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The second match of the T-20 series between India and South Africa will be played today in Gkeberha. The match will start at 7:30 PM IST at St. George Park Cricket Stadium, the toss will take place at 7:00 PM. India won the first match by 61 runs. The team is leading 1-0 in the four-match series.
St. George’s Park Both the teams will face each other for the second time. Earlier there was an encounter in December last year. Then South Africa won by 5 wickets. The South African team has not lost any match here in the last 12 years. Their last defeat here was against West Indies in 2007.
India beats South Africa in T20 So far 28 T-20 matches have been played between the two. In this, India has won 16 and South Africa has won 11. While one match remained inconclusive. The last time India toured South Africa for a T20 series was in 2023, where both the teams played out a 1-1 draw, while one match was abandoned due to rain. So far 9 T20s have been played between the two, in which India won 4 and South Africa won 2. While 3 series remained a draw.
Samson scored a century in the first match Captain Suryakumar Yadav is at number one position for India in terms of scoring most runs in T-20 this year. He has scored 424 runs in 15 matches. At number two is Rohit Sharma, who has retired from this format. At the same time, at number three is Sanju Samson who is in excellent form. Samson had played an innings of 107 runs on 50 balls in the first match. Pacer Arshdeep Singh is on top in bowling. Although he got only one wicket in the first match.
Reeza Hendricks is South Africa’s top run scorer South African opener Reeza Hendricks is the team’s top run scorer this year. Enrique Nortya is the highest wicket-taker for the team this year. But, he is not a part of the squad in this series. In this situation, Ottnell Bartman is the top wicket taker. However, in the first match, the top players of both the departments were not part of the playing-11. In the first match, Heinrich Klaasen scored the maximum 25 runs for the team.
Pitch Report and Records The pitch of St. George Park Cricket Stadium initially suits the batsmen. But, as the game progresses, it starts favoring spin and fast bowlers. So far 4 T-20 International matches have been played here. Out of these, 2 matches have been won by the team batting first and the same number of matches have been won by the team chasing. The last match here was played between India and South Africa. South Africa had won in this.
weather report The weather will be good in the second T20 to be played between India and South Africa. There is no chance of rain. The temperature is expected to be 16-21 degrees Celsius.
Possible playing-11 of both the teams India: Suryakumar Yadav (Captain), Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Akshar Patel, Varun Chakraborty, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh and Avesh Khan.
South Africa: Aiden Markram (captain), Ryan Rickelton (wk), Tristan Stubbs, Henrik Klaasen (wk), David Miller, Patrick Kruger, Marco Yanson, Andile Simelane, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj and Kabayomzi Peter.
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