South Africa Playing XI vs India- 4th T20I, South Africa Tour of India 2025

India will be up against South Africa in the fourth of the five-match T20I series. This article provides details about South Africa's Playing 11 vs India for the fourth match of the series.

South Africa Playing XI vs India- 4th T20I, South Africa Tour of India 2025:

Openers: Reeza Hendricks, Quinton de Kock (wk)

South Africa would hope for a better performance in all three aspects in the upcoming game in order to keep the series alive after a disappointing performance in the third T20I in Dharamsala.

The visitors were below par with bat, ball, and in the field in the previous game, having been bowled out for 117 runs in what were difficult yet manageable batting conditions.

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The Proteas batting lineup would eye a strong comeback in Lucknow against a bowling lineup that made use of the assistance that was on offer in the last match and would look to replicate it in the next match.

South Africa's captain and team management would back their openers to get the team off to a good start in the first six overs.

Along with that, the opening pair of Quinton de Kock and Aiden Markram would wish to get runs individually as well in order to build confidence for the final match of South Africa's tour of India.

Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Aiden Markram, Dewald Brevis, Tristan Stubbs, Donovan Ferreira, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch

The only shining light in South Africa's batting lineup in the third T20I was their captain, Aiden Markram, who scored a fighting half-century and held one end as wickets kept falling from the other

Markram would look to lead from the front once again in what happens to be a do-or-die game for the team and would expect good support from fellow batters as well.

The likes of Dewald Brevis, Tristan Stubbs, and Donovan Ferreira are talented batters and are capable of taking the game away from the opposition, but haven't been able to live up to the expectations in the ongoing series.

Proteas would bank on them to come good, as it would increase the team's chances of leveling the series both while batting first and while chasing, and take the momentum gained from this match into the decider.

Bowlers: Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi, Ottneil Baartman

As far as the performance of South Africa's bowling lineup in the third T20I is concerned, although it didn't have much runs to play with, it managed to drag the game beyond the 15th over, which should give it some sort of confidence.

South African bowlers would want their bowlers to score enough runs in the first innings for them to make a match out of it in Lucknow.

The Proteas are expected to have at least seven bowling options, with the captain Aiden Markram himself chipping in with an over two if required.

The availability of seven bowling options provides a chance for the captain to juggle between them depending on the situation of the game.