IND vs SA 1st T20 Date, Live Streaming: India vs South Africa Pitch Report, weather, squads, Playing XI prediction

IND vs SA 1st T20 Schedule, Live Streaming, Date, Pitch Report, Weather: Suryakumar Yadav’s Team India will met Aiden Markram’s South Africa in the first T20I at Kingsmead, Durban on Friday.In the first meeting between the sides since their T20 World Cup final clash in Barbados, the Men in Blue have seen a tremendous overhaul with the retirements of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. Meanwhile the Proteas will retain an explosive batting line-up headlined Markram, David Miller, Heinrich Klaasen and Tran Stubbs.
IND vs SA Predicted XIIndia: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Suryakumar Yadav (capt), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Avesh Khan, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh.
South Africa: Reeza Hendricks, Ryan Rickelton, Aiden Markram (capt), Tran Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Gerald Coetzee, Nqaba Peter, Ottneil Baartman.
Players to watch out for
Sanju Samson: In his last innings in South Africa in an ODI decider last year, Sanju Samson cracked his maiden ODI hundred. He heads into the contest now in Durban on the back of his maiden T20I hundred against Bangladesh last month.
Heinrich Klaasen: The hard-hitting Klaasen, who was retained for a whopping Rs 23 crore Sunrisers Hyderabad before the IPL 2025 auction, could not close the game last time the teams met. He will be vying to make amends, starting the Durban game.
Pitch report: The Durban strip is slightly on the slower side among South Africa venues but has aided run-scoring throughout the years.
Weather report: According to Accuweather.com, scattered thunderstorms and rain have been predicted on Friday evening in Durban which is likely to play spoilsport to the game.
Squads
India Squad: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson(w), Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Avesh Khan, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Yash Dayal, Ravi Bishnoi, Ramandeep Singh, Jitesh Sharma.
South Africa Squad: Reeza Hendricks, Ryan Rickelton(w), Aiden Markram(c), Tran Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Gerald Coetzee, Nqabayomzi Peter, Ottneil Baartman, Donovan Ferreira, Mihlali Mpongwana, Patrick Kruger.
IND vs SA live streaming info
The first T20I between India and South Africa will be telecast on the Sports18 network and streamed live on JioCinema app and website from 8:30 PM on Friday.