India Playing 11 vs South Africa- 4th T20I, India tour of South Africa 2024

India will be eyeing a series win when they take on South Africa in the fourth and final game of the ongoing four-match T20I series. The game is scheduled to take place on Friday (November 15) at the Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg.

The Men in Blue returned to winning ways with a thrilling victory in the third T20I to take an unassailable 2-1 lead in the series. A century from Tilak Varma propelled India to 219/6. In reply, South Africa finished their innings on 208/7.

With Men in Blue now eyeing a series-clinching win, we are taking a look at India Playing 11 ahead of the fourth and final IND vs SA T20I.

India squad:

Sanju Samson(w), Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Axar Patel, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakarvarthy, Avesh Khan, Jitesh Sharma, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Ramandeep Singh, Yash Dayal

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India Playing 11 vs South Africa- 4th T20I, India tour of South Africa 2024

Openers: Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma

Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma are likely to be the openers in the Men in Blue Playing 11 for the upcoming IND vs SA T20I. Samson would be desperate to turn things around after failing in the previous two games.

The right-handed batsman started the series with a bang, scoring a century in the first game before being dismissed for a duck in the second and third T20Is. On the other hand, Sharma scored a quickfire fifty in the third game. The under-pressure opener smashed 50 runs off just 25 balls.

Middle-order batsmen and allrounders: Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Ramandeep Singh

The team management decided to promote Tilak Varma in the Playing 11 for the third T20I and he made the most of it. The southpaw hit a whirlwind century and became the youngest to hit an overseas T20I ton.

Varma was adjudged the Player of the Match for his unbeaten 107-run knock and would be eyeing a similar outing in the upcoming game.

Captain Suryakumar Yadav is yet to get going in the series and would be looking to lead the team from the front in the series decider. He was out for only 1 run in the last game.

Both Hardik Pandya and Rinku Singh once again failed to finish the innings strongly. While Pandya was out for 18, Rinku scored only 8 runs. Pandya had a poor outing with the ball too as he conceded 50 runs for 1 wicket in 4 overs.

Ramandeep Singh played a fine cameo of 15 runs off just 6 balls in the last game while Axar Patel faced just one ball. With the ball, Axar bowled his full quota of 4 overs and picked up 1 wicket while conceding 29 runs.

Bowlers: Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakravarthy

With the series on the line, Men in Blue are unlikely to make any change to the bowling lineup. Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, and Varun Chakravarthy are set to be the frontline bowlers in the India Playing 11. Arshdeep was the pick of the bowlers in the third T20I, taking 3 wickets for 37 runs.

Chakravarthy picked up 2 wickets as well but was very expensive as he conceded 54 runs. On the other hand, Bishnoi went wicketless for 33 runs.

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