New Delhi: The fourth match of the five-match T20I series between India and South Africa will be played today. The match will begin at 7 pm at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot. At the moment, South Africa have taken a 2-1 lead in the series. In such a situation, this match will be a cross-border battle for both India and South Africa. The visiting team Africa will want to win this match and capture the series, while Team India will try to make a comeback in the series. If, Team India loses this match, then the series will also be lost. The opening two matches of the series were won by South Africa. Africa first won the match played in Delhi by 7 wickets. After this, the T20 match played in Cuttack was won by 4 wickets. The third match was held in Visakhapatnam, in which Team India won by 48 runs. Due to the victory of the last match, the confidence of Team India must have increased. In the overall T20 format, India's fight against South Africa has been heavy so far. A total of 18 T20 matches have been played between the two teams so far, in which Team India has won 10, while it has lost 8.
On the contrary, Team India at home has always faded against South Africa. Team India has played 7 T20is against the African team at home, out of which it has won only 2 and lost 5.
Possible Playing XI :-
Indian squad: Ishan Kishan, Rituraj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (captain/wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Akshar Patel, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Yuzvendra Chahal.
South African squad: Quinton Dekock/Reeza Hendricks, Temba Bavuma (captain), Rope Wayne der Dussen, David Miller, Heinrich Klaasen (wicketkeeper), Dwayne Pretorius, Wayne Parnell, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Enrique Norcia and Tabraiz Shamsi.
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