On Day 2, India A will aim to capitalize on their momentum. The spinners, having found consistent turn and bounce on a responsive pitch, will look to wrap up the tail early and keep SA under pressure.

Rishabh Pant will return to action for the first time since fracturing his right foot in the fourth Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy when he leads India A in the first of its two multi-day matches against South Africa A.