The second match of the T-20 series between India and South Africa will be played today at Gakebarha. The match will start at 7:30 PM IST at the St. George Park Cricket Stadium, with the toss at 7:00 PM. India won the first match by 61 runs. The team is leading 1-0 in the four-match series.
The two teams will meet for the second time at St George's Park. Earlier both played in December last year. Then South Africa won by 5 wickets. The South African team has not lost a single match here in the last 12 years. Their last defeat here was against West Indies in 2007.
India dominates South Africa in T20 So far 28 T-20 matches have been played between the two. In which India has won 16 matches and South Africa has won 11 matches. While one match was inconclusive. India last toured South Africa for a T20 series in 2023, where the two teams played out a 1–1 draw, with one match abandoned due to rain. So far 9 T-20 series have been played between the two, with India winning 4 and South Africa winning 2. When 3 series were drawn.
Samson scored a century in the first match Captain Suryakumar Yadav is on the first place for India in terms of scoring the most runs in T-20s this year. He has scored 424 runs in 15 matches. At number two is Rohit Sharma, who has retired from this format. Meanwhile, at number three is Sanju Samson who is in great form. Samson played an innings of 107 runs off 50 balls in the first match. Fast bowler Arshdeep Singh is on top in bowling. However, he got only one wicket in the first match.
Riza Hendricks is the highest run scorer for South Africa South African opener Riza Hendricks is the team's highest run-scorer this year. Enrique Norcia is the highest wicket-taker for the team this year, but he is not part of the squad for this series. Otnel Baartman is the highest wicket taker in this position. However, in the first match, the top players from both departments were not part of the playing XI. In the first match, Henrik Klaasen scored the highest 25 runs for the team.
Pitch report and records The pitch at St George's Park Cricket Stadium initially favors the batters, but as the game progresses it starts to suit the spin and fast bowlers. So far 4 T-20 international matches have been played here. 2 of those matches have been won by the team batting first and the same number of matches have been won by the chasing team. The last match here was played between India and South Africa. In which South Africa won.
Weather reports The weather will be good in the second T20 between India and South Africa. There is no chance of rain. The temperature is expected to be 16-21 degrees Celsius.
Possible Playing-11 of both the teams
India (IND): Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Akshar Patel, Varun Chakraborty, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh and Aweesh Khan.
South Africa (SA): Aidan Markram (captain), Ryan Rickleton, Tristan Stubbs, Henrik Klaassen (wicketkeeper), David Miller, Patrick Kruger, Marco Janssen, Andile Simelen, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj and Kabayomzi Peter.
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