India and South Africa will be locking horns against each other in the first T20 match on 9th June at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi. Defeating the top ranked T20 side in their home soil won't be an easy tast for the Proteas.

Match Preview

India have rested their trump cards in the name of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah as KL Rahul will lead the home side. On the other hand, Temba Bavuma will lead the Proteas.

These two teams have played 15 matches against each other in this format so far where India won nine matches while South Africa managed to win six games. Another exciting series is anticipated here, with both teams looking in great recent touch.

The return of allrounder Hardik Pandya is something to watch out as far as the Indian team is concerned. Pandya led his team Gujarat Titans to their maiden title in the recently concluded Indian Premier League.

Match Prediction

Defeating Indian side in their home ground is obviously a tough ask. Having said that, this South Aftican side will definitely throw a challenge to the men in blue. The match is 60-40 in favor of Indian team in paper.

India Squad : KL Rahul (Captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (VC, wk), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Hardik Pandya, Venkatesh Iyer, Y Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, R Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik

South Africa Squad : Temba Bavuma (captain), Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Wayne Parnell, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs, Rassie van der Dussen, Marco Jansen

Player to Watch Out : KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant, Quinton de Kock, David Miller

India Probable XI : 

KL Rahul (C), Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Umran Malik

South Africa Probable XI :

Quinton de Kock (wk), Reeza Hendricks, Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Temba Bavuma (C), David Miller, Dwaine Pretorious, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Tabraiz Shamsi, Anrich Nortje