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Suryakumar Yadav-led Team India are currently in South Africa for the four T20I match series which is scheduled to start from November 8. Team India will feature with young talent against Proteas as many cricketers including Rishabh Pant, Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Mohammed Siraj missed their spot as they are scheduled to travel to Australia for the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024. However, there are chances that the first T20I will most likely to be abandoned.
Threat looms on India vs South Africa 1st T20I
The first T20 match between India and South Africa is to be played in Durban. There are 40 per cent chance of rain during the clash. According to local time, this match is to be played at 5 pm, while in India the match will start at 8:30 pm. There is a strong possibility of heavy rain and storm in Durban in the evening and the weather is going to be very bad from 5 pm to 9 pm. There is a 46 per cent chance of rain at 5 pm, 51 per cent at 6 pm and 43 per cent at 7 pm.
India vs South Africa T20I head-to-head
A total of 27 T20 International matches have been played between India and South Africa till now. In which Team India holds the edge winning 15 matches. While South Africa won 11 times. At the same time, one match was tied. In terms of statistics, India seems to have the upper hand. This will be the first T20I between India and South Africa after T20 World Cup 2024 final where India defeated Proteas to win the title.
Squads:
India Squad: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson(w), Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Avesh Khan, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Yash Dayal, Ravi Bishnoi, Ramandeep Singh, Jitesh Sharma
South Africa Squad: Reeza Hendricks, Ryan Rickelton(w), Aiden Markram(c), Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Gerald Coetzee, Nqabayomzi Peter, Ottneil Baartman, Donovan Ferreira, Mihlali Mpongwana, Patrick Kruger
