India Will face South Africa in the fourth match of the five-match T20 series. This article provides details about the playing 11 of India vs South Africa for the fourth match of the series.
India Playing XI vs South Africa – 4th T20I, South Africa tour of India 2025:
Openers: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill
India will be satisfied with the way they performed with bat, ball and in the field in the third T20I and bounced back strongly after a disappointing defeat in the second game of the five-match T20I series against South Africa.
The Men in Blue would like to deliver a similar performance in the fourth T20I to be held in Lucknow.
The Suryakumar Yadav-led side is expected to go into the upcoming match with an unchanged playing XI and will look to address two major concerns in the batting department, which are the form of the captain and vice-captain.
Suryakumar Yadav and Shubman Gill have struggled to get going in the three matches played so far in this series, and will look to score runs in the next game.
Having said that, Shubman’s opening partner Abhishek made a comeback after scoring runs in the last match and will look to continue the form in the fourth game as well.
Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper).
The opening pair of Shubman Gill and Abhishek Sharma will be followed by the middle order who finished the game for India and helped the team take a 2-1 lead in the series.
The onus will be on players like Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dubey to perform well in the next game as well.
The above mentioned names will enjoy batting at Ekana Cricket Stadium as the pitch at the venue is expected to be good for batting, the ball will come well on the bat, helping the batsmen to rely on the bounce to play their shots.
However, the middle-order batsmen will hope that the openers create a platform for them to take advantage as they did while chasing the target of 118 runs in the last match.
Bowlers: Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakraborty, Arshdeep Singh
As far as India’s bowling attack is concerned, it would not be a bad decision if the Men in Blue decide to field the same bowling attack that they had in the previous game.
This is because it was performed by making full use of the supportive conditions available in Dharamshala.
If the case remains the same then India’s fast bowling department will be handled by Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dubey.
Talking about the spin bowling department of the home team, the responsibility for it will be on Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakraborty.
The presence of six bowling options in the team gives captain Suryakumar Yadav the opportunity to rotate them according to the situation of the game.
