Will South Africa take a 2-0 lead in the series or the home team bounce back with a win to level the series ? The tough contest is expected in the second match of the 5 match series at Cuttack.

Match Preview

India might have lost the first match of the series but the hosts batted well in the match. They put on a highest total against South Africa in T20Is. It was their bowling that couldn't defend a total of 211. Credit has to be given to South African batting especially David Miller and Rassie van der Dussen who took the game away from the men in blue with brilliant hitting.

Match Prediction

Despite trailing in the series, one has to favor the home side ahead of the second match of the series. We might see some changes in bowling tactics from India. We might even see Umran Malik coming in place of Harshal Patel in the bowling department. As a whole, we can expect a tight contest between these two sides.

India Probable Playing XI :

Ruturaj Gaikwad
Ishan Kishan
Shreyas Iyer
Rishabh Pant (Captain, wk)
Hardik Pandya
Dinesh Karthik
Axar Patel
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Harshal Patel
Yuzvendra Chahal
Umran Malik

South Africa Probable Playing XI :

Temba Bavuma (Captain)
Quinton de Kock (wk)
Dwaine Pretorius
Rassie van der Dussen
David Miller
Tristan Stubbs
Wayne Parnell
Kagiso Rabada
Keshav Maharaj
Anrich Nortje
Tabraiz Shamsi

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