India South Africa will be in the fourth of the five-match T20I series. This article provides details about the playing 11 of South Africa vs India for the fourth match of the series.
South Africa Playing XI vs India – 4th T20I, South Africa tour of India 2025:
Openers: Reeza Hendricks, Quinton de Kock (wk)
South Africa will hope to perform better in all three aspects in the upcoming match to retain the series after a disappointing performance in the third T20I in Dharamsala.
In the previous game, the visitors were out of sorts with bat, ball and field, being bowled out for 117 in difficult but manageable batting conditions.
The Proteas batting lineup will look to make a strong comeback against the bowling lineup in Lucknow, which utilized the help given in the last match and will look to repeat the same in the next match.
The South African captain and team management will be backing their openers to get the team off to a good start in the first six overs.
Along with this, the opening pair of Quinton de Kock and Aiden Markram would also like to score runs individually to build confidence for the final match of South Africa’s India tour.
Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Aiden Markram, Dewald Brewis, Tristan Stubbs, Donovan Ferreira, Marco Johnson, Corbin Bosch.
The only bright light in South Africa’s batting lineup in the third T20I was their captain Aiden Markram, who scored a half-century and held one end while wickets kept falling at the other end.
Markram would like to once again lead the team from the front in a do-or-die match and will also expect good support from his fellow batsmen.
The likes of Dewald Brewis, Tristan Stubbs and Donovan Ferreira are talented batsmen and are capable of taking the game away from the opponent, but have not been able to live up to the expectations in the ongoing series.
The Proteas are expected to do well on them, as batting first and chasing the target will increase the team’s chances of leveling the series, and the momentum gained from this match will carry into the decider.
Bowlers: Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi, Otniel Bartman
As far as the performance of South Africa’s bowling lineup in the third T20 match is concerned, although it did not have many runs to play for, it managed to drag the game beyond the 15th over, which should give it some kind of confidence.
South African bowlers would like their bowlers to score enough runs in the first innings so that they can win the match in Lucknow.
The Proteas are expected to have at least seven bowling options, with captain Aiden Markram himself providing more than two if required.
The availability of seven bowling options gives the captain the opportunity to choose between them depending on the playing conditions.
