🏏South Africa vs India, 2nd T20I: At St George's Park, Gqeberha 🏏 - Page 5

Pitch report: Square boundaries are 64m and 67m, straight hit is 77m. Average bounce in South Africa is 8cm more than what it is in India, but here at St George's Park it's not so much so India will be comfortable here. Lots of grass on the pitch today so that it can hold the surface together. Many batters complain about ball hitting bottom of the bat, but I don't think they need to worry about it today - opines Pommie Mbangwa

Shubman Gill: Very important series for us. There are just five more games before the IPL. So in terms of that it's very important. I haven't had that much of T20Is under my belt so this series and the three matches in India will be very important. It's all about staying in a good mental place and then go about executing your shots. I mean at the end of the day, it's a game of bat and ball. It's about playing the situation and that is what I focus on.

Few changes have been made to our Fantasy Handbook team due to conditions and team combinations.

Ruturaj Gaikwad has been left out due to illness. But no Bishnoi and no Shreyas Iyer is surprising. Bishnoi was recently crowned the No.1 T20I bowler in the world and Iyer is coming off a 37-ball 53 against Australia. Tilak Varma is likely to come in at no. 3. For South Africa, there are no major surprises. I was hoping Nandre Burger would get a debut, though.

Important toss for South Africa to win. There is likely to be a lot of bounce and movement early on. The surface has been under covers for a while, and the conditions are also overcast. Should be an exciting contest.

Graham: "South Africa have four names with 'Z' in them. Has this happened before?" Graham asking the important questions

Ash: "@Vineet J Kuldeep too would have felt the same had he been left out after some fantastic white-ball performances of late

Krishna: "would be interesting to see Kuldeep on these pitches where he had a lot of success in 2018

India lost its first wicket without scoring a run.

Jansen to Jaiswal, OUT

Cut hard bur straight to Miller at backward point.

Yashasvi Jaiswal c Miller b Jansen 0 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0

0.3 Marco Jansen to Jaiswal, out Caught by Miller!! Oh that's a sharp grab by Miller at backward point - who else can it be! This is a bonus wicket for Marco Jansen and South Africa. Short delivery just outside off stump, credit to the bowler for cramping the batter on the cut shot though, Jaiswal c Miller b Marco Jansen 0(3)

Marco Jansen to Jaiswal, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Oh nooo

Marco Jansen to Jaiswal, out Caught by Miller!! Oh that's a sharp grab by Miller at backward point - who else can it be! This is a bonus wicket for Marco Jansen and South Africa. Short delivery just outside off stump, credit to the bowler for cramping the batter on the cut shot though, Jaiswal c Miller b Marco Jansen 0(3)

Marco Jansen to Jaiswal, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

0.4 Marco Jansen to Tilak Varma, no run, in the airrrr, dropped.

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