In the opening Twenty20 International game on Wednesday at Thiruvananthapuram's Greenfield International Stadium, India (IND) will host South Africa (SA).
IND vs AUS T20I - India won by 2-1SA vs IRE and ENG in T20I - South Africa won by 2/0 & 2/1 respectively.
South Africa - RR Hendricks, DA Miller, T Bavuma(C), RR Rossouw, T Stubbs, AK Markram, Dwaine Pretorius, Q de Kock, K Rabada, T Shamsi, A Nortje
PROBABLE XIs
Deepak Hooda and Mohammed Shami have been ruled out of the series and are replaced by Shreyas Iyer and Shahbaz Ahmed, respectively.
INJURY AND AVAILABILITY NEWS
The pitch at Greenfield has a surface that is conducive to bowling. However, in the most recent T20I games, India and the West Indies both managed to achieve a total of 170 or more.
PITCH REPORT
1.Rohit Sharma - [12M, 362R]2.Virat Kohli - [9M, 254R]3. David Miller - [11M, 195R]4. Quinton de Kock - [5M, 173R]5. Reeza Hendricks - [7M, 164R]