Jasprit Bumrah, who had returned home between India vs South Africa T20 series due to personal reasons, has now rejoined the team. Sanju Samson was ready to play in the fourth T20, but due to fog it was canceled without any ball being bowled. Now the return of the wicketkeeper is possible in Ahmedabad, the fifth and last match of the T20 series will be played here on Friday, December 19 at Narendra Modi Stadium.
Team India, captained by Suryakumar Yadav, is ahead 2-1 in the 5-match series. The team won the first and third matches played in Cuttack and Dharamshala, while the second T20 played in New Chandigarh was won by South Africa. Now in Ahmedabad, Team India would like to win the series 3-1 while the visiting team would like to win and end it in a draw.
Bumrah and Samson will return in Ahmedabad!
Sanju Samson has not yet got a chance in the playing 11 in the ongoing T20 series against South Africa, he had played only 2 T20s even on the Australia tour. After the injury of Shubman Gill in the last match held in Lucknow, his return was considered certain, but here even the toss could not take place due to fog.
Shubman Gill was out of the last T20 after getting injured. It is considered difficult that he plays in the fifth T20, in such a situation Sanju Samson may return in the important match to be held in Ahmedabad. In the absence of Gill, Sanju can open with Abhishek Sharma.
Jasprit Bumrah had returned to his home before the third T20 due to personal reasons, who has joined the team before the Lucknow match. In the earlier matches, Arshdeep and Bumrah were playing together, hence Harshit Rana may have to sit out due to Bumrah’s arrival. Wicketkeeper batsman Jitesh Sharma, who played in the first 3 T20s, may have to be out of the playing 11 in Ahmedabad. He scored 10 and 27 runs in the first and second matches respectively. He did not bat in the third match.
India’s probable playing 11
Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakraborty.
Probable playing 11 of South Africa
Reeza Hendricks, Quinton de Kock (wk), Aiden Markram (captain), Dewald Brewis, David Miller, Donovan Ferreira, George Linde, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Lungi Ngidi, Ottenil Baartman.
