India cricket team will be eyeing to get back on the winning track as they take on South Africa in the IND vs SA 3rd T20i at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) stadium in Dharamsala on Sunday. After beating the Proteas by a mammoth 101-run margin in the 1st T20i, Suryakumar Yadav and co. were simply outfoxed by the visitors in Mullanpur as they were handed a 51-run defeat. The stadium in Dharamsala will be hosting its first T20i since India last faced Sri Lanka at the venue way back in 2022.
HPCA stadium pitch report for IND vs SA 3rd T20I
Pacers are expected to benefit from the surface early on in the innings at the HPCA stadium in Dharamsala as it offers good bounce and carry. They can extract movement from the surface early on the innings with the new ball before the pitch starts favouring spinners gradually. Overall, a balanced contest is on the cards as there won’t be any demons in the pitch for the batters.
The team chasing will be favoured as the dew factor will make things tougher for the side that is bowling second in the contest. The highest total at the venue is 200/3 – scored by South Africa against India way back in 2015 where the visitors emerged victorious. The lowest total at the venue in the shortest format of the game is 134 runs.
India vs South Africa squads
India Squad: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Axar Patel, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Jitesh Sharma(w), Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Sanju Samson, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Harshit Rana
South Africa Squad: Reeza Hendricks, Quinton de Kock(w), Aiden Markram(c), Dewald Brevis, David Miller, Donovan Ferreira, George Linde, Marco Jansen, Lutho Sipamla, Lungi Ngidi, Ottneil Baartman, Corbin Bosch, Keshav Maharaj, Tony de Zorzi, Kwena Maphaka, Anrich Nortje, Tristan Stubbs
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