India Will face South Africa in the fifth match of the five-match T20 series. This article provides details about the playing 11 of India vs South Africa for the fifth match of the series.
Playing XI of India vs South Africa – 5th T20 Match, South Africa tour of India 2025:
Openers: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill
India will be looking to make it consecutive wins in the ongoing five-match T20I series against South Africa to clinch another series win in this format.
The Men in Blue have all their bases covered in the batting and bowling departments, but India will be worried about the fitness of vice-captain Shubman Gill.
Gill was ruled out of the fourth T20I, which was eventually abandoned due to extreme fog, and will look to recover in time for the series decider in Ahmedabad.
However, it will be a race against time for the opening batsman as there is a gap of only one day between the fourth and fifth T20 matches.
If Shubman fails to recover in time for the next game, there is every possibility that Sanju Samson will open the batting along with Abhishek Sharma.
Sanju will aim to take advantage of the opportunity by playing match-winning innings for his team and providing good support to Abhishek Sharma, who has made a comeback in Dharamshala after struggling in the first two matches.
Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper).
The opening pair will be followed by captain Suryakumar Yadav, who is in dire need of runs, Tilak Verma, who played a good innings in Dharamshala, and Hardik Pandya, who has also made decisive contributions in the series.
The above mentioned batsmen will be assisted by Shivam Dubey and Jitesh Sharma, who have not had much to do in the matches won by India so far in the series.
However, one interesting thing to keep an eye on will be the batting order, which has seen a lot of changes in the series, especially as far as the middle is concerned.
Irrespective of the batting order, the responsibility of scoring most of the runs for the team will be on the top five batsmen.
Bowlers: Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakraborty, Arshdeep Singh
When it comes to India’s bowling attack, they will be looking to repeat the performance they delivered in the last match.
The bowling lineup, which included Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy and Kuldeep Yadav, restricted South Africa to 117 runs in Dharamsala and will be looking to do the same in Ahmedabad.
The fast bowling pair of Harshit Rana and Arshdeep Singh will aim to take wickets in the first six overs.
Harshit Rana and Arshdeep Singh will be supported by fast bowling all-rounders Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dubey and spinners Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakraborty in the middle overs.
Suryakumar Yadav having a choice of six bowling options will make things a little easier for him during the game.
