All eyes will be on the Men in Blue when they take the field against South Africa in the five-match T20I series at home. The opener will be played at Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium where the hosts will try to set a world record in the shortest format of the game.
crew India Currently on an unbeaten streak of 12-0 in the T20Is that started in the United Arab Emirates. After losing the matches against Pakistan and New Zealand, the Indian team made a strong comeback against Afghanistan And since then there has been no looking back.
In the last 8 months, India have defeated New Zealand (3-0), West Indies (3-0) and Sri Lanka (3-0) at home. after an extraordinary IPL 2022, the focus will be on the mission against the Proteas. So far both the countries have squared off against each other 16 times. Out of which India emerged victorious on 9 occasions while South Africa won 6 times.
The upcoming series is important for the hosts, considering that they are set to create records. With all the senior players rested, the command will be in the hands of KL Rahul and wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant will be his deputy. Since Dinesh Karthik and Hardik Pandya also return to the mix, the task of finalizing the playing XI is likely to be tough.
As we move forward in the series, here we present our string of India XI for the T20I series opener against South Africa.
India’s Probable XI: KL Rahul, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Deepak Hooda, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Hardik Pandya, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Umran Malik
Now it’s your time to choose your line-up for the game. The task is a bit tricky as you have to choose only 11 players out of 18. So, choose wisely!
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