India and South Africa will play against each other for the first time in the three-match T20I series. The 1st T20I match will be played on 28th September at the Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram.
India and South Africa will play against each other for the first time in the three-match T20I series. The 1st T20I match will be played on 28th September at the Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram. India’s regular white-ball captain Rohit Sharma will be leading the side into the T20I series where almost all the senior players have been added to the squad. The team is coming off a 2-1 series win against Australia as well.
On the other hand, the South African team are also in form, with all senior players in the squad as well. They beat England in England by a 2-1 margin recently also. However, this bilateral series will be important for both these sides before the marquee event of the T20 World Cup 2022. And, a thrilling cricketing series is expected as well.
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This game is scheduled to start at 7:00 PM IST and the live action will be seen on Star Sports Network as well.
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India Squad: Rohit Sharma(c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant(w), Axar Patel, Dinesh Karthik, Deepak Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, Harshal Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Deepak Hooda
South Africa Squad: Quinton de Kock(w), Temba Bavuma(c), Rilee Rossouw, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Dwaine Pretorius, Wayne Parnell, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi, Reeza Hendricks, Lungi Ngidi, Keshav Maharaj, Heinrich Klaasen
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