South Africa and India are all set to lock horns in the first T20I of the four-match series on Friday, November 8 at Kingsmead, Durban. The series is a highly anticipated one among fans as it will be re-match of the T20 World Cup 2024 final earlier this year. Notably, India beat South Africa by seven runs in the final to clinch their second T20 World Cup trophy.
Hence, South Africa will be eager to avenge their loss in the upcoming clash as they take on the world champions in their own den. Ahead of the fixture, fans are eager to know about the weather conditions for the fixture and whether there will be any rain during the game.
The game might experience interruptions as there are some chances of rain in Durban. According to weather.com, there are 40% chances of rain from 4 pm onwards just ahead of the beginning of the game. Hence, there are high chances of fans getting to see a rain-curtailed fixture.
Meanwhile, India have started their new era of T20I cricket after the retirement of senior players Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. Suryakumar Yadav has been entrusted with the captaincy duties of the team and began his full-time captaincy tenure with a 3-0 whitewash over Sri Lanka and a 3-0 whitewash over Bangladesh. Suryakumar earlier led India to a 4-1 series win over Australia at home in November-December 2023 and a 1-1 tie vs South Africa in December.
The swashbuckling batter has led the team in 13 matches so far and has won 11 matches and lost just two. Several youngsters are also likely to be on show for India in the T20I series such as Vijaykumar Vyshak, Yash Dayal and Ramandeep Singh who will be eager to make their international debuts.
India Squad: Sanju Samson (wk), Suryakumar Yadav (c), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Avesh Khan, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Yash Dayal, Ravi Bishnoi, Ramandeep Singh , Jitesh Sharma
South Africa Squad: Ryan Rickelton (wk), Aiden Markram (c), Reeza Hendricks, Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Gerald Coetzee, Nqabayomzi Peter, Ottneil Baartman, Donovan Ferreira, Mihlali Mpongwana, Patrick Kruger.
