Having battered South Africa within the opening ODI at Wanderers, Johannesburg, India will likely be eyeing to clinch the three-match collection at St. George’s Oval in Port Elizabeth.
With the T20 collection tied, the guests would run by the Proteas batting lineup as Arshdeep Singh (5/37) and Avesh Khan (4/27) claimed all however one wicket. Solely 4 of the 11 South African batters might cross the double figures because the hosts bundled out for 116.
India would chase it down with 33.2 overs to spare and eight wickets in hand. Right here’s how they’ll line up within the second ODI:
Rajat Patidar to interchange Shreyas Iyer
Regardless that Shreyas Iyer had been named by the BCCI for all three matches of the ODI squad, on Saturday the Indian cricket board had said in a press launch that Iyer will be a part of the Check squad following the primary of three 50-overs recreation. The quantity 4 batter who scored a half century in Johannesburg on Sunday, will likely be enjoying the inter-squad recreation alongside the Check squad forward of the primary match in Centurion.
Probably the most like for like substitute for Iyer is Rajat Patidar, who seems to be more likely to make his debut in Port Elizabeth. With 1963 Checklist A runs to his identify, Patidar has been an everyday quantity 4 batter for Madhya Pradesh.
Sai Sudharsan to maintain his spot as an opener
Feelings of creating his #TeamIndia debut ☺️
That stable partnership with vice-captain @ShreyasIyer15 💪
What it means to his household seeing him play worldwide cricket 👏@sais_1509 shares all of it on this post-match interplay 👌 👌 – By @RajalArora #SAvIND pic.twitter.com/Rptsrt71Wi— BCCI (@BCCI) December 18, 2023
In his India debut, Sai Sudharsan notched up a maiden ODI fifty. An innings that noticed the southpaw lace 9 boundaries off his unbeaten knock that lasted off 43 deliveries and helped India shut the chase inside 16.2 overs.
India had fielded 5 left handed batters of their enjoying XI throughout the T20 collection towards Australia and South Africa. It will be attention-grabbing to see if the Indian assume tank look to favor extra southpaws of their ODI setup as effectively with the likes of Rinku Singh additionally within the fray. If that’s the case, Sudharsan appears to be decide given his latest shows within the home circuit.
Predicted enjoying XI
India: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sai Sudharsan, Rajat Patidar, Tilak Varma, KL Rahul, Sanju Samson, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar
South Africa: Reeza Hendricks, Tony de Zorzi, Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram (c), Heinrich Klaasen (wk), David Miller, Wiaan Mulder, Andile Phehlukwayo, Keshav Maharaj, Nandre Burger, Tabraiz Shamsi