IND vs SA 2nd T20i: The 5-match T20i series between India and South Africa has started. The second match is being played at Maharaja Yadvinder Singh Stadium, New Chandigarh. Team India will be eyeing a 2-0 lead.
India vs South Africa 2nd T20I Toss: The second T20 International match is being played between India and South Africa. Both the teams are facing each other at the Maharaja Yadvindra Singh Cricket Stadium in New Chandigarh. The Indian captain has won the toss and decided to bowl first. The match will start at 7 pm. Team India is being led by Suryakumar Yadav, while Adam Markram is in charge of the visiting team. A 5-match series is being played, in which the Indian team is leading 1-0. Surya and Company have not made any changes in the playing 11. There have been 3 changes in the African team.
What wonder will the pair of Gill and Abhishek do today?
From Team India, all eyes are going to be on the opening pair. Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill will be seen opening the innings. Both of them did not bat in the first match. Gill had scored only 4 runs. But, left-handed explosive batsman Abhishek is the batsman with the highest strike rate in T20 International cricket in the world. Apart from this his form is excellent. In such a situation, he will have a big responsibility for the team. There is a lot of pressure on the gill. Both the batsmen would like to start the innings well so that pressure can be created on the opposing team. Abhishek is a complete expert in this and has done this before also.
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How many targets are safe on the grounds of New Chandigarh?
The ball of fast bowlers is going to do some work on the ground of New Chandigarh. This can be estimated from the earlier matches played. Here the average score of the first inning is 169 runs, while that of the second inning is 160. 200 runs have also been scored in IPL on this ground. Apart from this, chasing runs is easy. If the team batting first scores 170+ runs, then chasing the target will not be easy. Here fast bowlers get help in the beginning, while spinners can dominate later. The first international match is being played on this ground.
Team India Playing 11: Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Verma, Shivam Dubey, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakraborty.
South Africa playing 11: Adam Markram (captain), Quinton de Kock (wk), Reeza Henriques, Dewald Brewis, David Miller, Denovan Ferreria, Marco Jensen, George Linde, Corbin Bosch, Lutho Sipamla, Lungi Ngidi.
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