India will take on South Africa in the first T20I of the three-match series at Kingsmead in Durban. However, the weather for Sunday for the first T20I does not look promising.
According to Accuweather, the weather will be cloudy with thunderstorms expected during the day. There is a 55 percent chance of rain, rising to 58 percent at night. The match is scheduled to start at 4:00 pm South African time.
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The team that wins the toss may look to bowl first as rain in the second innings of the chase may trigger the Duckworth Lewis Stern (DLS) method. Also with the humidity around 84-85 per cent, there may be help for fast bowlers with the new ball especially in the first innings.
What do you expect from Team India?
The team, which was missing a few key players, emerged unscathed in the short series against Australia in India, winning it 4-1. However, the series in South Africa will be a completely different challenge away from home
With the future of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli uncertain, the team’s top priority is to groom players who can bat in those positions and deliver consistently. In terms of bowling, in the absence of Hardik Pandya, the team has become accustomed to operating with just five bowlers in matches and we may see a similar tactic from skipper Suryakumar Yadav in the series. This has mostly worked under Indian conditions. On outside pitches, the presence of two spinners in a five-man bowling attack may limit the skipper from options.
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India T20I lineup: Yashavi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (C), Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan (WK), Jitesh Sharma (WK), Ravindra Jadeja (VC), Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav . ., Arshdeep Singh, Muhammad Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, and Deepak Chahar
South Africa T20I lineup: Aiden Markram (c), Otniel Baartman, Matthew Bretzke, Nander Berger, Gerald Coetzee (1st & 2nd T20Is), Donovan Ferreira, Risa Hendricks, Marko Janssen (1st & 2nd T20Is), Heinrich Klaassen, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi. (1st & 2nd T20Is), Andile Phlukwayo, Tabriz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs, Lizard Williams