Indian Cricket Team has travelled to South Africa for a four-match T20I series. They are currently playing in the first T20I of the series at the Kingsmead in Durban. This is the first face off between the two sides after the T20 World Cup 2024 final held earlier this year in Barbados. Team India managed to win the tournament by beating the Proteas by seven runs in a thrilling match.
Before the start of every match, the players from both sides get together on the field to sing their national anthems. However, an unforeseen thing happened during the national anthem ahead of this game.
The Indian national anthem was interrupted twice in the middle. Players like Hardik Pandya and Tilak Varma were confused with what was happening. On the other hand, the Indian captain, Suryakumar Yadav and Axar Patel smiled during that tensed moment.
Aiden Markram won the toss and elected to bowl first
Meanwhile, Proteas captain Aiden Markram wanted to bowl first after winning the toss. He wanted to use the moisture on the wicket due to the rain that has been happening in Durban for the last week or so. Markram talked about how these matches are a chance to test the new players and grow as a T20I team by getting positive results.
On the other hand, Suryakumar Yadav also wanted to bat first after winning the toss and hence he was happy with what turned out even after losing the toss. He felt that the wicket was a good wicket to bat on and hence wanted his batters to put the runs on the board by batting first. SKY praised the fearless approach with which his team’s batters have been playing and this has made his job easier.
South Africa (Playing XI): Ryan Rickelton, Aiden Markram(c), Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen(w), David Miller, Patrick Kruger, Marco Jansen, Andile Simelane, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Nqabayomzi Peter
India (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson(w), Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan
