SA vs IND 1st T20 Schedule, Live Streaming, Pitch Report, Weather: South Africa vs India three international T20 match series is to start on Sunday 10th December from Kingsmead Stadium in Durban. The young Indian team will face strong South Africa in the first match of the three-match T20 International series starting on Sunday. Injured captain Hardik Pandya is out till the start of the Indian Premier League (IPL) and key fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah is on a break. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have also asked for rest for this series.
Kingsmead Durban Weather Report
However, rain can spoil this match. According to weather information provider Accuweather, there is a 75% chance of rain with thunderstorms in today’s match in Durban. The temperature is expected to be around 20 degrees Celsius with 100% cloud cover, and the humidity level is also predicted to be high, reaching 86%.
Keeping the weather aside, the Indian team has always shown good performance on the Durban ground. The Indian team has played 5 T-20 matches here in which team has won all of them. Apart from the three-match T-20 series, India will also play a three-match ODI and two-match Test series in this tour.
On the one hand, the T-20 team will be captained by Suryakumar Yadav, on the other hand, the captaincy of the ODI team has been handed over to KL Rahul. Rohit Sharma has taken command of the Test team.
SA vs IND, Kingsmead Durban Pitch report?
The first T20 match will be played on the grounds of Durban. The pitch of Kingsmead Stadium helps the fast bowlers a lot. However, flat pitch is used in limited-overs cricket matches and hence it can be said that high-scoring matches also take place here. In the beginning, fast bowlers also get swing, hence they prove to be a threat to the batsmen. Scoring runs on this pitch is not an easy task for batting.
Therefore, if the batsmen want to play big shots, they will have to spend time at the crease. Indian batsmen will have to spend time at the crease as playing here is going to be very new for them. The team batting first can get a lot of help because the average figure of the first innings on this ground is 143 runs which is better.
Where to watch the match Sa vs Ind T20
If fans want to watch this match, they have two ways. The live telecast of this T20 series between India and South Africa is going to be on Star Sports. Its live streaming will be on Disney+ Hotstar.
The full schedule of the series
1st T20 – 10 December – 7:30 PM
2nd T20 – 12 December – 8:30 PM
3rd T20 – 14 December – 8:30 PM
T20 SA vs IND teams
Indian team – Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja (vice-captain), Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi. , Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammad Siraj, Mukesh Kumar and Deepak Chahar.
South Africa squad – Aiden Markram (captain), Otneil Baartman, Matthew Bretzke, Nandre Berger, Gerald Coetzee (1st and 2nd T20I), Donovan Ferreira, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Janssen (1st and 2nd T20I), Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi (1st and 2nd T20I), Andile Phehlukwayo, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs and Lizaad Williams.
Recently, India defeated Australia 4-1 at home in the five-match T20 series. The entire team had performed well in that series, hence their confidence will be very high at this time.
