India can be hoping to stage the 3-match ODI collection after they tackle hosts South Africa within the 2nd match on the Boland Park in Paarl on Friday, January 21. The hosts have been in dominant kind as they outclassed KL Rahul’s males within the ODI collection opener by 31 runs in Paarl on Thursday.
Rahul was at greatest mediocre when it comes to “on-your-feet-thinking”, one thing that is fundamental to artwork of captaincy, and likewise did not look the half with the bat in a deflating 31-run defeat within the opening ODI the place India have been outplayed for the higher a part of the sport.Also Read: South Africa vs India, 2nd ODI Predicted Playing XIThe middle-order, which had been an issue since Virat Kohli’s heady days as captain, remains to be protruding like a sore thumb and nobody is aware of what precisely the answer is.Once once more, it was a case of 1 opener — Shikhar Dhawan on this event — and the indomitable Kohli holding fort earlier than the middle-order caved in on a slower pitch the place there was flip and the ball gripped, making a run-of-the-mill seamer Andile Phehlukwayo look formidable.South Africa crushed India each strategically in addition to on abilities and therein lay critical questions on Rahul’s wares as captain.India can be hoping to placed on a greater present and the excellent news is the climate gods are more likely to be sort on Friday. There is 0 p.c probability of precipitation on what guarantees to be a scorching day in Paarl. Weather Forecast for Janury 21 in Paarl, South Africa (Screengrab from AccuWeather)According to AccuWeather, Friday can be hotter than Thursday. The morning and the afternoon can have sunshine with a humidity of over 35 p.c. The temperature will hover round 40 levels celsius all through the day, offering excellent situations for 100 overs of cricket.SquadsIndia: KL Rahul (captain), Jasprit Bumrah, Shikhar Dhawan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Ishan Kishan (wicket-keeper), Yuzvendra Chahal, R Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Prasidh Krishna, Shardul Thakur, Md. Siraj, Jayant Yadav, Navdeep Saini.South Africa: Temba Bavuma (captain), Keshav Maharaj, Quinton de Kock (wicketkeeper), Zubayr Hamza, Marco Jansen, Janneman Malan, Sisanda Magala, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Wayne Parnell, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Rassie van der Dussen, Kyle Verreynne.
