India The second match of the five-match T20I series will be against South Africa. This article provides details about the playing 11 of South Africa vs India for the second match of the series.
South Africa Playing XI vs India – 2nd T20I, South Africa tour of India 2025:
Openers: Quinton de Kock (wk), Aiden Markram (captain)
South Africa will be aiming to make a strong comeback in the five-match T20 series against India after a 101-run defeat in the last game, as the team was bowled out for its lowest total in this format of the game.
It was the Proteas’ batting that let them down while chasing a manageable target of 176 runs, as none of the batsmen tried to bat intelligently and take the game deeper, which the Indian batsmen did after losing early wickets.
The team management will be hoping for a better effort from the batsmen against the strong Indian bowling line-up, which was brilliant from the first ball in the opening match of the series.
The responsibility of giving a good start to the team will be on the opening pair of captain Aiden Markram and experienced wicketkeeper batsman Quinton de Kock.
Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brewis, David Miller, Donovan Ferreira, Marco Johnson.
The openers will be followed by the middle order which has a good mix of talent and experience with the presence of Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brewis, David Miller and Marco Jensen.
All the above mentioned batsmen will have to take responsibility and control things in the middle overs so that South Africa can post a better score while batting first, or complete whatever score is set by the opposition.
The South African team management could also bring in fast-bowling all-rounder Corbin Bosch as one of two specialist pacers to boost the squad to number eight, which is the norm in modern-day white-ball cricket.
The reason for this move is the length of South Africa’s batting lineup in the previous match, which finished at number seven, which given the nature of the game could lead to a reduced number of batsmen in this format of the game.
Having said that, the team will be looking to support its top five batsmen to score huge runs for the team and make the Indian bowlers rethink their plans.
Bowlers: Keshav Maharaj, Lutho Sipamla, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje
In contrast to South Africa’s batting, the team’s bowling was spot on for the majority of the Indian batting innings.
The South African bowling attack, which included Marco Jansen, Lutho Sipamla, Lungi Ngidi and the return of Anrich Nortje, had planned for the home team’s top three batsmen and were able to stick to it for the first six overs.
As a result, India lost wickets early in the innings and had to regroup to be reduced to 104-5 after 14 overs.
The team will hope that the fast bowling department delivers a similar performance in the next match and will also sort out their spin bowling department, which featured only one specialist spinner in the form of Keshav Maharaj in the opening match of the series.
