IND vs SA 1st T20 Toss Update: South Africa has decided to bowl first after winning the toss in the first T20 match. The Indian team will bat first and captain Suryakumar Yadav said that he wanted to bat first. On one hand, Team India will field with three main spin bowlers and India also has three options in fast bowling. On the other hand, it will be worth seeing how successful the African team’s strategy of four fast bowlers is.
Let us tell you that the South African team may not have been able to recover from the defeat in the final of T20 World Cup 2024. After that, South Africa had to face a crushing 3-0 defeat at the hands of West Indies in the T20 series. After that, the series against Ireland also ended in a draw. The Indian team has won 10 consecutive T20 matches and would like to lay the foundation of scoring a hat-trick of winning the series under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav.
What did the captains say after the toss?
Suryakumar Yadav – We wanted to bat first. The pitch looks good and we will try to score a good score. The other players of the team have made my job easier because just as they have been playing cricket with a fearless nature for their respective franchises, they have adopted the same method for the national team.
Aiden Markram – We will bowl first. There has been a lot of rain here during the week, so we would like to take full advantage of the moisture in the pitch. Players have a golden opportunity to debut in the home series. Fast bowlers may get help in the beginning and there is a possibility of rain later on.
India’s playing eleven: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakraborty, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan.
South Africa’s playing eleven: Ryan Rickelton, Aiden Markram (captain), Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Patrick Kruger, Marco Jansen, Andile Simelani, Keshav Maharaj, Gerald Coetzee, Nakaba Peter
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