IND vs. SA, fourth T20I: Team India’s tour of South Africa is coming to an end. The fourth and final match of the 4-match T20I series will be played in Johannesburg. Team India leads the series 2-1 and now they will try to win the series 3-1. However, hosts South Africa are hoping for a draw in the series.
Johannesburg Wanderers have been lucky for Team India. In 2007, the Indian team defeated Pakistan at this stadium and won the first T20 World Cup. India’s record in this regard is excellent. The Indian team has played a total of 4 T20I matches here so far and won all of them. India played its last T20I match in Johannesburg 6 years ago in 2018. A lot has changed for the Indian team since then. In the past 6 years, many players have been dismissed from the Indian team. It also includes many veteran players.
The team’s last game was six years ago
India played their last T20I against South Africa on February 18, 2018 in Johannesburg. At that time, it was the first match of the 3-match T20I series and the command of the Indian team was in the hands of Virat Kohli with Mahendra Singh Dhoni as the The wicketkeeper-batsman participates in the team. The responsibility of the team’s first innings rests with Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan. Players like Suresh Raina, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Manish Pandey, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal and Jaydev Unadkat also participated in that match. But over time, most of these players gradually lost contact with the team.
9 players are not part of the Indian team
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma bid farewell to T20I cricket, while Shikhar Dhawan, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Suresh Raina quit all three forms of cricket. Meanwhile, Manish Pandey, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal and Jaydev Unadkat have been sidelined for long periods of time. Only 11 players from the T20I tournament held in Johannesburg six years ago are currently playing for the Indian team. Among them, Hardik Pandya is the only player in today’s fourth T20I of the series against South Africa as Jasprit Bumrah joins the Test squad for Australia trip.
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