SA opt to bowl; Gill, Hardik back for India

Tue, 09 December 2025

18:50

Hardik Pandya

India boast of a strong line-up including some handy all-rounders in Hardik, Shivam Dube and Axar Patel with batting all the way up to No 8 and as many as seven options with the ball, including part-timers Abhishek Sharma and Shivam Dube.

South Africa also have a formidable line-up with some of their players having a lot of IPL experience including Quinton de Kock, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Marco Jansen and Dewald Brevis.

Check out the playing XIs:

India: Suryakumar Yadav (Captain), Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Jitesh Sharma (w/k), Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh.

South Africa: Aiden Markram (Captain), Quinton de Kock (w/k), Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brevis, David Miller, Donovan Ferreira, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Lutho Sipamla, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje

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