India vs South Africa T20 2022 Live update The first match of the five-match T20 series is to be played between India and South Africa sometime from now. At the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, both the teams will look to take the lead by winning the first match. In this match, the command of the Indian team will be in the hands of Rishabh Pant. On Wednesday, a day before the match, KL Rahul was ruled out of the series due to injury.
South Africa team will come under the captaincy of Temba Bavuma with all their might. India has a young team but the guests have reached here with their most powerful team. Many veteran players of South Africa playing in the Indian Premier League which have recently ended are part of this team.
India's probable playing XI for the first T20I against South Africa-
Ishan Kishan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (captain and wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Venkatesh Iyer/Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Yuzvendra Singh Chahal.