India tour of South Africa 2024

SA vs IND, 2nd T20I

Preview

After winning the first T20I match of the 4-match T20I series on Friday, team India will meet South Africa in the second T20I on Sunday, 10th November 2024. This match is scheduled at Saint George's Park, Gqeberha, South Africa. Suryakumar Yadav will lead the Visitors, team India. On the other hand, Aiden Markram will lead the hosts, team South Africa.

After winning the toss in the first T20I match, South Africa put India to bat first and Visitors hammered 202/8 runs in 20 overs. For the defending champions, Sanju Samson smashed 107 off 50 balls which included 7 fours and 10 huge maximums in his blistering knock. It was his second T20I hundred in this format and he also became the first Indian batter to hit two consecutive hundreds in this format. He was just supported by Tilak Varma who scored 33 off 18 balls. For South Africa, Gerald Coetzee got the three big wickets while Patrick Kruger, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj and Nqabayomzi Peter picked a wicket each.

While chasing the mammoth target of 203 runs, South Africa tumbled and lost three wickets on the score of 44 runs in 5.2 overs. None of the proteas batters could even cross the 30 runs mark, the highest runs scored by Heinrich Klaasen 25 runs for his side. It was another failure from the batters which resulted SA a 61 runs defeat against India. For India, Ravi Bishnoi and Varun Chakravarthy scalped three wickets while Avesh Khan got two wickets and Arshdeep Singh added a wicket under his belt.

Now, it is going to be a big challenge for the South African batters when they meet India in the do-or-die fixture in the hunt for levelling the series to 1-1. The Hosts must be aiming for a solid show from their top-order batters including the likes of skipper Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickelton, Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller and other batters against Men in Blue. Meanwhile, the team India would not try to do something extraordinary for this match, they would try to play their natural game and try to win this series by 2-0.

SA and IND have faced each other in 28 matches in T20I. Out of these 28 games, IND won 16 games, while SA won 11 matches, making it a tight rivalry, while their 1 match ended without a result.

Match Details

Match: SA vs IND, 2nd T20I, India tour of South Africa, 2024

Date: Sunday, November 10, 2024

Time: 7:30 PM

Venue: Saint George's Park, Gqeberha, South Africa

Pitch and Weather Report

Saint George's Park, Gqeberha, South Africa is known for its pace and bounce and the fast bowlers have traditionally enjoyed bowling at this venue. The new white ball might show some movement, particularly in the day-night match, but once the pitch settles, batters can expect some runs on the board. This venue has hosted 04 T20I matches so far, out of which 02 won by batting first, and 02 won by the chasing side. The average score batting first in T20Is here is 128 runs.

With that record, both side's skippers will be keen to the crucial toss, bowl first and put pressure on the opposition by taking advantage of the deck. Bowlers, though, can expect a nice time here and the fielding side would try to restrict them to under 145-155 runs.

During the match, the temperature in Pallekele International Cricket Stadium is predicted to be around 17-20 degrees Celsius, with the humidity level crossing over 80%. There is going to be light wind on the ground at the speed of 11 km/h. We can expect a bit of rain during match day.

SA vs IND Squads

SA: Aiden Markram (c), Reeza Hendricks, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Patrick Kruger, Donovan Ferreira, Heinrich Klaasen, Ryan Rickelton, Ottneil Baartman, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Mihlali Mpongwana, Nqabayomzi 

IND: Suryakumar Yadav (c), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Tilak Varma, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Avesh Khan, Yash Dayal, Rinku Singh

SA vs IND Probable Playing XIs

SA: Aiden Markram (c), Ryan Rickelton, Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), David Miller, Patrick Kruger, Marco Jansen, Andile Simelane, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Nqabayomzi Peter

IND: Sanju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Varun Chakravarthy

Match Prediction 

The Indian team looks in control and appears to be the favourite to win the second match as well.

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