Kingston: Hanuma Vihari has played all his six Test matches outside India and is now eagerly looking forward to the series against South Africa next month. It will be his on home soil.
Hanuma Vihari, emerged as India’s top run-getter against the West Indies in the two-Test series with 289 runs. His performances make him a sure inclusion in the playing XI during the series against South Africa. Indian take on South Africa in the first Test at Visakhapatnam which incidentally is Hanuma Vihari’s home ground.
“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,” said Hanuma Vihari.
The 25-year-old Andhra batsman was adjudged man of the match for his century and half century in India’s 257-run win in the second Test. He had missed out on a hundred by seven runs in the first Test.
“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 five and that was my goal while batting with Rishabh (Pant),” Vihari said at the post-match presentation ceremony.
“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,” added the batting all-rounder.
PTI