bowlers who, if it swings, they’ll exploit the swing; if there’s nip, they’ll do the same,” the South African skipper said of India’s trio of Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj. “If it means we have to be a lot more compact early on, so be it,” he added before reminding that the conditions will dictate how the Proteas will play.