India vs South Africa, 1st T20I, Highlights: The first T20I match between India and South Africa has been abandoned without toss, due to heavy rain in Durban on Sunday. As the first match has been washed out, both the teams will be meeting again on Tuesday for the second T20I of the three-match series, at the St George's Park, Gqeberha. Team India came to the series after a memorable win over Australia in the five-match T20I series.
Here are the Highlights of the 1st T20I match between India and South Africa, straight from Durban:
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- 19:15 (IST)IND vs SA Live Score: India's strong spin bowlingWhile Ravindra Jadeja is the vice-captain in this series and is expected to bat at No.7, Axar Patel, who hasn't been picked for the series, will certainly be around when squad for the marquee event is selected. The second spinner will certainly be googly specialist Ravi Bishnoi, who is now world's No. 1 ranked T20 spinner.
- 18:42 (IST)IND vs SA Live Score: Will rain play a spoilsport?At 7:30 PM IST (the scheduled start time for the match), the temperature at Kingsmead, Durban is expected to be around 21 degree Celsius, according to AccuWeather. For the next two hours, the temperature is expected to remain same before dropping by a degree in the following phase. The prediction also suggests that the chances of rainfall would be around 20 per cent when the play is scheduled to start with the figure dropping to 18 and 15 in the following hours.
- 18:22 (IST)India vs South Africa Live Score: Who will keep wickets for India?Ishan Kishan is a strong wicketkeeping option for India, who also provides a strong base to the team's batting line-up. However, he will have stiff fight from Jitesh Sharma, who is evolving nicely as a finisher at No. 6. The Punjab Kings batter played only two matches against Australia, where he smashed 35 off 19 balls in the first match. In the next match, he scored 24 off 16 balls.
- 18:13 (IST)India vs South Africa Live Score: All eyes on Rinku SinghKolkata Knight Riders star Rinku Singh grabbed a lot of limelight with his heroic knocks in the series against Australia. The 25-year-old batter scored 105 runs in five matches at a strike rate of 175. He will now look to continue his batting prowess against South Africa.
- 18:07 (IST)IND vs SA Live Score: India's strong battingYashasvi Jaiswal has already shown that he belongs to this level and Shubman Gill is now one of the first picks across formats while Ruturaj Gaikwad after his 52-ball-100 will be that much difficult to ignore. And herein lies the problem as Ishan Kishan isn't a great option beyond No. 4 if the troika of Jaiswal, Gill and Gaikwad bat. And at No. 4 is India's No. 1 T20 batter and skipper Suryakumar Yadav, who is the only automatic choice as far as T20 World Cup is concerned.
- 18:01 (IST)IND vs SA Live Score: Deepak Chahar to miss outSenior seamer Deepak Chahar is not in contention to be selected in the playing eleven for the opening T20I between India and South Africa. He is yet to join the squad due to personal reasons and it is understood that Chahar is currently at home as a close family member has not been keeping well and he urgently needed a break from the sport.
- 17:38 (IST)IND vs SA Live Score: India's win over AustraliaTeam India, which was led by star batter Suryakumar Yadav, is coming to this series after registering a thumping win over Australia. In the five-match T20I series, India defeated Australia with a 4-1 scoreline. They will now aim for the same performance in the series against the Proteas.
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