IND vs SA Match Details
Match: India vs South Africa, 1st T20I | South Africa Tour of India
Date: Wednesday, 28 September 2022
Time: 19:00 (GMT+5.5) / 19:30 (GMT+6)
Format: T20I
Venue: Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram
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- After 15 years, India defeated Australia in a home T20I series.
- With three fifty-pluses and a century in his last eight games, Virat Kohli is in fantastic form.
- In their last 5 T20I matches against India, South Africa has won 3 of them, and they haven’t lost a T20 series on Indian soil.
In the first match of their three-match IT20 series, India hosts South Africa on Wednesday night at the Greenfield International Stadium in Trivandrum. India enters this series having recently defeated Australia 2-1. Earlier this summer, while touring the UK, South Africa won their final two IT20 series against England (2-1) and Ireland (2-0). At 19:00 local time, the game begins.
India fought back after dropping the first game of the series to defeat Australia twice by a margin of six wickets. Although Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Hardik Pandya will be missed, Arshdeep Singh will rejoin the team.
South Africa has developed into an entire white ball team and will want to advance at least as far as the semifinals of the T20 World Cup later this year. They will think they have a good chance of winning this game.
IND vs SA Weather Report
This game will be played in partly cloudy conditions with a constant humidity of more than 80%. Rain is not anticipated to interfere with the fixture.
IND vs SA Match Toss Prediction
West Indies won the most recent IT20 at this location after winning the toss and deciding to field first. Both teams are likely to opt to bowl first and pursue a goal in the second innings, according to our prediction.
IND vs SA Pitch Report
Trivandrum has a decent batting surface; therefore, we anticipate that spin bowlers will have a lot of turn from the pitch. Any score over 180 will be extremely challenging to beat.
India Team News & Probable Playing XIs
India decided to rest all-arounder Hardik Pandya and fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar for this series as the T20 World Cup 2022 is rapidly approaching. After taking a break during the series with Australia to rest, left-arm quick bowler Arshdeep Singh, who has been quite effective since making his debut earlier this year, is back.
Recent form – W W L W L
India’s Probable XI
Rohit Sharma (c), Dinesh Karthik (wk), KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Virat Kohli, Deepak Hooda, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Harshal Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, and Yuzvendra Chahal.
South Africa Team News & Probable Playing XIs
Bjorn Fortuin, Marco Jansen, and Andile Phehlukwayo, among others, can only be selected as backups, therefore the visitors have assembled a strong team for this tour. Temba Bavuma, the team’s captain, makes a comeback from injury in time for the T20 World Cup.
Recent form – W W W W L
South Africa’s Probable XI
Temba Bavuma (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Aiden Markram, Reeza Hendricks, Rilee Roussow, David Miller, Keshav Maharaj, Dwaine Pretorius, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi, and Kagiso Rabada.
IND vs SA Head-to-Head Stats (Last 5 matches)
| Team | Won | Lost | No Result |
| India | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| South Africa | 2 | 2 | 1 |
IND vs SA – 1st T20I, Dream 11
Wicket-keeper
- Quinton de Kock (c)
Batters
- Rohit Sharma
- Virat Kohli (vc)
- David Miller
- Suryakumar Yadav
All-Rounders
- Axar Patel
- Aiden Markram
Bowlers
- Yuzvendra Chahal
- Jasprit Bumrah
- Kagiso Rabada
- Anrich Nortje
IND vs SA Prediction
Winning the toss
- India
Top batsman
- India – Virat Kohli
- South Africa – Quinton de Kock
Top bowler
- India – Axar Patel
- South Africa – Tabraiz Shamsi
Most sixes
- India – Rohit Sharma
- South Africa – Quinton de Kock
Player of the Match
- India – Virat Kohli
Team Scores Batting First
- India – 190+
- South Africa – 180+
India is the favorite to win this match.
Only three months ago, South Africa and India played four IT20 matches in India, therefore we do not anticipate South Africa to need any acclimatization period. This matchup should be interesting because both teams’ top spinners are in great shape. In the end, we are betting on India to win this first match of the series.