For the 4th T20I match of the ongoing series, India and South Africa will lock horns in Johannesburg on Friday evening, 15th November. Both India and South Africa will enter this game with the same intention for different reasons. India will come to win this match to win the consecutive T20I series in South Africa. On the other hand, South Africa will try to win, and avoid a series defeat at home.
After three games, the four-match T20I series is in the favor of the Indian team with the scoreline of 2-1. But Wanderers is a batting-friendly surface with spongy bounce, and Indian batting hasn’t clicked yet as a unit. India won both games because of the individual brilliance of Sanju Samson in the 1st T20I and Tilak Verma in the 3rd match.
If India wants to win this series, they once again have to perform as a well-oiled unit, especially in batting. On the other side, South Africa too is swalloing the bitter pill, and they also haven’t yet gotten a big knock from the top 3 batters. In short, the match in Johannesburg will be decided by the batting performance of both teams, because bowlers from each sides have played their part.
India vs South Africa Head to Head in T20I
India and South Africa have played 30 T20 matches so far. India won 17 of them, South Africa only won 12, and one ended without a result.
| Total matches | 30 |
| India won | 17 |
| South Africa won | 12 |
| Draw/NoResult | 1 |
| Tied | 0 |
The Wanderers, Johannesburg Pitch Report for the 4th T20I Match of the India vs South Africa Series
The pitch at the Wanderers is known for its pace and uneven bounce. Although the wicket in Johannesburg is a good batting wicket, seamers too get some movement from the surface because of the moisture content. However, that seam movement remains for a few overs of the early part of the game. After that, the wicket settles down, and the only discomfort batters get is from the spongy bounce. If a batter copes with that, then he can easily score big runs here.
Playing 11s for SA vs IND 4rd T20I Match, Johannesburg
India
Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Surya Kumar Yadav (c), Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy
South Africa
Ryan Rickelton, Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (c), Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Andile Simelane, Lutho Sipamla
Today’s Match Prediction
Predicted Score 1st Inning: 180-190
Match Prediction
According to Google Win Predictor, India has a 56% chance of winning this match; on the other hand, South Africa has only a 44 % chance of being triumphant.
Players To Watch Out For In SA vs IND 4th T20I, Johannesburg
Sanju Samson (India)
After scoring a brilliant 100 in the first match at Kingsmead, Sanju failed to score in the 2nd and 3rd T20Is. But Sanju is a batsman who destroy the entire bowling line-up on his own. Despite failures in the last two games, Sanju Samson is looking in good touch, and he can score 50 to 70 runs in the last match of this four-game series.
Keshav Maharaj (South Africa)
Traditionally the pitch in Johannesburg is known for its pace and uneven bounce, but Maharaj is a special bowler who can get purchase from any surface. In the 3rd match, Maharaj had almost repeated the middle over muddle of India. But thanks to Tilak, the Indian middle order didn’t collapse again. With the uneven bounce of the Wanderers, playing Maharaj will be a huge challenge for Indian batters.
