Before the T20 World Cup, today India’s warm-up match is against South Africa. This match will take place in Mumbai at 7 pm. All eyes are on the opening pair, where either Sanju Samson or Ishan Kishan will play along with Abhishek Sharma.
Navi Mumbai: Before the T20 World Cup, India will have a warm-up match against South Africa today. This match will start at 7 pm at DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai. Four days later, India will start its campaign to defend the T20 World Cup title. With the confidence of winning the series against New Zealand, Suryakumar Yadav and his team are going for the final preparations, and all eyes are on who will open with Abhishek Sharma.
Will Sanju Samson, who was in poor form against New Zealand, get a chance, or will Ishan Kishan, who took full advantage of the opportunity given by Tilak Verma’s injury? Tilak Verma has recovered from injury, so someone will have to sit out. Sanju had scored only 46 runs in five matches against New Zealand. At the same time, Ishan Kishan, who batted in four matches, scored 215 runs including a century in Thiruvananthapuram and a half-century in Raipur. Being a right-handed batsman in a team full of left-handed batsmen is now the only hope for Sanju and his fans.
No other major changes are expected in the team including the bowling line-up. The South African team captained by Aiden Markram can give a tough competition to India. Their team includes players like Dewald Brevis, Quinton de Kock, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Norkhia and Tristan Stubbs. India’s first match in the World Cup is against America on 7 February.
India: Abhishek Sharma, Sanshdeep Ju Samson, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Asingh, Varun Chakraborty, Jasprit Bumrah, Washington Sundar, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav.