India Vs South Africa 3rd T20 Match: A 4-match T20 series is being played between the Indian team and South Africa. After the first two matches, the series between the two teams is tied at 1-1. Whereas the third match will be played today (13 November) in Centurion.
This ground has been unlucky for the Indian team. In such a situation, this record can be considered an alarm bell for the team. On this ground, the Indian team will also have to stay away from South African batsman Heinrich Klaasen, whose bat swings fiercely.
India did not win any T20 match in Centurion
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Actually, the Indian team has played only one T20 match so far in this Supersport Park Stadium in Centurion. In this match played on 21 February 2018, South Africa defeated by 6 wickets. Then Klaasen was the hero of the victory and he was chosen the player of the match.
Klaasen played a stormy innings on this ground
In that match, under the captaincy of Virat Kohli, the Indian team had scored 188 runs for 4 wickets. Manish Pandey had played an inning of 79 runs in 48 balls. Whereas Mahendra Singh Dhoni had scored 52 runs in 28 balls. In reply, the African team won the match by losing 4 wickets in just 18.4 overs.
In this match, wicketkeeper batsman Klaasen for Africa scored 69 runs in 30 balls. Apart from this, captain JP Duminy had scored 64 runs. 3 players of that old African team are also playing in the current series. These are Klassen, David Miller and Reeza Hendrix. In such a situation, the Indian team will have to be careful with Klaasen on this ground.
Head-to-head in T20 between India and Africa
Total T20 matches: 29
India won: 16
South Africa won: 12
Inconclusive: 1
Indian team’s T20 record in Africa
Total T20 matches: 17
Won: 11
Losers: 5
Inconclusive: 1
India-South Africa squads:
Indian team: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Rinku Singh, Tilak Verma, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakraborty, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Vijaykumar Vaishak, Avesh Khan. And Yash Dayal.
South African team: Aiden Markram (captain), Otniel Baartman, Gerald Coetzee, Donovan Ferreira, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansson, Heinrich Klaasen, Patrick Kruger, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Mihalali Mapongwana, Nqaba Peter, Ryan Rickelton, Andile Simelane, Lutho Sipamla, Tristan Stubbs. .