IND vs SA Match Preview- 4th T20I, South Africa Tour of India 2025

India will face South Africa in the fourth of the five-match T20I series. The IND vs SA Match Preview provides today's match details for the 4th T20I of the South Africa tour of India 2025.

IND vs SA Match Preview- 4th T20I, South Africa Tour of India 2025:

Date and Venue:

The IND vs SA match will be played on December 17 at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. The game will start at 7:00 PM IST.

Squads:

India

Suryakumar Yadav (c), Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Shahbaz Ahmed, 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 played a run-a-ball inning of 28 runs in the third T20I, would hope for a more fluent knock in the next match as the opener is in desperate need of runs in this format of the game.

Gill will have to tackle the bowling of Marco Jansen, who will be entrusted to pick wickets in the first six overs for South Africa.

Abhishek Sharma vs Lungi Ngidi

Shubman's opening partner, Abhishek Sharma, on the other hand, found his groove back in the previous game and played an attacking innings of 35 runs off just 18 balls to kill any chance that South Africa had of winning the game

The left-hander would be backed by the team management to keep up the good work in the fourth T20I as well.

Abhishek will go head-to-head against Lungi Ngidi, one of the bowlers he took on from the first ball in the last game

Quinton de Kock vs Arshdeep Singh

Experienced South African batter Quinton de Kock will be relied upon by the team to get them off to a good start in the first six overs, which he failed to do in the last game.

Quinton de Kock will be up against Arshdeep Singh, who made full use of good bowling conditions in Dharamsala and would want to build on it in Lucknow as well.

Aiden Markram vs Harshit Rana

South Africa's T20I captain Aiden Markram, who was the lone warrior for his team in the previous match, would look to replicate the same performance in what happens to be a do-or-die game for the Proteas.

Markram will face the challenge of Harshit Rana, who, like Arshdeep, got the ball to swing and picked up the important wickets of Quinton de Kock and Dewald Brevis in the last match, and will look to carry the same form in the fourth match as well.

IND vs SA Key Players:

IND- Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh

SA- Aiden Markram, Quinton de Kock, Dewald Brevis, Marco Jansen, Lungi Ngidi

IND vs SA Weather Report:

There is no chance of rain during the game in Lucknow with a maximum temperature of 19°C and a minimum of 11°C.

Conclusion

India would look to wrap up the five-match T20I series by registering a win in the fourth game, having won two of the three fixtures that have taken place so far.

As far as South Africa is concerned, the Proteas would also eye a win in the upcoming match to keep the series alive.