India vs South Africa 2024, 4th T20I: Toss result and playing 11s for today’s match, umpires list, and pitch report
Team India face South Africa at The Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on Friday, November 15 in the fourth and final T20I of the series. The Men in Blue are 2-1 up and will be keen to add another T20I jewel to their crown. The Proteas, meanwhile, have no option but to win the game to level the series.
South Africa have been lucky with the toss in the series, winning three in a row, but have failed to use it to their advantage. They sent India into bat in the third T20I at Centurion for a third consecutive time, but their bowlers conceded 219 runs as Tilak Varma smashed 107* off 56 and opener Abhishek Sharma 50 off 25.
The Proteas batters came hard at India in the chase. However, the top three batters perished after reaching their 20s. Some sensational hitting from Heinrich Klaasen (41 off 22) and Marco Jansen (54 off 17) kept them in the hunt. But India had enough runs in the bank to sneak home.
Today's IND vs SA toss result
India have won the toss and have decided to bat first. Suryakumar Yadav said:
“We have been doing that (batting first) well in the last 2-3 games and we want to stick to that.”
India and South Africa are going into the match with unchanged playing XIs.
IND vs SA - Today's match playing XIs
India: Sanju Samson (w), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakaravarthy.
South Africa: Ryan Rickelton, Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (c), Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen (w), David Miller, Marco Jansen, Gerald Coetzee, Andile Simelane, Lutho Sipamla, Keshav Maharaj.
Today's IND vs SA pitch report
"It's been a slightly cooler day at Johannesburg compared to the last two weeks. The game will be played at the center of the square. Bare surface usually, but there's a decent grass covering. No cracks to talk of. The ball will carry through nicely." - Natalie Germanos and Shaun Pollock
Today's IND vs SA match players list
India squad: Sanju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakaravarthy, Avesh Khan, Jitesh Sharma, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Yash Dayal
South Africa squad: Ryan Rickelton, Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (c),Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), David Miller, Marco Jansen, Andile Simelane, Gerald Coetzee, Lutho Sipamla, Keshav Maharaj, Nqabayomzi Peter, Patrick Kruger, Mihlali Mpongwana, Donovan Ferreira, Ottneil Baartman
IND vs SA - Today's match umpires
Umpires: Allahuddien Paleker, Stephen Harris
Third umpire: Lubabalo Gcuma
Match Referee: Andy Pycroft