Publish Date: | Sun, 02 Oct 2022 06:56 PM (IST)
India vs South Africa, 2nd T20 Match: Today, the second match of the T20 series is being played between India and South Africa in Guwahati. South Africa won the toss and elected to field and gave India a chance to bat first. Today, the Indian team has a chance to beat South Africa in the home T20 series for the first time. Although the last match of this series is to be played in Indore on October 4, but the Indian team would like to capture the series before going to Indore.
After winning the toss, Bavuma said that his effort would be to put pressure on the Indian batsmen. At the same time, Rohit Sharma said after the toss that he has such a batting order that can score the biggest score. However, he said that we have to bat cautiously in the beginning and later on based on our assessment, we will have to progress the innings. South Africa have made a change in their team, Ngidi will play today’s match in place of Shamsi. Whereas the Indian team will enter the field with the same team.
pitch report and weather
According to experts, the grass is not visible on the pitch, there are also minor cracks on the pitch. So this pitch looks helpful for the spin bowlers. Looking at the pitch, it does not look like a big score can be expected today. There is also a threat of rain in Guwahati. Due to rain on the ground, it was possible to cover the pitches, but the rain stopped in time and the cover was removed. Due to the moisture, the fast bowlers can get the advantage in the beginning.
India: Playing XI
KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma (Captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik, Axar Patel, R Ashwin, Harshal Patel, Deepak Chahar, Arshdeep Singh
South Africa: Playing XI
Quinton de Kock, Temba Bavuma (c), Riley Russo, Aidan Markram, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Wayne Parnell, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrikh Norkhiye, Lungisani Ngidi
Posted By: Shailendra Kumar