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Big picture: SA looks to avoid another home defeat

You can only deal with things at a certain level of cricket. Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar and Avesh Khan went into the first ODI of the series with just seven wickets between them but bowled out South Africa for 116 in conditions that featured inconsistent swing, seam and bounce.

As events progress in Gqeberha, and the night matches, you can expect a lot of changes in the game. Gqeberha hasn’t played an ODI for more than four years, but it wasn’t a very successful venue. It’s been 12 years and eight ODIs without a 300-run score. As it’s often the slowest and most underrated of the South African giants, India will be hoping to close the series there. For South Africa, the next two are must-win games to avoid a fourth home defeat in ODIs since April 2021, not a record to be proud of.

There is a lot to look forward to from the new talent that has emerged during the limited time of the tour. Nandre Burger impressed with his steady pace and pace, and Sai Sudharsan impressed with a fifty on debut.

Form guide

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In front of: Sai Sudharsan and Reeza Hendricks

Reeza Hendricks has gone two games without a hit in the first inning. To be fair to him, Hendricks found himself competing with the moving ball and fast ball in the final T20I and the first ODI in Johannesburg. After playing and missing most of his innings, all his innings ended in a shootout. They will want to answer correctly.

In a brief chase, Sai Sudharsan showed why his fellow officers treated him badly. The bowlers have now come back with their homework, and hope to show him the rigors of the game.

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If Gqeberha’s track is true to nature, South Africa is expected to play both spinners, Keshav Maharaj and Tabraiz Shamsi. Shreyas Iyer is leaving to join the Test team, so Rajat Patidar is the favorite to take his place.

South Africa (probably): 1 Reeza Hendricks, 2 Tony de Zorzi, 3 Rassie van der Dussen, 4 Aiden Markram (capt.), 5 Heinrich Klaasen (wk), 6 David Miller, 7 Andile Phehlukwayo, 8 Wiaan Mulder, 9 Nandre Burger, 10 Keshav Maharaj , 11 Tabraiz Shamsi

India (probably): 1 Ruturaj Gaikwad, 2 B Sai Sudharsan, 3 Rajat Patidar, 4 Tilak Varma, 5 KL Rahul (capt. & wk), 6 Sanju Samson, 7 Axar Patel, 8 Arshdeep Singh, 9 Avesh Khan, 10 Kuldeep Mudav Yakev, 1 Kumar

Learn with the conditions

The weather is nice, and the sounds are usually not too fast. Don’t expect the scores to increase.

Statistics and trivia

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“We went to dinner last night – me, Axar (Patel) and Avesh (Khan) – and we were talking about how aggressive the Proteas are when they wear the pink jersey and how they hit sixes when they’re in that jersey. So we were just talking about keeping them under 400. “ – Arshdeep Singh, after beating South Africa by 116.

“When you try to create a brand and a performance, you can have different experiences. That’s where the learning happens. That’s our journey. When it’s good, we’re good. When things are good. , we can score 400 but how do we still find a way to reach 280 on a hard wicket? That’s the question for us.” -JP Duminy