By Admin 
India vs South Africa 2nd ODI will be played on Wednesday, 3rd December in Raipur. The role of toss will be important here, but India’s luck in this matter has been going bad for the last 2 years. KL Rahul lost the toss in Ranchi. Till now, Team India has lost the toss in ODIs 19 consecutive times. The good thing for Team India is that their experienced batsmen Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are in form. Know with which playing 11 India and South Africa can field in the second ODI. What has been the record of Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium and how will be the behavior of the pitch here.
Indian batsmen had scored a lot of runs in the last match, Kohli had scored a century and made a century partnership with Rohit Sharma. Kohli had scored 135 runs. Captain KL Rahul also scored important runs in the lower order and took the team’s score to 349.
South Africa’s top order flopped badly in the last match. 3 batsmen including captain Aiden Markram, Quinton de Kock returned to the pavilion on the score of only 11. However, the middle order batsmen of the visiting team (Matthew Britzke, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch) performed well, who can prove to be dangerous in Raipur as well.
Raipur Stadium pitch report
Unlike Ranchi, bowlers may get more help in Raipur, here batsmen may have to struggle a bit. Fast bowlers will get more help here, due to this the role of Harshit Rana and Arshdeep Singh will become important with the new ball. Rohit and Yashasvi will have to be careful in the beginning.
The only ODI match at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Stadium was played between India and New Zealand in 2023, when the Kiwi team was all out for 108 runs. It was only Rohit Sharma who scored a half-century. There will be a surge here. But the role of toss will be important in all this.
If we look at the weather now, dew falls in Ranchi at night, in such a situation the role of toss will be important. The captain who wins the toss will want to bowl first, because due to dew, it will become difficult for the bowlers in the second innings.
Bavuma’s return possible, India can enter with a winning team
After the Test series, Temba Bavuma was rested from the first ODI, in whose absence Aiden Markram took over the captaincy. Team India would not like to tamper with the winning team. In the first ODI, Harshit Rana performed brilliantly with the new ball, he took 2 big wickets in his very first over. Kuldeep Yadav took 4 wickets, although Ravindra Jadeja proved to be very expensive. Jadeja gave away 66 runs in 9 overs.
Probable playing 11 of South Africa: Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickelton, Quinton de Kock (wk), Mathieu Bretzke, Temba Bavuma (c), Dewald Brewis, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Prenlain Sabran, Nandre Berger, Otniel Baartman.
India’s probable playing 11: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Washington Sundar, KL Rahul (wicket keeper and captain), Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna.
India or South Africa, who has the upper hand?
Rohit, Kohli, KL Rahul are in form, Yashasvi undoubtedly did not play in the last match but if his bat works then he can prove to be the most dangerous in Raipur. He plays fast bowlers well, Rohit also takes advantage of the fast pace. But South Africa’s batsmen are also no less, this can be gauged from the fact that even after the top order flop in the last match, the visiting team was close to victory till the last over.
There seems to be depth in South Africa’s batting, if Temba Bavuma comes then surely the visiting team will become stronger. South African batsmen play pace well, so the visiting team will have the upper hand in the second ODI.
Where to watch live match?
India vs South Africa 2nd ODI will be telecast live on Star Sports channel. The match will start at 1:30 pm, toss will take place at 1 pm. There will be live streaming on JioHotstar app and website.