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India vs South Africa 1st T20 will be played at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack. This match to be held on Tuesday, December 9 will be special, because for the first time the match is going to be played on red clay wicket in Cuttack. The match will start at 7 pm, the toss will play an important role here.
Before the match, Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav said about the pitch that I have not seen it yet but hopefully it will be good. He said that the black soil pitch would have been good, but he felt that the red soil pitch would also be good. He said, “The red clay wicket can also be fast, let’s see but if it remains fast then it will be good.”
Barabati Stadium records (T20I)
A total of 3 T20 International matches have previously been held at Barabati Stadium, out of which 2 were between India and South Africa. The bad thing is that South Africa has defeated India in both the matches. Whereas India won the other match against Sri Lanka by 93 runs.
The highest T20 International score on this ground is 180 runs, which was made by India against Sri Lanka. The lowest score is 87, which was scored by Sri Lanka in this match.
Talking about the toss, whoever wins will prefer to bowl first. There may be dew here, so batting may be a little easier in the second innings. Although weather will also be a problem, the chance of rain here is said to be 10 percent.
India vs South Africa 1st T20 pitch report
The red clay pitch may help the fast bowlers, but a high-scoring match is expected. The pitch looks suitable for batting from T20 point of view. Here for the first time a score of 200 can be made in T20. The decision to bowl first after winning the toss may prove to be correct, but if the team batting first scores 200, then the difficulties for the team playing in the second innings will increase.
Indian team
Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Verma, Axar Patel, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Washington Sundar, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakraborty.
south african team
David Miller, Reza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (c), Corbin Bosch, Dewald Brewis, George Linde, Keshav Maharaj, Marco Jansen, Donovan Ferreira (wk), Quinton de Kock (wk), Tristan Stubbs (wk), Enrique Norkhia, Lungi Ngidi, Lutho Sipamala, Otniel Bartman.