After rain washed out the series opener the second of three T20 Internationals between South Africa and India takes place at St Georges Park Port Elizabeth on Tuesday and we take a look at the squads, form and betting.
Let's start with the squads and Lunga Ngidi was a late withdrawal from the original Proteas squad. .
South Africa: Aiden Markram (c), Ottniel Baartman, Matthew Breetzke, Nandre Burger, Gerald Coetzee, Donovan Ferreira, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Andile Phehlukwayo, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs, Lizaad Williams
India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (C), Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan (wk), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Ravindra Jadeja (VC), Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Deepak Chahar
Recent Form
South Africa
The Proteas most recent T20 action came in August/September this year and they lost all 3 matches to Australia. All the games were staged at Kingsmead and Australia won by margins of 111 runs, 8 wickets and 5 wickets.
Prior to that South Africa were beaten 2-1 by West Indies in a 3 match home series in March, losing a rain affected opener by 3 wickets, squaring things up with a 6 wicket win and then losing the decider by 7 runs.
India:
India hosted Australia in a 5 match series in November and December this year and they won it 4-1. They beat Nepal and Bangladesh in October and were 2-0 winners in Ireland in August. Their last series defeat came against West Indies in the Caribbean and USA in August when they were beaten 3-2.
Head to Head
Overall the teams have met 25 times with 10 wins for South Africa and 13 for India with 2 no resulst
The most recent series came in August / September in India in 2022 and it was shared 2-2
St. Georges Park, Port Elizabeth
Over the course of the last decade we have seen just 1 completed T20 at St Georges, a 12 run win for South Africa over Australia in February 2020 when the home side defended a bat first total of 158/4
You can check the weather forecast here
The Betting - 2nd T20
At the time of writing South Africa are even money to win the match and India are 8/11
Note all prices are correct at the time of writing but are subject to change
The Verdict
Let's hope the rain stays away as the forecast I checked at the time of writing indicated the possibility of the odd shower.
For a betting interest I really like Sportingbet's price boost for Mohammad Siraj to take 2+ wickets
Bets: Mohammad Siraj to take 2+ wickets at 2/1 with Sportingbet
Note all prices are correct at the time of writing but are subject to change
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