Temba Bavuma feels India's bowling unit can 'nullify' Proteas' advantage

South Africa skipper Temba Bavuma ahead of the SA vs IND Tests said that Indias strong bowling attack can nullify the advantage of the experience that the hosts have in CenturionBowlers like Mohammed Siraj Gerald Coetzee Jasprit Bumrah and Kagiso Rabada are likely to star on a surface that will more or less play in their favour In such a situation it will be up to the batters to take up the challenge and deal with the threat posed by the bowlersWe understand conditions a lot better so youd expect us to adapt a lot better but their bowling is quite strong The fact that theyve been able to achieve such success is because of their bowling attack and that kind of nullifies the advantage we have Its more between the batters and how the batters take on that challenge Bavuma said as quoted from ESPNcricinfoIndias top six features four batters Rohit Sharma Yashavi Jaiswal Virat Kohli Shubman Gill KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer who average more than 40 None of the Proteas batters has an average that can match thisHowever if one digs deep only Kohli stands out with a stunning average of 5135 in South Africa The rest of the batters have struggled to put up runs as Rohit has an average of 1537 in four TestsAlso ReadSlow and steady finishes the raceJaiswal and Iyer have yet to play a single Test in South Africa On the other hand South Africa have two batters Aiden Markram 4392 and Dean Elgar 4616 who average more than 40 Skipper Temba Bavuma is just shy of the 40 mark as he averages 3911 on his home soil in red ball cricketTheir performance could play a vital role as South Africa look to maintain their unbeaten home record against India in SA vs IND TestsTheres a lot of pride attached to that that weve been able to keep that record intact as a South African team all of us as players also feel that But we understand playing against India comes with certain challenges and its those types of challenges we would like to focus on Playing against India comes with a lot more eyes and a lot more scrutiny in terms of everything we do Bavuma saidSo its accepting that And the other more obvious one is the skill factor on the field For me as a batter the bowlers are going to put you under pressure and their batting lineup as well theyve got renowned Test players and guys who performed in all conditions They are a determined team as well who want to be able to say theyve won a Test series here in South Africa so with that extra bit of drive and motivation well really need to be at our best Bavuma addedIndias Test squad Virat Kohli Captain Rohit Sharma vicecaptain KL Rahul Mayank Agarwal Cheteshwar Pujara Ajinkya Rahane Shreyas Iyer Hanuma Vihari Rishabh Pant wk Wriddhiman Saha wk R Ashwin Jayant Yadav Ishant Sharma Mohd Shami Umesh Yadav Jasprit Bumrah Shardul Thakur Md SirajSouth Africa Test squad Temba Bavuma c David Bedingham Nandre Burger Gerald Coetzee Tony de Zorzi Dean Elgar Marco Jansen Keshav Maharaj Aiden Markram Wiaan Mulder Lungi Ngidi Keegan Petersen Kagiso Rabada Tristan Stubbs Kyle Verreynne wkWith agency inputs