Updated - 28 Sep 2022, 07:26 PM
South Africa Tour Of India 2022, SA Playing 11 vs IND (Predicted), 1st T20I. After an enthralling victory over Australia in the final game to take the series 2-1, India will be gearing up to take on South Africa for a three-match T20I series.
The first match of the series will be played at Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram on 28th September from 7 pm onwards. This will be the second time South Africa visiting India to play a T20I series in 2022.
South Africa’s success in this T20I format took a turn last year. Since then they have won 5 out of the 6 T20 series and have drawn one. The drawn series one came against India when they visited them in June. The Proteas were 2-0 up in the 5-match series but lost the next two T20Is by big margins. They are yet to lose a T20I series in India. Out of three T20I series on Indian soil, they have won one and have drawn 2.
South Africa will be eager to test its squad depth as a preparation for the 2022 T20I World Cup. Temba Bavuma and Quinton de Kock will open the innings. Quinton de Kock has 2 fifties in the last 4 games against India. Reeza Hendricks will be the point of attraction. Reeza Hendricks was the leading run-scorer in South Africa’s both series against England and Ireland.
Aiden Markram and Rilee Rossouw in the middle will be a threat to the Indian bowling attack. South Africa will have a dilemma to choose between Henrich Klassen and Tristan Stubbs. Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, and Lungi Ngidi will lead the pace attack.
Wayne Parnell and Dwaine Pretorius will also be in contention. But Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje’s form in the Test series again England showed that they will be the obvious choices.
Keshav Maharaj and Tabraiz Shamsi are the Proteas spin options. Tabraiz Shamsi was the leading wicket-taker against England.
Rassie van der Dussen was the most notable omission from the 2022 T20I World Cup Proteas squad as he continues nursing the finger injury he suffered during the second Test against England. The 33-year-old is expected to undergo surgery and will be out of action for at least six weeks.
In some good news for South Africa, captain Temba Bavuma has recovered completely from the elbow injury he sustained during the T20I series against India in June and is set to lead the Proteas in a second World Cup in a row.
Rilee Rossow, who made his return to the South Africa T20I setup after a gap of six years in July, also finds a place in the squad. The same 15-member squad travelled to India for the three-match T20I series later this month ahead of the World Cup.
The wicketkeeper-batter Quinton de Kock had an excellent Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 as he finished third in the most runs list after smashing 508 runs in just 15 innings at an impressive strike rate of 148.97.
The left-handed batter was brutal with the bat and gave several quick starts to its new franchise Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). The southpaw, in fact, registered the highest score of the edition, clobbering 140* off 70 in a match against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).
Quinton de Kock will be looking to replicate his performance in upcoming India vs South Africa T20I series as well. He isn’t in good touch with the bat in T20Is of late averaging 17.25 (T20I World Cup 2021), 18 (vs India June 2022), 5.67 (vs England 2022) and 7 (vs Ireland 2022). In 8 T20Is this year, he averaged a mere 9.57 managing just 67 runs.
Skipper Temba Bavuma will have the responsibility of occupying the crease from one end and keeping the scoreboard ticking in upcoming India vs South Africa T20Is. Temba Bavuma is a very compact player and has all the shots in his arsenal. South African captain Temba Bavuma will open in the upcoming T20Is.
Despite being the captain of the side, Temba Bavuma still has a point to prove as far as his T20 talent is concerned. He got injured during the Proteas’ last India tour in June 2022 managing just 61 runs in 4 T20Is averaging 20.33. He was retired hurt after scoring 8* in the 4th T20I and didn’t play subsequent England and Ireland T20Is.
Reeza Hendricks hit his fourth successive T20I fifty as South Africa defeated Ireland by 21 runs in their series opener at Bristol on Wednesday. Reeza Hendricks, who hit three half-centuries in the Proteas’ recent 2-1 series win over England, top-scored with 74 in a total of 211-5 and shared a third-wicket partnership of 112 with Aiden Markram (56). He scored 42 in the next match against Ireland.
Reeza Hendricks scored 57, 53, 70 (against England) before his 74 and 42 (against Ireland). He was the leading run-getter against England, amassing 180 runs in 3 T20Is averaging 60. In 48 T20Is, he has amassed 1372 runs averaging 29.82 with 11 fifties.
