IND vs SA Match Preview- 2nd T20I, South Africa Tour of India 2025

India will face South Africa in the second of the five-match T20I series. The IND vs SA Match Preview provides today's match details for the 2nd T20I of the South Africa tour of India 2025.

IND vs SA Match Preview- 2nd T20I, South Africa Tour of India 2025:

Date and Venue:

The IND vs SA match will be played from December 11 at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, Chandigarh. 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:

Shubman Gill vs Marco Jansen

Shubman Gill, who is in desperate need of runs in T20I cricket, would aim to make a significant contribution at the top of the order in the second T20I against South Africa.

Gill will have to tackle the bowling of Marco Jansen, who has been in great form on this tour and would want to deliver another strong performance in the next game.

Abhishek Sharma vs Lungi Ngidi

Abhishek Shrama, who was dismissed after getting off to a start in the first T20I, would look to make up for it by playing a match-winning knock in the upcoming game.

Abhishek will go head-to-head against Lungi Ngidi, who picked up three wickets in the previous match and would aim to do so in the second game as well.

Quinton de Kock vs Arshdeep Singh

Experienced South African batter Quinton de Kock will be entrusted to get the team off to a good start in the first six overs while playing his natural game, having been dismissed without scoring in the last match.

Quinton de Kock will be up against Arshdeep Singh, who had a good outing in Cuttack by picking wickets in the powerplay, including that of Quinton de Kock would wish to keep up the good work.

Aiden Markram vs Jasprit Bumrah

South Africa's T20I captain Aiden Markram will have to lead from the front in the second T20I for the visitors to challenge an in-form Indian bowling attack.

Markram will face the challenge of Jasprit Bumrah, who picked up his 100th wicket in T20I cricket in the previous fixture and would look to build on it by delivering a match-winning performance in the next game.

IND vs SA Key Players:

IND- Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh

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 New Chandigarh with a maximum temperature of 23°C and a minimum of 7°C.

Conclusion

India would like to double the lead that the home team has in the ongoing five-match T20I series by winning the second game, having won the opening match by 101 runs.

As far as South Africa is concerned, the Proteas would want to put on an improved performance in the next game after a below-par performance in the first match.