Shai Hope missed the first match due to a minor injury, and there was no place for Shamar Joseph in the squad. If fit, both are likely to return to the playing XI for this match.
The West Indies will be hoping for the return of their regular captain, Shai Hope, in this crucial match.
With the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 set to be played in India and Sri Lanka starting next month, South Africa's spinners sent out a strong message with a collective impact performance in Paarl
South Africa vs West Indies 1st T20 HIGHLIGHTS: Proteas skipper Aidem Markram (86 not out off 47 balls) was the top scorer of the match
The T20I series between South Africa and West Indies was initially scheduled to be four matches long but was trimmed down to three later on to keep players fresh for T20 World Cup 2026
South Africa have so far played just one T20I match at this venue, against England in 2020. England won the match by four wickets
South Africa could only reach 238 runs in reply to the 267-run target set by Afghanistan in their campaign opener
The Willowmoore Park surface in Benoni offers a balanced track, with batters getting the advantage early in the match, but momentum shifting to bowlers as the game progresses
In an interesting situation, the current top three in the WTC 2025-27 points table are the winners of all three editions of the World Test Championship
South African pace great Dale Steyn has described Hardik Pandya as a superhero who "operates at another level mentally" with an unmatched aura, after the flamboyant India all-rounder's scintillating knock in the fifth T20I. Pandya (63) hit the second fastest T20I fifty for India, while Tilak Varma produced a fluent 73 to set up the hosts' 30-run victory after they posted an imposing 232-run target for the Proteas here on Friday. "Hardik was fantastic he's transcended sportsman into celebrity territory, walking out like a superhero in a scripted movie plot where nobody alters his plan," said Steyn on JioStar. He added, "It's not a bad attitude; it's pure dominance, an aura where nobody else can match what he does. You see it in his stance and presence he's operating at another level mentally, unbreakable in a game that's all about mental battles. All these players are skilled, but he's elevated beyond." Steyn did not support the South African batters' cautious approach against ...
South Africa head coach Shukri Conrad termed his team's tour of India a very successful one and hoped that the two teams meet once again in the final of the next year's T20 World Cup. India are the defending champions of the T20 World Cup when they co-host the tournament from February 7 to March 8 along with Sri Lanka, having defeated the Proteas in a thrilling final in the last edition in 2024. We've got some work to do still, there's no doubt. But the good thing is that the boys have got a month of SA20 coming up and that will also be really good prep in honing their skills to ensure that when the West Indies arrive on our shores we're ready for that, Conrad told the media after the fifth T20I, which India won by 30 runs to clinch their five-match series 3-1. and then obviously the World Cup, that's the big thing. So whilst we didn't get the results we wanted here in the (T20I) series, I'd like to think this might be the World Cup's finalists (of 2024) in the next World Cup as wel
India vs South Africa fifth T20I Highlights: With this win, India have extended their unbeaten streak in bilateral T20I series to 19
The live telecast for the 5th T20 between India and South Africa will be available on Star Sports Network in India
Yuvraj Singh's 12-ball fifty against England in the 2007 T20 World Cup still ranks at the top for the fastest T20I fifties record for India
Last time Gill played a T20I match in Ahmedabad he scored his maiden T20I hundred against New Zealand
Cricket fans can watch the live streaming of the India vs South Africa 5th T20 match on the JioHotstar app and website in India
India and South Africa will play their first T20I match against each other at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, on Friday
The sixth inspection at 9:25 pm effectively ended hopes of any play, even as officials explored the possibility of staging a five-overs-a-side contest
The live telecast for the 4th T20 between India and South Africa will be available on Star Sports Network in India
India vs South Africa 4th T20 playing 11 prediction: India is unlikely to make any change in their playing 11 after a dominant outing in the third T20 in Dharamsala