Ind vs SA T20 Match: After losing the Test series to New Zealand, the Indian team is going on a tour of South Africa. The four-match T20 series between the two teams is starting from November 8. The first match will be played in Durban.
Suryakumar Yadav will captain Team India in the series, while Yash Dayal, Vijaykumar Vaishakh, and Ramandeep Singh have also been included in the team. These three players can make their international debut in the upcoming series. Before that, let us know what is the condition of the Durban pitch for the first T20 match.
High-scoring Pitch in Durban
The first match of the series will be played at Kingsmead ground in Durban. History is witness that it has been a high-scoring ground, on which the average score in the first innings has been 153 runs, but the average score in the second innings comes down to 135 runs.
So far 18 international T20 matches have been played at Kingsmead ground, out of which the team batting first has won 9 times and the team chasing the target has won 8 times. One match could not result in any result.
It isn’t easy to understand the nature of the pitch
This figure is surprising because, out of 18 matches, the team winning the toss won 8 times, while the team losing the toss won 9 times. It isn’t easy to assess the nature of the Durban pitch. Only last year, Australia defeated South Africa by successfully chasing a target of 191 runs.
This is also the highest score chased in Durban. India has played only one T20 match at Kingsmead ground so far, which was played in the year 2007. In that match played 17 years ago, Team India defeated South Africa by 37 runs. In that match, Rohit Sharma scored a half-century and RP Singh bowled lethally and took 4 wickets for just 13 runs in 4 overs.
Ind vs SA Full Schedule
- South Africa vs India 1st T20I: November 8, Durban – 8:30 pm
- South Africa vs India 2nd T20I: November 10, Gqeberha – 7:30 pm
- South Africa vs India 3rd T20I: November 13, Centurion – 8:30 pm
- South Africa vs India 4th T20I: November 15, Johannesburg – 8:30 pm
Indian Cricket Team:
Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Rinku Singh, Tilak Verma, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Vijaykumar Vishak, Avesh Khan, Yash Dayal.
South Africa Cricket Team:
Aiden Markram (captain), Ottneil Bartman, Gerald Coetze, Donovan Ferreira, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Patrick Kruger, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Mihlali Mpongwana, Nkaba Peter, Ryan Rickelton, Andile Simelane, Lutho Sipamla, Tristan Stubbs.
