South Africa vs India – T20 series: Match times, squads, head-to-head, news
Al Jazeera
Suryakumar Yadav leads a new-look Indian squad in a four-match T20 series as the Proteas seek to avenge the final loss.
The wounds of a painful loss at the ICC T20 World Cup final will still be fresh for South Africa as they face their conquerors India in a four-match T20 series at home starting on Friday.
More than four months may have passed since India’s comeback victory, which sealed their second T20 world title in Barbados, but the South African side will be hurting for letting slip what could have been their first ICC World Cup trophy.
A lot has changed since June 29, with a number of Indian stalwarts making their exit from the game’s shortest format and the champions continuing a near-perfect winning streak in T20 internationals under new captain Suryakumar Yadav.
Amid the loss of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja to retirement, as well as the absence of Jasprit Bumrah and Rishabh Pant due to Test cricket duties, India’s next generation of players have made their name in the three T20 series since July.
Meanwhile, South Africa have had a poor run in their two series since the final, losing all three games away to the West Indies and one against Ireland.
