🏏South Africa tour of India 2025: India vs SA - 2nd T20I🏏 - Page 2

Hardik Pandya On Cusp Of History

Hardik has taken 99 wickets in T20Is and he needs just one wicket to become the first Indian cricketer to take 100 wickets and score 1000 runs in T20Is.

What Could Be Safe Score?

Team batting first should aim for a score of around the 200 run mark because defending won't be very easy at this venue.

Dew To Have The Final Say?

The team that opts to chase will have a significant advantage, as defending won't be the easiest task on a wet field.

IGill, Surya Must Perform For India

Shubman Gill and Suryakumar Yadav must perform for India in the series to bring calm into the dressing room. They would not want to go into the World Cup with two best batters short on runs.

Crowd Building Up

This is the first game at the venue in international cricket, and there is significant hype among the locals who have already started coming to the venue.

Shubman Gill Under Pressure

Gill hasn't performed well in recent times in T20Is and face significant pressure to deliver in the T20I series against South Africa.

Is India Prepared For T20 World Cup?

The Indian team looks balanced but they have a few slots to fill. During February, the dew might not be that significant so they may opt for a heavier spin attack. But for this series, they should play only two spinners. Also, India need to decide on the wicketkeeper between Samson,Jitesh and Pant.

Is Jitesh Over Samson A Right Move?

Samson got a few chances in the lower order but he did not make most out of it. Now Jitesh has got his chance and he too needs to perform well to hold onto the position as Rishabh Pant is always in the hunt for a comeback.

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India won the toss and opted to bowl first.

we won the toss

Markram: We would have done the same. Looks a pretty good wicket. We would have bowled first.

Suryakumar Yadav: We will bowl first. There's a bit of dew, so bowling first is a good option. This is a wonderful ground. First men's game here, so excited for it. It's really important for the boys to under the responsibility. 175 on that wicket was over par. It was a lovely effort from our bowlers. The balance he provides is amazing. The way he keeps his calm, his overs are also very important for the side. We go with the same team.

India have won the toss and have opted to field

Teams:

South Africa (Playing XI): Reeza Hendricks, Quinton de Kock(w), Aiden Markram(c), Dewald Brevis, David Miller, Donovan Ferreira, George Linde, Marco Jansen, Lutho Sipamla, Lungi Ngidi, Ottneil Baartman

India (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Axar Patel, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Jitesh Sharma(w), Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh

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