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IND vs SA 2nd T20I Toss: India Continue With Three Spinners As Markram Decides To Bowl First

Aashay Chopade

Indian team under Suryakumar Yadav (Source: @RekhaGodara1/X.com)Indian team under Suryakumar Yadav (Source: @RekhaGodara1/X.com)

South Africa have won an all-important toss at St George's Park and have decided to bowl first with overcast conditions and green cover on the pitch. The home team have made one change with Reeza Hendricks back at the top of the order in place of Patrick Kruger while India are going with an unchanged XI.

IND vs SA 2nd T20I: Toss Update

India won the first game by 61 runs and it was courtesy a Sanju Samson show. India scored over 200 runs on the back of Samson's century and their bowlers delivered a strong performance to bowl out South Africa for just 141. This is an opportunity for South Africa to show their character and level the series with their fast bowlers expected to get good help in overcast conditions.

IND vs SA 2nd T20I: Playing XIs

India Playing XI: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Varun Chakravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan


South Africa Playing XI: Reeza Hendricks, Ryan Rickelton, Aiden Markram (c), Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), David Miller, Marco Jansen, Andile Simelane, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Nqaba Peter

Reeza Hendricks' Return - A Boost For South Africa

Also, the addition of Reeza Hendricks at the top of the order is likely to provide more stability to the Proteas batting line-up. India, on the other hand, would be hoping for another strong batting performance. Samson would like to continue his form while Abhishek Sharma need to get a big score to live upto his billing in the format. Overall, it promises to be another cracking game between two finalists of the T20 World Cup 2024, and let's see how things shape up in the first half.