India’s captain Virat Kohli spoke about the lack of preparatory time for the upcoming tour of South Africa, saying the "cramped" schedule left him with no choice but to seek bouncy tracks in the ongoing series against Sri Lanka to be ready for the challenge ahead.
India would be leaving for South Africa for a series of three Tests, six ODIs and three Twenty20 Internationals, just a couple of days after the home series against Sri Lanka, which gets over on 24 December. The second Test between the hosts and the Islanders starts in Nagpur on Friday.