India tour of South Africa 2024

SA vs IND, 4th T20I

Preview

After winning the third T20I of the 4-match series on Wednesday, India, who now lead 2-1, will face South Africa in the fourth and final T20I on Friday, 15th November 2024. The match is scheduled to take place at DP World Wanderers Stadium in Sandton, South Africa. Suryakumar Yadav will captain the visiting Indian team, while Aiden Markram will lead the hosts, South Africa.

After winning the toss in the third T20I match, South Africa put India to bat first and Visitors hammered 219/6 runs in 20 overs. For the defending champions, the left-handed batter Tilak Varma smashed 107* off 56 balls which included 8 fours and 7 huge maximums in his blistering knock. It was his maiden T20I hundred in this format. He was just supported by another southpaw batter Abhishek Sharma who scored 50 off 25 balls with a strike rate of 200.00. For South Africa, Andile Simelane and Keshav Maharaj got two wickets each while Marco Jansen got a single wicket under his name.

While chasing the mammoth target of 220 runs, South Africa tumbled and lost three wickets on the score of 68 runs in 8.5 overs. Marco Jansen was the highest scorer for the Proteas who scored 54 off just 17 balls with an astonishing strike rate of 317.65 which included 4 fours and 5 sixes in his blitzkrieg innings. It was another failure from the SA's top order batters which resulted in the Hosts an 11 runs defeat against India. For India, Arshdeep Singh claimed three wickets, while Varun Chakravarthy took two. Axar Patel and Hardik Pandya also contributed with one wicket each.

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 2-2. 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 3-1.

SA and IND have faced each other in 30 matches in T20I. Out of these 30 games, IND won 17 games, while SA won 12 matches, making it a tight rivalry, while their 1 match ended without a result.

Match Details

Match: SA vs IND, 4th T20I, India tour of South Africa, 2024

Date: Friday, November 15, 2024

Time: 8:30 PM

Venue: DP World Wanderers Stadium, Sandton, South Africa

Pitch and Weather Report

DP World Wanderers Stadium 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 33 T20I matches so far, out of which 16 won by batting first, and 17 won by the chasing side. The average score batting first in T20Is here is 173 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. Batters, though, can expect a nice time here and the fielding side would try to restrict them to under 185-195 runs.

During the match, the temperature in DP World Wanderers Stadium is predicted to be around 15-24 degrees Celsius, with the humidity level crossing over 40%. 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 but not to affect the match that much.

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: Ryan Rickelton, Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (c), Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), David Miller, Marco Jansen, Andile Simelane, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Lutho Sipamla

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

Match Prediction 

The Indian team looks in control after winning the 3rd T20I and taking a 2-1 lead in the series. We believe the Visitors seem to be the favourite for this match and we anticipate them to win this series by 3-1.

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