IND vs SA: India’s Predicted Playing XI Against South Africa, 4th T20I

Updated - 17 Jun 2022, 04:08 PM

India T20I Team
India T20I Team. (Photo: Twitter)

India will face South Africa in the 4th T20I of the ongoing series. IND vs SA 4th T20I is scheduled to take place on June 17 (Friday) at Saurashtra Cricket Stadium in Rajkot. India is led by Rishabh Pant while Temba Bavuma is the skipper of South Africa.

India is down 1-2 in the series after three games. India lost the 1st T20I by 7 wickets and the 2nd T20I by 4 wickets. India won the 3rd T20I by 48 runs. Now, they will aim to level the series in the upcoming match. Ahead of IND vs SA 4th T20I, here we take a glance at India’s predicted playing XI in the match.

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IND vs SA: India’s Predicted Playing XI Against South Africa, 4th T20I

Ishan Kishan

Ishan Kishan., PC-BCCI
Ishan Kishan., PC-BCCI

Ishan Kishan will be the opener for India in IND vs SA 4th T20I as well. The left-handed batsman played a wonderful knock of 54 runs in the previous match. In 3 games so far, Kishan has piled up 164 runs and is the top run-getter for the team. He owns a strike rate of 54.66 and has also slammed 2 half-centuries in the series so far.

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Ruturaj Gaikwad

Ruturaj Gaikwad
Ruturaj Gaikwad (Image Credit: Twitter)

Ruturaj Gaikwad might be another opener for the team in IND vs SA 4th T20I. The right-handed batsman failed to smash a big knock in the first two games. However, in the 3rd T20I, Gaikwad slammed a 57-run knock along with a 97-run stand with his opening partner Ishan Kishan. In 3 games so far, Gaikwad has mustered 81 runs with 1 fifty.

Shreyas Iyer

Shreyas Iyer
Shreyas Iyer. Image: BCCI

Shreyas Iyer might be the no.3 batter for the team in IND vs SA 4th T20I. Iyer has managed to get a good start in many games but always failed to come up with a good knock eventually. In 3 matches so far, the right-handed batsman has scored 90 runs with a top knock of 40. However, Iyer is in good form and might come up with an impressive knock in the remaining two games.

Rishabh Pant (C & WK)

Rishabh Pant
Rishabh Pant. (Photo: BCCI)

Rishabh Pant is the skipper of India in the series and will lead the team in the 4th T20I as well. Pant will also keep the stumps for the team. Although Pant has done a good job behind the stumps, he has failed to score runs with the bat. The left-handed batter has scored only 40 runs in 3 games so far. He will aim for a better show in the next game.

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Hardik Pandya

Hardik Pandya
Hardik Pandya, PC- Twitter

Hardik Pandya will be another middle-order batsman for India in IND vs SA 4th T20I. The right-handed batsman has slammed quickfire 31-run knocks in two games. Pandya has managed to give a good finish to the team while batting. In 3 games, he accounts for 71 runs at an average of 71. With the ball, the right-arm seamer is yet to scalp a wicket.

Dinesh Karthik

Dinesh Karthik
Dinesh Karthik PC- BCCI

Dinesh Karthik might be a lower-order batsman for the team in the next match. Karthik slammed a quickfire 30 in the 2nd T20I. He accounts for 37 runs in 3 innings with 2 unbeaten knocks so far. With his hard-hitting batting style, he will be a crucial batsman for India in the lower order.

Axar Patel

Axar Patel
Axar Patel. (Photo: Twitter)

Axar Patel might be an all-rounder for the team in the next match. The left-arm spinner has picked 2 wickets in 3 games so far at an average of 43.50. He has an economy of 9.66. With the bat, he has scored 15 runs in 2 innings with one not-out knock. Patel’s inclusion gives the team more spin options as he is a left-arm off-spinner.

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Harshal Patel

Harshal Patel, IND vs SA
Harshal Patel. Credits: BCCI

Harshal Patel might be one of the pacers for the team in IND vs SA 4th T20I. The right-arm pacer scalped a fabulous 4-wicket haul in the last match. In 3 matches so far, Patel has scalped 6 wickets at an average of 14.16. He owns an economy of 8.36. Patel has also helped the team to get breakthroughs on a few moments.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Bhuvneshwar Kumar PC- BCCI

Bhuvneshwar Kumar might be another pacer for the team in IND vs SA 4th T20I. Kumar has done a great job as an experienced bowler in the team. In 3 games so far, the right-arm pacer has scalped 6 wickets at an average of 12.83. Kumar has also bowled at an outstanding economy rate of just 6.41.

Yuzvendra Chahal

Yuzvendra Chahal
Yuzvendra Chahal. (Photo: BCCI)

Yuzvendra Chahal will be another spinner for India in IND vs SA 4th T20I. Chahal scalped an incredible 3-wicket haul in the previous game and earned the man of the match award. In 3 games so far, the right-arm spinner has picked 4 wickets at an average of 23.75. Chahal has an economy of 9.34.

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Avesh Khan

Avesh Khan
Avesh Khan. Image: BCCI

Avesh Khan might be another pacer for the team in the next game. Although Avesh Khan has not managed to get any wicket in the three games so far, other pacers in the squad like Arshdeep Singh and Umran Malik are debutants.

Avesh Khan has some international experience. Being 1-2 down in the series, India might not take the risk of introducing debutants in the upcoming games. The right-arm pacer Khan has bowled at an economy of 7.90.

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