Team India, captained by Suryakumar Yadav, has reached South Africa. Where it has to play a four-match T20 series. This is Suryakumar's third series after becoming the full-time captain of India, in which he would like to score a hat-trick of victories. For this, Team India has reached Durban. India had earlier defeated Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in the T20 series under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav. Suryakumar has captained the T20 team against South Africa as a part-time captain, but after becoming the full-time captain, he has gone on a tour to South Africa for the first time.
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Three new players have entered the team for the South Africa series. Ramandeep Singh, who plays for Kolkata Knight Riders, has got a place for the first time. Royal Challengers Bangalore's Vijay Kumar has also been included in the team for the first time. RCB's left-arm fast bowler Yash Dayal has also been included in the T20 team for the first time. Earlier, he has been selected in the Test team. He was selected in the Test series played against Bangladesh but he did not get a chance to debut.
The Indian team that played the T20 series against Bangladesh has gone on a tour of South Africa with some changes. Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar and Harshit Rana were not included in the Indian team for the South Africa tour. Apart from this, Riyan Parag and Mayank Yadav were out of the team due to injury.
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The T20 series against South Africa will begin from November 8. If we look at the head to head statistics between the two teams, the Indian team has an upper hand. 27 T20 International matches have been played between India and South Africa so far. During this time, Team India has won 15 matches. On the other hand, South Africa has won 11 matches. 1 match has also been inconclusive.
The first T20 match between the Indian cricket team and South Africa can be watched on the channels of Sports 18. Its live streaming can also be seen on Jio Cinema.
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.
Aiden Markram (captain), Ottneil Bartman, Gerald Coetzee, 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.
| India tour of South Africa - T20 Format | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Day | Date | Time | Fixture | Format | Venu | Result |
| 1 | FRI | 08-Nov-2024 | 09:30 PM | IND vs SA | T20 | Kingsmead | Will be updated once match starts |
| 2 | SUN | 10-Nov-2024 | 09:30 PM | IND vs SA | T20 | St Georges Park | Will be updated once match starts |
| 3 | WED | 13-Nov-2024 | 09:30 PM | IND vs SA | T20 | SuperSport Park | Will be updated once match starts |
| 4 | FRI | 15-Nov-2024 | 09:30 PM | IND vs SA | T20 | The Wanderers Stadium | Will be updated once match starts |
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