IND vs SA 5th T20i: The last match of the 5-match T20i series between India and South Africa is being played today in Ahmedabad. The match will start at 7 pm. Shubman Gill is also out of this match due to injury. Surya and company will set out to capture the series.
India vs South Africa 5th T20i Toss: The fifth T20 International match between India and South Africa is being played today at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The African captain has won the toss and decided to field first. The last match of the 5-match series is going to be held, which is very important between the two teams. Team India is leading 2-1 in the series. The last match was canceled due to fog in Lucknow. On one hand, while the Men in Blue would like to win the series, the visiting team is eyeing an equaliser.
Big responsibility on Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma
In T20 International cricket, once again Team India will be seen starting the innings as openers Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma. Till now Shubman Gill was given the responsibility for this, but runs did not come from his bat. Could not score a single half-century in the last 3 matches against South Africa. Now he is out due to injury, after which Sanju has come into the playing 11. In such a situation, now Samson will have to strengthen his claim for the upcoming series by playing a good innings, while Abhishek would like to score the first half-century of the series.
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India has dominated in the first 3 matches
The first match of the 5-match T20I series was played in Cuttack, where the Indian team defeated the visiting team by 101 runs. After that, the next match was held in Mullanpur, in which the Proteas made a strong comeback and won the match by 51 runs. But in the third match, the Men in Blue once again made a comeback and defeated the opponent by 7 wickets and took the lead in the series. Now, by winning this match, Team India led by Suryakumar Yadav would like to capture the series.
Team India Playing 11: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Jitesh Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakraborty.
South Africa playing 11: Adam Markram (captain), Quinton de Kock (wicketkeeper), Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brewis, Corbin Bosch, Denovan Ferreria, Marco Jensen, Keshav Maharaj, Enrique Narkia, Reeza Hendricks, Lungi Ngidi.
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