SA vs IND 2024/25, SA vs IND 4th T20I Match Report, 15th November 2024

Suryakumar Yadav won the toss for the first time in the four-match T20I series against South Africa and stuck to what has worked for them in their two wins so far. They will have South Africa chasing the Wanderers in what is a must-win game for the hosts to avoid losing the series.

Both teams went in with the same XIs they fielded at SuperSport Park, demonstrating India’s confidence in their specialist spinners, even in conditions more suited to seamers. Varun Chakravarthy leads the wicket-taker’s list with 10 to his name, twice as many as his nearest rival, Arshdeep Singh. Ravi Bishnoi and Gerald Coetzee are next with four wickets each.

South Africa have not had consistent players with the ball in hand but have kept faith with a four-seam attack. Gerald Coetzee and Lutho Sipamla were particularly expensive on Friday night but Sipamla, on his home ground, can feel confident in his abilities at the venue where he produced man of the match in a domestic final just 10 days ago. . Keshav Maharaj remains the only specialist spinner. There has been no room for Donovan Ferreira, Patrick Kruger, Ottneil Baartman or the unrivaled all-rounder Mihlali Mpongwana.

India have not needed the reserve-wicket-keeper debate Jitesh Sharma, or the unprotected left-arm seamer Yash Dayal, and the right-arm seamer Vijaykumar Vyshak. India cannot lose the series but a win will give them a fifth consecutive bilateral series win this year. They have won 23 out of 25 games in the format in 2024.