ndia will be facing South Africa in the second fixture of the 5-match T20I series at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack. The first fixture of the series witnessed the Indian team posing a score of 211 on the board, on the back of Ishan Kishan’s 76 and potent middle-order. However, the South African team chased down the score of 212 in the last over, with unbeaten knocks of Van der Dussen (75) and David Miller (64).
Apart from Kishan, the key players for the Indian team will be Hardik Pandya and Yuzvendra Chahal. For South Africa, Anrich Nortje and Quinton de Kock would look to perform better in this game.
Match Details:
India vs South Africa, 3rd T20I
Venue: Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
Date & Time: 14th June at 7:00 PM IST and Local Time
IND vs SA, 3rd T20I Pitch Report:
Overall the batters will get assisted on this surface, and totals of around 160 will be the par score. The spinners are expected to find purchase as the game progresses but will have to be wary of their lengths.
Injury News:
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IND vs SA, 2nd T20I Probable Playing XIs:
India
Ishan Kishan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Avesh Khan
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South Africa
Quinton de Kock (wk), Temba Bavuma (c), Rassie van der Dussen, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Wayne Parnell, Dwaine Pretorius, Keshav Maharaj, Tabraiz Shamsi, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje
Top Picks for IND vs SA Dream11 Match:
Top Picks- Batters
Van der Dussen:
Although Dussen started slowly, he was terrific with his ball-striking capabilities in the back-end of the innings and scored an unbeaten 75 off 46.
David Miller:
The man-in form has remained unbeaten in his last three T20 innings. In the first fixture, he garnered 64* off 31 balls and will be upbeat ahead of this fixture.
Ishan Kishan:
Kishan finally delivered for the team in the series opener by hitting 76 off 48 balls and was sensational with his hitting.
Top Picks- All-Rounders
Hardik Pandya:
Although he went for 18 runs in a single over, Pandya was terrific with his quickfire knock of 31* in 12 balls.
Dwaine Pretorius:
The all-rounder picked a single wicket, and hit 29 off 13 balls, with four sixes, and will be a key player for the team in crunch moments.
Top Picks- Bowlers
Harshal Patel:
The talented bowler has been intelligent with his slower balls in this format to stun the batters. In the last game, he took an important wicket of Pretorius, who was going all guns blazing.
Anrich Nortje:
The fast bowler was terrific with his pace and accuracy in the first fixture and finished with figures of 1/36.
Top Picks- Wicket-Keeper
Quinton de Kock:
One of the most consistent run-scorers in the shortest format scored 22 runs in the last game and has been coming into this series with an impressive performance in IPL.
IND vs SA Dream11 Grand League Team:
