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SA vs IND 1st T20I Dream11 Team Prediction: Preview

Welcome to our Preview for SA vs IND 1st T20I. The match will be played at the New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg and This is our Dream11 probable playing XI for India vs South Africa 1st T20I.

International T20I are as meaningless as sending someone a telegram in today’s world. Winning or losing these three matches will not much affect any team, the mood in both the camps is quite low. SA will like to win this series and end on the happy note, same for India.

Duminy will be captaining the South African side. Amla and Markram are rested but ABD will take part in these matches. South Africa has thrown in lot many fresh faces for this series. The T20 Specialists added include Hendricks, Smuts, Dala, Paterson and Jonker. This fresh team will not have the baggage of losses in ODI series.

Indian fans will be very much interested in one man who is making his return to the national colors after a long time. Suresh Raina had a horrible Ranji Trophy and ODI season but at a crucial time, he managed to perform well with the consecutive century and two half-centuries in T20 cricket thus earning the selection. The core of the Indian team will be very much the same as that of ODIs.

When and Where:

SA vs IND, 1st T20I
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
18th February 2018
6:00 PM IST

Venue Stats:

Avg 1st innings score: 174
Avg 2nd innings score: 158

Squads:

South Africa:
Jean-Paul Duminy (c), Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Reeza Hendricks, JJ Smuts, AB de Villiers, David Miller, Chris Morris, Andile Phehlukwayo, Junior Dala, Dane Paterson, Aaron Phangiso, Farhaan Behardien, Christiaan Jonker, Tabraiz Shamsi.

India:
Virat Kohli (c), MS Dhoni (wk), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Lokesh Rahul, Jaydev Unadkat, Dinesh Karthik, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur

Team News:

India:
India persisted with Shreyas Iyer in ODIs, But in T20 The choice will be between Dinesh Karthik and Manish Pandey, management can go with anyone. Suresh Raina Likely to go Straight in XI.

South Africa:
This South African squad is drastically different than the one that played against Bangladesh in October 2017 so it is really difficult to predict their final XI. Be careful while picking fringe players.

India vs South Africa 1st T20I probable playing XI:

(Arranged in batting order)

India :
Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli (c), Suresh Raina, Dinesh Karthik/Manish Pandey, MS Dhoni (wk), Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal

South Africa:
Reeza Hendricks, JJ Smuts, AB de Villiers, Jean-Paul Duminy (c), David Miller, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Chris Morris/Christiaan Jonker, Andile Phehlukwayo, Junior Dala, Dane Paterson, Aaron Phangiso/Tabraiz Shamsi.

Dream11 Team prediction:

Dream11 team for SA vs IND 1st T20I

Suggestions:

• In WK, both Klaasen and Dhoni bat in lower middle order but Klaasen is likely to get more chance of batting.
• Dhawan & Kohli are must picks. So is ABD. Rest spot, you can go with Hendricks/Rohit.
• In AR, Duminy-Smuts-Pandya are good options. Morris may get rotated for rest.
• Kuldeep and Chahal are obvious picks. Bumrah will be great to have in T20s.

Key Players

India:
Virat Kohli
Shikhar Dhawan
Y Chahal
Kuldeep Yadav
J Bumrah

South Africa:
JJ Smuts
AB De Villiers
Heinrich Klaasen
JP Duminy

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