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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