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 2-1 SA vs IRE and ENG in T20I - South Africa won by 2/0 & 2/1 respectively.

LAST SERIES OF BOTH THE TEAMS

India -  Rohit Sharma(C), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, SA Yadav, Axar Patel, Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik, Yuzvendra Chahal, JJ Bumrah, HV Patel, Arshdeep Singh

PROBABLE XIs

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]

TOP 5 RUN-SCORERS IN H2H

1. Ashwin - [6M, 10W] 2. Harshal Patel - [4M, 7W] 3. Yuzvendra Chahal - [6M, 7W] 4. Kagiso Rabada - [8M, 6W] 5. Dwaine Pretorious - [6M, 5W]

TOP 5 BOWLERS IN H2H

IND vs SA

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