South Africa tour of India 2022 – 1st T20I, match preview, predicted lineups
India take on South Africa in the T20I series opener against South Africa on SA tour of India 2022 as the series commences. Both teams will be looking for a win here.
Date & Time : 9th June 2022, 7:00 PM IST
Venue : Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi
India have their domestic IPL season now over and we focus back on cricket. The 5-match T20I series commences today against a formidable opponent in South Africa. India will have to play quality cricket to clinch the series.
India last played a series against Sri Lanka at home in March in which they clean swept the Lankans in both the T20I and Test series. They will be confident going into this series.
The squad is pretty strong with good bowlers and a plethora of batsman all around. They will need to execute the plans.
On the other hand, South Africa last played a series at home to Bangladesh in which they won the Test series but lost the one-day series. They will have to play strong cricket in India to challenge the home team.
The Proteas know they have a struggle against slower bowlers especially spinners in Asian conditions and they must address it. They will have to exploit the Indian conditions. They have experience of it with a lot of South African players in the IPL this season.
The squad looks strong with good mixture of spinners and pacers. The batting is also promising. Let’s see how they fare.
For the wicket, the slower bowlers/spinners have been good at the venue. So teams will look to chase.
Team news and possible lineups
KL Rahul and Kuldeep Yadav are out injured for India.
India XI : Gaikwad, Kishan, S. Iyer, Pant (C&WK), H. Pandya, D. Karthik, A. Patel, H. Patel, B. Kumar, Chahal, A. Singh/A. Khan.
South Africa XI : Bavuma (C), Q. de Kock (WK), R. Van der Dussen, Markram, Miller, Klaasen, Jansen, Pretorius/Maharaj, Rabada, Nortje, Shamsi.
Prediction
If everything goes to plan, India must come out on top.
