Against India, South Africa decided to bowl.
In an effort to halt India’s recent hot streak, South Africa will pursue the second game of the series in Gqeberha under overcast conditions. A 12th victory would match the tourists’ best run of 11 T20I victories, which includes the T20 World Cup final. Additionally, it will guarantee that they won’t lose the four-match series.
All-rounder Ramandeep Singh will have to wait for his international debut as India continued to use the same lineup that defeated South Africa by 61 runs on Friday. Sanju Samson, who has scored hundreds in his last two Twenty20 Internationals, will be the center of attention. No batter has ever hit three consecutive hits.
South Africa welcomed back and made only one alteration. The return of Reeza Hendricks, who was injured and missed the first game of the series, will force Aiden Markam down to number three and lose South Africa an all-rounder. Patrick Kruger was benched after he gave up 35 runs in two overs during a disappointing evening in Durban. With three seam bowling options and two spinners in Keshav Maharaj and Nqaba Peter, the remainder of the attack stayed the same.
The weather will have a big impact on whether or not they all have a chance to demonstrate their abilities. Shortly after the toss, a light drizzle started, and with twenty minutes before the start time of 4 p.m., the covers were on the field.
South Africa: 1 Aiden Markram (captain), 2 Reeza Hendricks, 3 Tristan Stubbs, and 1 Ryan Rickelton (wk) 5 Heinrich Klaasen 6 Marco Jansen, 7 David Miller, 8 Simelane Andile, 10 Keshav Maharaj, 11 Nqaba Peter, and 9 Gerald Coetzee
India: 1 Tilak Varma, 2 Abhishek Sharma, 3 Suryakumar Yadav (captain), and 1 Sanju Samson (wk). 5. Hardik Pandya Axar Patel, Rinku Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, and Varun Chakravarthy are the next six.
