Match Details
Date: December 10, 2023
Time : 7:30 PM IST
Venue : Kingsmead, Durban
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Preview
South Africa are set to host India in the first of three-match T20I series at the Kingsmead in Durban to kick-off their home summer of cricket. Just prior to the first match, the Indian cricket team comprehensively defeated Australia by 4-1 in the five-match series at home, while the Proteas haven’t played much cricket with their recent outing being the ODI World Cup 2023 early last month. Despite the lack of game time in the build-up, South Africa is expected to pose a tough challenge in front of the high-flying Indians on December 10.
Pitch Report
The pitches at the Kingsmead in Durban are known for providing something for the batters and bowlers alike, which makes the venue one of the hotbeds of T20I cricket in South Africa. The average first innings score at this venue in T20I is 143, which is surely going to get breached by the powerful batting lineups of South Africa and India, irrespective of who bats first in the contest.
Team Analysis
South Africa
The return of Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller to the T20I squad for South Africa is definitely going to add more firepower to their batting lineup in the upcoming series against India, which already has the captain Aiden Markram and Donovan Ferreira in the mix. In the bowling side of things, Marco Jansen and Keshav Maharaj are a massive key for the Proteas to ensure that the opposition batters are restricted to low scores in the three-match series.
SportsTiger Playing XI of South Africa
Reeza Hendricks, Matthew Breetzke, Aiden Markram (c), Heinrich Klaasen (wk), David Miller, Donovan Ferreira, Marco Jansen, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Lizaard Williams
India
India will be bolstered by the return of Shubman Gill and Ravindra Jadeja in the vitally important batting position against South Africa, which already features consistent T20I performers like Ruturaj Gaikwad and the captain Suryakumar Yadav. The performances from Ravi Bishnoi in the recently concluded T20I series caught the attention of one and all, while Arshdeep Singh managed to close out a match against Australia in the last over too.
SportsTiger Playing XI of India
Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan (wk), Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Rinku Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh
Match Prediction
Conclusion
South Africa will have the advantage of the conditions at home but still they will have to improve on their recent performances to defeat India, who are arriving on their shores on the back of an amazing series win performance at home.
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