South Africa will square off against India in the fourth match of the four-match T20I series at the Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on Friday. India took an unassailable lead of 2-1 in the series after winning the third T20I by 11 runs at Centurion.
Tilak Varma was the star of the show as he scored a blistering knock of 107 runs while batting at one down whereas Abhishek Sharma scored a fine fifty. We look at the current form, head-to-head, players to look out for, and squads of both teams in our match preview.
Current form of India: W L W W W
India has ticked the right boxes in two matches out of the three games and they will look to continue the good show. The visitors came up with an impressive batting performance in the last game as they posted 219 runs on the board
Current form of South Africa: L W L L W
South Africa failed to deliver with the bat in the last game after conceding 219 runs. Marco Jansen scored a blistering knock of 17-ball 54 when the match was almost done and dusted.
Head to Head: Matches: 30, Won by India: 17, Won by South Africa: 12, No result: 1.
Players to watch out for: Suryakumar Yadav, Sanju Samson, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, and Varun Chakravarthy will hold the key for India.
Aiden Markram, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Tristan Stubbs, Gerald Coetzee, and Keshav Maharaj will be the crucial players for South Africa.
India squad: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Rinku Singh, Tilak Varma, Jitesh Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Avesh Khan, Yash Dayal.
South Africa squad: Aiden Markram (c), Ottneil Baartman, Gerald Coetzee, Donovan Ferreira, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Patrick Kruger, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Mihlali Mpongwana, Nqaba Peter, Ryan Rickelton, Andile Simelane, Lutho Sipamla (3rd and 4th T20Is), Tristan Stubbs.
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