Overview:
India are leading the series 2-1, following their success in the series opener and the third contest. South Africa returned to winning ways in the second game.
The fourth T20I between India and South Africa has been called off due to dense fog. The visibility didn’t improve, and the officials decided to abandon the game at 9:25 pm after six inspections. India are leading the series 2-1, following their success in the series opener and the third contest. South Africa returned to winning ways in the second game.
Earlier, Shubman Gill was ruled out of the match due to a ,foot injury. He was likely to be replaced by Sanju Samson but the game didn’t start, meaning Shubman has a chance to return to India’s Playing XI if he gets fit before the final T20I.
India’s experiments have come under scrutiny, with the former player questioning the need to try out different players in various batting slots, given the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 is just a few months away.
Gautam Gambhir, the head coach and captain, and Suryakumar Yadav have highlighted the need for the batters to be flexible in the shortest format of the game. Apart from the openers, the decision-makers have refused to confirm the settled batting unit.
India are unbeaten in its last 13 T20 series. It won the ODI series 2-1 over South Africa after losing the test series 2—0.