IND vs SA: India are facing South Africa in the first match on Wednesday, September 28. Moreover, the game is being played at Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram, India.
India are coming into this fixture after winning against Australia on Sunday in the third match. Australia scored 186 runs in twenty overs while India scored 187. India won the match by six wickets.
Axar Patel went on to win the player of the series award against Australia in the three match T20I series. He picked up 3, 2, 3 wickets in the three matches respectively.
South Africa are coming into this fixture after losing against England in the third test. South Africa scored 189 and 169 runs in both innings respectively. England scored 158 and 130 runs and they went on to win the fixture by nine wickets.
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Suryakumar Yadav went on to win the man of the match award against Australia in the third match. He scored 69 runs from 36 balls with a strike rate of 191.67.
Anrich Nortje will be a key player for South Africa against India. The South African fast bowler was in brilliant form in the T20 series played a few months back in India.
IND vs SA: Quinton de Kock goes into brazing pain after making a brilliant stop behind the stumps
Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and he decided to bowl first. The decision went in India’s favor. The Proteas had one of their worst ever starts in T20 international cricket.
Quinton de Kock could not have a good day at the office with the bat on Wednesday. The South African also looked in brazing pain after making a brilliant stop behind the stumps.
Playing XI: India vs South Africa
India: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Dinesh Karthik, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Harshal Patel, Deepak Chahar, Arshdeep Singh.
South Africa: Quinton de Kock (wk), Temba Bavuma (c), Rilee Rossouw, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Wayne Parnell, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi.
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