The second ODI between India and South Africa will be played at St George's Park in Gqeberha on December 19. The visitors will look to seal the series in the second game itself after a brilliant show in the series opener against the Proteas.
Team India is leading the three-match ODI series 1-0 after skittling the home team for just 116 runs in the opening game. The second ODI is set to take place at St George's Park in Gqeberha on December 19. Meanwhile, India will have to make one forced change in their playing XI.
IND vs SA: Sai Sudharsan scored an impressive fifty on his India debut as the opening batter helped India register an 8-wicket win over South Africa in the 1st ODI of a three-match series. After remaining unbeaten on 55, Sudharsan has joined an elite list of Indian players with a special record.
IND vs SA 1st ODI: KL Rahul is leading India in the ODI series against South Africa in the absence of regular captain Rohit Sharma. Captaincy is not new to Rahul as he has led the Men in Blue many times. Rahul has now gone past MS Dhoni in a major captaincy record.
IND vs SA: Arshdeep Singh took his maiden five-wicket haul in International cricket as he starred for India in the first ODI against South Africa. With his fifer and Avesh Khan's four-wicket haul, India bowled the Proteas out for just 116.
India will take on South Africa in the 7th bilateral ODI series at the latter's home. India recently played a three-match T20I series against the Proteas. Here is how the Men in Blue have performed against them in South Africa.
South Africa are dealing with their problems as far as the availability of pacers is concerned for the Tests and it seems it has seeped into the Indian camp as well with the leading wicket-taker of World Cup 2023 likely to be ruled out of the two-match series.
South Africa and India are currently facing each other in the three-match T20I series and will then face in three ODIs as well. The two teams are scheduled to lock horns in the two-match Test series starting from December 26 which is also the part of World Test Championship.
India batter Rinku Singh starred with the bat in the second T20I against South Africa smashing an unbeaten 68 off just 39 balls. During his stay in the middle, Rinku's one of the sixes shattered the glass of the media box and the video of the same also went viral.
Suryakumar Yadav played a crucial 56-run knock to help India in a tough situation in the first innings of the second T20I against South Africa. He helped the Men in Blue amass 180 runs in India's rain-curtailed first innings. SKY has shattered a couple of records on way to his fifty.
South Africa chased down the 152-run revised target in a rain-curtailed match with 5 wickets in hand and seven balls to spare. The Proteas took a 1-0 lead and with only one T20I left, they can't lose the series. India's interim T20I skipper Suryakumar Yadav opened on the loss.
IND vs SA: India and South Africa will kickstart an all-format series with the 2nd T20I scheduled to take place on December 12. The Indians would be thinking of the playing combinations and might have to take tough calls like dropping Ruturaj Gaikwad from the team.
Deepak Chahar featured in the 4th T20I match against Australia in Raipur but missed the last game due to a family medial emergency. Chahar remains part of the T20I series against South Africa but he is yet to join the squad, according to reports.
After thrashing Australia 4-1 at home, the Indian cricket team is set to kick off a multi-format South Africa tour with a three-match T20I series starting at Kingsmead, Durban on Sunday, December 10. South Africa have won the last two T20I games against India and will eye a positive start today.
IND vs SA 1st T20I: India and South Africa will be facing each other in the first T20I of the three-match series at Kingsmead, Durban. Suryakumar Yadav, who will be leading India in the 20-over series, is looking to surpass the likes of Maxwell and Kohli in a major six-hitting record.
South Africa host Indian cricket team in the first T20I game of the three-match series at Durban's Kingsmead on Sunday. Shubman Gill and Ravindra Jadeja return to the T20 setup after missing the home series against Australia under Suryakuamr Yadav's leadership.
Aiden Markram-led South African team hosts the Indian cricket team in the first T20I match at Durban's Kingsmead on Sunday. Suryakumar Yadav to lead Indian team in the three-match T20I series in the absence of captain Rohit Sharma.
The Men in Blue will be led by Suryakumar Yadav during the three-match T20I series. Surya and his troops are fresh from a 4-1 win over Australia at home and would like to repeat their heroics against the Proteas.
Lungi Ngidi suffered a left lateral ankle spray on Friday and has been ruled out of the T20I series against India starting on December 10. Western Province's pacer Beuran Hendricks has been named as a replacement and will join the team ahead of the first game in Durban.
A territory that is still left to be conquered for the Indian cricket team is South Africa. The Men in Blue have embarked to taste some success in the rainbow nation in what promises to be an exciting multi-format tour. The one-month-long tour begins with T20Is with Suryakumar Yadav to lead.
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