Probable XI –
South Africa
Janneman Malan, Quinton de Kock (wk), Temba Bavuma (c), Aiden Markram, Rassie van der Dussen, David Miller, Andile Phehlukwayo, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi
India –
Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul (c), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, R Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal
Small League Combination 1 –
1. Quinton de Kock
2. Lokesh Rahul
3. Shikhar Dhawan
4. Virat Kohli(C)
5. Rassie Van Dussen/Temba Bavuma
6. Andile Phehlukwayo
7. Ravichandran Ashwin
8. Yuzvendra Chahal
9. Tabraiz Shamsi
10. Jasprit Bumrah(VC)
11. Lungi Ngidi
– Virat Kohli can be a good captain choice as he might be looking to go big in this match especially while chasing.
– Jasprit Bumrah looks safest VC choice considering his consistency to take wickets.
– Taking risk on Ashwin as he might get a couple of wickets considering the amount of spin available at this venue.
– Expecting Lokesh Rahul to come good in this match after getting out early early during the last match.
– Take anyone from Dussen or Bavuma as both might not go big in consecutive innings.
– Taking punt on Yuzvendra Chahal who might not go wicketless in consecutive innings especially at this type of surface.
Small League Combination 2 –
1. Quinton de Kock
2. Lokesh Rahul
3. Shikhar Dhawan(VC)
4. Virat Kohli(C)
5. Aiden Markram
6. Andile Phehlukwayo
7. Ravichandran Ashwin
8. Shardul Thakur
9. Jasprit Bumrah
10. Yuzvendra Chahal
11. Tabraiz Shamsi
– Going heavy on India as they might put up an excellent show to win this encounter after losing the last one.
– Virat and Dhawan looks safest C/VC pair considering their current good form and batting averages of above 50 in H2H innings.
– Can take Shreyas Iyer at the place Lokesh Rahul as he will be crucial if anyone from top three depart early.
– Taking punt on Markram considering his two down batting and some overs with the bowl.
– Dropped both Dussen and Bavuma as they might not go big in consecutive innings.
– Can take Bhuvneshwar Kumar at the place of Shardul Thakur especially while bowling first.
Grand League Combination –
1. Quinton de Kock
2. Rishabh Pant
3. Virat Kohli
4. David Miller
5. Lokesh Rahul
6. Aiden Markram
7. Andile Phehlukwayo/Ravichandran Ashwin
8. Tabraiz Shamsi(VC)
9. Bhuvneshwar Kumar
10. Jasprit Bumrah
11. Yuzvendra Chahal (C)
– Yuzvendra Chahal and Shamsi looks open C/VC choices considering their full overs of spin bowling.
– Expecting Bhuvi to take atleast a couple of wickets considering the initial movement he was getting from the pitch during the last match.
– Take anyone from Ravichandran Ashwin or Phehlukwayo as both can come handy with bat at down the order and bowling full overs.
– David Miller can be a crucial pick especially if a couple of top order batters depart early.
– Expecting both the WK Batters to go big in this match after getting out early during the last one.
– Musy try Ravichandran Ashwin and Keshav Maharaj as C/VC in a couple of GL combinations.