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Hanuma Vihari on South Africa series: It would be great to play in front of the home crowd back in India
Hanuma Vihari is looking forward to continue his memorable run in Test cricket when India take on South Africa for a 3 match Test series at home
After a memorable outing in West Indies, Hanuma Vihari is eagerly awaiting to play in front of his home crowd against South Africa later this month. Till now, Vihari has played all his Test matches outside India and has fared really well at number 6 in the batting order. In the 6 matches he has played for the country, he has scored 456 runs at an average of 45.6 including 3 fifties and one century. He also emerged as the top-scorer for India in the two match Test series against West Indies where he accumulated 289 runs at an average of 96.33 including 2 fifties and a hundred.
He said, "I have not played a Test at home, looking forward to it. It's great to play in front of the home crowd back in India." The 25 year old Andhra born batsman is expected to play a major role in the Test series against South Africa which commences on 2nd October at ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam.
Hanuma Vihari's 111 and 53* in the second Test at Kingston, Jamaica also got him the Man of the Match award. It helped India win the match by 257 runs and whitewash the series.
"It feels great to score my maiden Test century. I missed out on a hundred in the last match, so I was focusing on a big score this time. We were 200 for 5 and that was my goal while batting with Rishabh Pant. We had to be patient on this wicket as there was something in it for the fast bowlers. I was trying to take calculative risk against spinners, that was the game plan and it worked well for me."
Up next, Team India will take on South Africa in 3T20Is and 3 Tests starting from September 15.
