IND vs SA Match Preview- 1st T20I, South Africa Tour of India 2025

India will face South Africa in the first of the five-match T20I series. The IND vs SA Match Preview provides today's match details for the 1st T20I of the South Africa tour of India 2025.

IND vs SA Match Preview- 1st T20I, South Africa Tour of India 2025:

Date and Venue:

The IND vs SA match will be played from December 9 at the Barabati Stadium, Cuttack. The game will start at 7:00 PM IST.

Squads:

India

Suryakumar Yadav (c), Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma, Sanju Samson, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Washington Sundar

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South Africa

Aiden Markram (c), Ottneil Baartman, Corbin Bosch, Dewald Brevis, Quinton de Kock, Tony de Zorzi, Donovan Ferreira, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, George Linde, Kwena Maphaka, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Tristan Stubbs.

IND vs SA Key battles:

Yashasvi Jaiswal vs Marco Jansen

Yashasvi Jaiswal, who scored his maiden century in ODI cricket in the final match against South Africa, would look to carry that form in the T20I series as well, as he is expected to get a chance in the series opener.

Jaiswal will have to tackle the bowling of Marco Jansen, who has troubled him in both Test and ODI series, and would hope to do so in T20Is as well.

Abhishek Sharma vs Lungi Ngidi

Abhishek Shrama, who has been in magnificent form since making his debut, would wish to get going from the first game itself.

Abhishek will go head-to-head against Lungi Ngidi, who will look to pick wickets in the first six overs for South Africa.

Quinton de Kock vs Arshdeep Singh

Experienced South African batter Quinton de Kock will have to take the responsibility and get his team off to a good start at the top of the order in the first game of the five-match series against India.

Quinton de Kock will be up against Arshdeep Singh, who was in good form in the recently cncluded ODI series as he picked up wickets whenever he came to bowl and would be entrusted to do the same in T20Is as well.

Aiden Markram vs Kuldeep Yadav

Aiden Markram, South Africa's T20I captain, would be entrusted to lead from the front in the first T20I against India.

Markram will face the challenge of Kuldeep Yadav, who will play an important role for the hme side with the ball in the middle overs.

IND vs SA Key Players:

IND- Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav

SA- Aiden Markram, Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brevis, Marco Jansen, Lungi Ngidi

IND vs SA Weather Report:

There is no chance of rain during the game in Cuttack with a maximum temperature of 27°C and a minimum of 14°C.

Conclusion

India would like to maintain the good record that the team has in T20I cricket in the last couple of years when they take on South Africa in the first game of the five-match series under the leadership of Suryakumar Yadav.

As far as South Africa is concerned, the Proteas can take confidence from the fact that they have given India a run for their money in both Test and ODI series that preceded the T20Is and will look to do the same in the upcoming game as well.