New Delhi. The fourth and decisive match of the T20 series between India and South Africa will be played today on Friday. India has a chance to win the series by winning this match, while South Africa will try to draw the match. The good thing from the Indian point of view is that the ground on which the match is to be played is considered lucky for Team India. India won the first T20 World Cup in 2007 on this ground. Suryakumar Yadav has scored a century on this ground. The win-loss statistics are also in India's favor.
India won 4 out of 6 matches at The Wanderers.
The fourth T20 match between India and South Africa is to be played at The Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. The Indian team has played a total of 6 T20 matches here. It has won 4 of these while it has lost two. This is one of those few grounds in the world where the toss does not matter much. The 26 T20 International matches played at The Wanderers are proof of this. Out of these 26 matches, 13 have been won by the teams batting first while the remaining 13 have been won by the teams batting later.
Spinners dominate in the current series
. India has won 2 out of 3 matches in the current T20 series. Indian spinners have dominated this entire series. Especially Varun Chakraborty has proved to be an unsolved puzzle for the African batsmen. In this series, Sanju Samson and Tilak Verma have scored centuries while Abhishek Sharma has hit a stormy fifty. Overall, the Indian team is in rhythm and is a contender for victory.
South Africa could win only 12 out of 30 matches.
India has won a 3-match series in South Africa only once. It defeated the host team 2-1 in 2018. Now Suryakumar Yadav's team has a chance to win the T20 series in South Africa for the second time. Anyway, the statistics in T20 matches against South Africa are in India's favor. Both the teams have clashed 30 times in T20 matches. India has won 17 of these matches. South Africa has won 12 matches and one was cancelled.
The match will start at 8.30 pm
. The match between India and South Africa will start at 8.30 pm tonight. It will be interesting to see whether India makes any changes in its playing eleven or not. In the last match, India came with one change. Ramandeep Singh was given a chance in place of Avesh Khan. All-rounder Ramandeep scored 15 runs in the match. He did not get a chance to bowl. India scored 219 runs in the third T20 match with the help of Tilak Verma's century, in response to which South Africa could score only 208 runs.
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