South Africa vs West Indies, 2nd T20I: stats for the game

South Africa will lock horns with West Indies in the 2nd match of the series. South Africa will be led by Aiden Markram, who will take over the charge from Temba Bavuma. West Indies will be confident of doing well in this series, they have been a team who are a force to reckon with in the T20 format over the years. Rovman Powell will lead the West Indies side and the likes of Alzarri Joseph and Akeal Hosein will be the key bowlers, while Kyle Mayers and Nicholas Pooran are the experienced batters who will need to put invaluable contributions.

Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje, who were rested from the 50-over format will be back in action for the T20I series. Heinrich Klaasen will be the key batters, along with Quinton de Kock and David Miller. The South African team has been successful in the recent past, they defeated India at home and their players will enter this series high on confidence. This match promises to be an entertaining contest with lots of boundaries and maximums, the match could well go down to the wire. It will be interesting to see who gets over the line in this encounter. The SuperSport Park in Centurion produced some high-scoring contests and expect the same in this game as well.

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Pitch

The Pitch at the SuperSport Park Stadium has been a belter over the years but there have been occasions when the ball has kept low and some uneven bounce has also been seen, the batters in most cases enjoy playing at this venue. The captain who wins the toss will look to chase the total down as the pitch tends to favour the team batting second, there is also some dew expected in the latter half of the match.

Match Details:

South Africa vs West Indies, 2nd T20I

Venue: SuperSport Park, Centurion, South Africa

Date & Time: March 26th, at 5:30 PM IST and 2:00 PM Local Time

FACTS

STATS – T20I