IND vs SA Kingsmead Durban Pitch Report: After defeating Australia under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav, the Indian team will now face South Africa twice. The first match of the three-match T20 series will be played in Durban on 10 December. The Indian team will be eyeing to start the tour with a win. At the same time, the South African team would like to take full advantage of the home conditions.
The first T20 match between India and South Africa (IND vs SA) is to be played at the Kingsmead Cricket Stadium in Durban. The pitch at this ground in Dobran helps the fast bowlers a lot. In the beginning, fast bowlers also get swing, due to which they prove to be quite dangerous. It is not considered easy for the batsmen to score runs on this pitch.
A total of 22 T-20 International matches have been played so far on this ground in Durban, out of which the team batting first has won 11. At the same time, the chasing team has taken the field in 9 matches. The average score in the first innings on this ground has been 153, while the average score in the second innings is 135. Talking about the highest score, Australia had scored 226 runs losing 6 wickets against South Africa on the same ground.
The chances of Deepak Chahar getting the facilities of Team India in the first T20 match against South Africa are very less. Deepak has not yet caught the flight to South Africa. Deepak's father is ill, due to which he had to leave the series being played against Australia midway.
Team India Playing Probable Playing 11: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill/Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Rinku Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Mohammad Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav/Ravi Bishnoi.
