India vs South Africa toss - (Source: @Johns/X.com)
After a successful ODI series, the caravan now moves to the five-match T20I series between India and South Africa. For the opening game, the two teams have travelled to Barabati Stadium in Cuttack. Suryakumar Yadav is all set to lead the Men in Blue, while Aiden Markram will captain the Proteas.
The two teams walked out for the toss and South Africa win the toss, opting to field first in the first T20I. Talking about the teams, for India, Sanju Samson, Washington Sundar, Harshit Rana, and Kuldeep Yadav miss out.
India vs South Africa: Playing XIs
South Africa Playing XI: Aiden Markram (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brevis, David Miller, Donovan Ferreira, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Anrich Nortje, Lutho Sipamla, Lungi Ngidi
India Playing XI: Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy
India vs South Africa: Captains Thought
Aiden Markram (South Africa Captain): "We will bowl first, Ravi. Expecting the conditions to be good in T20 cricket in India. Quite a bit of dew around this time of the year. Dew might be constant throughout the game. It might get a little bit worse later on. Yeah, so we are bowling first."
Suryakumar Yadav (Indian Skipper): “To be honest, the moment I lost the toss, I couldn’t help but laugh. We were a bit confused about what we wanted to do anyway. Yesterday, the pitch looked a lot greener - today it looked different, so either way it was going to be a guess. But we’re completely fine batting first - it’s a good challenge to put runs on the board and then go out there and defend."
