Preview: On November 8, South Africa (SA) and India (IND) will play their maiden Twenty20 International at Kingsmead in Durban. After India defeated South Africa to win the T20 World Cup 2024 in June, this will be the first time the two sides play one another. In T20Is, India is the top-ranked side, while South Africa has fallen lower down the standings following their 3-0 loss to the West Indies in August. They are now ranked sixth.
With Suryakumar Yadav as their new captain, India is dominating in Twenty20 Internationals. They both won the T20I series with a score of 3-0 over Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The team they will bring to the Rainbow Nation is rather young, and they tied the three-match series 1-1 the previous time they came to play there for a T20I series.
India Tour of South Africa, 2024, 1st T20I Match, IND vs SA
Venue: Kingsmead, Durban
Date & Time: Friday, November 08, 08:30 PM
Pitch Report: For a significant portion of the game, the Kingsmead surface continues to provide pacers plenty of support. There will be additional movement and bounce for the pacers. However, hitters who depend on accurate shot timing can gain from it. There is a nearly 24 percent chance of rain throughout the game, and the weather will be overcast.
PROBABLE PLAYING XI
India (IND): Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Varun Chakravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan, Yash Dayal
South Africa (SA): Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (c), Ryan Rickelton, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Patrick Kruger, Ottneil Baartman, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj
