India vs South Africa 2nd T20I - when and where to watch, venue, most likely playing XIs, full squad details, Pitch Report, Weather and more
The Men in Blue will be a confident lot after they recently defeated Australia 4-1 in a five-match T20I series at home. South Africa, on the other hand, played their last T20I series prior to the ODI World Cup 2023 and lost 0-3 at home against the Aussies. With the T20 World Cup scheduled to be held next year in June, this series holds a lot of importance as the two teams will be hoping to identify their strengths and weaknesses to work on them in the coming months.
Check all the details given below regarding the match:-
IND vs SA Match Details
Match: IND vs SA, 2nd T20I, India Tour of South Africa
Captains:
Suryakumar Yadav is going to lead India Cricket Team
Aiden Markram will lead South Africa Cricket Team
When: December 12th 2023, Tuesday
Match is going to start at 08:30 p.m.
Venue: St George's Park, Gqeberha
Head to head of these two teams: Both teams have played 24 T20I matches against each other. Out of which India has won 13 matches and South Africa has won 10 whereas 2 matches ended up in no result.
Likely playing XI
India
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav (C), Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Ravindra Jadeja, Mukesh Kumar, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh.
Bench : JM Sharma, RD Gaikwad, Tilak Varma, Washington Sundar, DL Chahar, KL Yadav
South Africa
Reeza Hendricks, Matthew Breetzke, Aiden Markram (C), Heinrich Klaasen, Tristian Stubbs, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Lizaad Williams, Tabraiz Shamsi.
Bench : D Ferreira, OEG Baartman, AL Phehlukwayo, N Burger, LB Williams
Pitch report
The average score at the venue is 145, indicating that the forthcoming encounter might not be a high scoring one. The toss winning skipper is likely to opt to field first.
Best players from both of the teams
Best Batsman: Suryakumar Yadav
Best Bowler: Gerald Coetzee
Weather forecast for today in Gqeberha
Maximum temperature: 20°C
Minimum temperature: 16°C
Wind speed: 26km/h
Chances of rain: 0%
Capacity of stadium: 19,000
Prediction to win: Team India is most likely to win the match
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