IND vs SA Match Preview- 2nd ODI, South Africa Tour of India 2025

India will face South Africa in the second of the three-match ODI series. The IND vs SA Match Preview provides today's match details for the 2nd ODI of the South Africa tour of India 2025.

IND vs SA Match Preview- 2nd ODI, South Africa Tour of India 2025:

Date and Venue:

The IND vs SA match will be played from December 3 at JSCA International Stadium, Ranchi. The game will start at 1:30 PM IST.

Squads:

India

KL Rahul (c), Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Tilak Varma, Rishabh Pant, Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Prasidh Krishna, Arshdeep Singh, Dhruv Jurel

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South Africa

Temba Bavuma (c), Ottneil Baartman, Corbin Bosch, Matthew Breetzke, Dewald Brevis, Nandre Burger, Quinton de Kock, Tony de Zorzi, Rubin Hermann, Keshav Maharaj, Marco Jansen, Aiden Markram, Lungi Ngidi, Ryan Rickelton, Prenelan Subrayen.

IND vs SA Key battles:

Rohit Sharma vs Marco Jansen

Experienced Indian opener and former captain of the team Rohit Sharma would ike to build on the half-century that he scored in the first match of the series when he steps on the field to take part in the second fixture.

Rohit will have to tackle the bowling of Marco Jansen, who will take the new ball for South Africa and will be entrusted to pick wickets in the first ten overs.

Virat Kohli vs Nandre Burger

Another former Indian captain, Virat Kohli, who scored a breathtaking hundred in the previous would aim to put on a similar performance in back-to-back games.

Kohli will go head-to-head against Nandre Burger, who will take the new ball from the other end for the visitors.

Aiden Markram vs Arshdeep Singh

Aiden Markram, the stand-in captain of South Africa in the last match, was dismissed while playing a rash shot in the first outing in the series would hope for a better display of playing in the second match.

Markram will be up against Arshdeep Singh, who got the better of Markram in the game in question.

Temba Bavuma vs Kuldeep Yadav

South Africa's regular ODI captain, Temba Bavuma, who was rested for the series opener, is expected to feature in the second game and would wish to lead from the front.

Bavuma will face the challenge of Kuldeep Yadav, who was the pick of the bowlers for India in the first ODI a he picked up four wickets to bowl his team to a nervy win.

IND vs SA Key Players:

IND- Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav

SA- Aiden Markram, Temba Bavuma, Dewald Brevis, Marco Jansen, Nandre Burger

IND vs SA Weather Report:

There is no chance of rain during the game in Raipur with a maximum temperature of 29°C and a minimum of 12°C.

Conclusion

India will look to double their lead in the ODI series against South Africa by registering a win in the upcoming match and maintain their good record in ODI cricket at home.

As far as South Africa is concerned, the Proteas would eye a comeback after being on the wrong side of the result in the opening game of the three-match series.