Aiden Markram is a right-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler from South Africa. He has smashed 722 runs and taken 6 wickets in the 23 matches T20I career so far. He has the potential to make an impact with both the bat as well as the ball. He averages an excellent 42.47 in T20Is with the bat and 23.17 with the ball.
His last 3 T20I scores against England and Ireland are 51*, 56 and 27. He didn’t feature in the previous T20I series against and in India in June 2022.
In the recently concluded T20I series against England in which Rilee Rossouw made his return to the national team after a six-year hiatus, the left-hander reeled off scores of 4, 96* and 31 as South Africa bounced back from a big defeat in the first game to win the series 2-1.
Just two months ago it had been more than six years since Rilee Rossouw had featured in South African colours in T20Is. Fast forward two months and, following a good recent series against England, the T20 globetrotter is in the squad for the World Cup in Australia.
Rilee Rossouw has played in just about every league around the world and brings with him an invaluable experience to the South Africa batting line-up that could take them up a notch. He last played for South Africa in the 2016 T20I World Cup before the recent England series where he managed 131 runs in 3 T20Is averaging 65.5 and was the 3rd highest run-getter.
The left-handed batter David Miller was in his prime best during IPL 2022 as he played several match-winning knocks for the champions Gujarat Titans. David Miller is expected to give similar performances for his national team as well in the India vs South Africa T20I series.
There will be high hopes from David Miller following his exploits for the Gujarat Titans (GT) in IPL 2022. The attacking left-hander displayed a different kind of maturity, smashing 481 runs in 16 matches at a strike rate of 142.73. He managed 96 runs averaging 48 in 5 T20Is in June 2022 against India.
Kagiso Rabada will be South Africa’s pace spearhead in the upcoming T20Is against India. He had a memorable IPL 2022 campaign for the Punjab Kings (PBKS). He was the third-leading wicket-taker in the tournament with 23 wickets in 13 games at a strike rate of 12.52.
He will be key to the Proteas’ fortunes in the T20I series. He had taken 2 scalps in 4 T20Is averaging 43 in the last June 2022 series against India. He has picked 52 scalps in 46 T20Is averaging 26.85.
Following a long injury layoff, the pacer Anrich Nortje returned to competitive cricket, representing the Delhi Capitals (DC) during IPL 2022. He claimed nine wickets in six matches and had begun to find his groove towards the latter half of the group stage.
Express pacers Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje will have the responsibility to take wickets during the field restrictions. Both pacers have given some match-winning performances for their country while bowling in tandem and will want to give their level best in front of a strong Indian batting line-up in India vs South Africa T20Is.
He had taken 4 scalps in 5 games averaging 29 in the June 2022 India tour and 1/12 in the only T20I he featured in England tour. He averages 22.7 in T20Is, having taken 23 scalps in 22 T20Is.
Wayne Parnell, the 33-year-old left-arm quick took 5-30 as Ireland were dismissed for 138 in what was their eighth successive defeat at this level ahead of a T20I World Cup. Wayne Parnell’s maiden five-wicket T20I haul led South Africa to a convincing 44-run victory over Ireland at Bristol on Friday as the Proteas completed a 2-0 series win.
He has taken 50 scalps in 45 T20Is averaging 23.84. He picked 2 scalps in the June 2022 India series playing 3 T20Is and 7 scalps in 2 T20Is against Ireland. Wayne Parnell has made a comeback to the T20I squad after a gap of 5 years. He is the first former Kolpak player to be recalled for the national team since the system ceased to exist.
Lungi Ngidi has 49 scalps from 30 T20Is averaging a mere 17.24 with a best of 5/39 achieved during the July 2022 series in the first T20I against England where he picked Jos Buttler, Jonny Bairstow, Moeen Ali, Jason Roy and Liam Livingstone.
Tabraiz Shamsi, the left-arm chinaman wrist spinner who is currently ranked number 2 in the ICC T20I bowler’s rankings, has picked 12 wickets in 9 T20I games this year for his country. Tabraiz Shamsi registered a maiden five-wicket haul claiming 5/24 to bowl out the hosts England for 101 in 16.4 overs. He picked 8 scalps in the England 3-match T20I series averaging a mere 12.5. He has 69 scalps in 56 T20Is averaging 21.03.
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