IND vs SA 5TH T20: The last and 5th match of the 5-match T20 series between India vs South Africa will be played on Friday 19 December at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. After the cancellation of the fourth match, both the teams will keep an eye on the last match. On one hand, India would like to capture the series with a win, while on the other hand, South Africa would like to level the series. There are speculations regarding the 5th match that apart from Sanju Samson, Jasprit Bumrah, Akshar Patel may also return to the team.
Before the T20 match to be played in Lucknow, news started coming from the media that the T20 vice-captain was out of the team due to a leg injury, however, the match was cancelled, due to which information about the playing 11 was not available. In such a situation, it is being speculated that if Gill does not recover from injury, he may be out of the 5th match. Sanju Samson may return in place of Shubman Gill.
If Shubman Gill is out in the 5th match, then Sanju Samson can be seen opening with Abhishek in place of Shubman Gill. Let us tell you that for the last several weeks there was talk of Sanju Samson replacing Gill. In such a situation, it is being speculated that Sanju may participate in the last T20 match. Apart from this, Jasprit Bumrah, who went home due to personal reasons, may also return.
India is currently leading 2-1 in the 5-match T20 series. The first match played in Cuttack was in the name of India. The second match was played in New Chandigarh, which was in the name of South Africa. Whereas, the third match was canceled in favor of India and the fourth match was canceled due to fog.
India’s probable playing 11 for 5th T20
Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill/Sanju Samson, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Harshit Rana/Akshar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakraborty/Jasprit Bumrah.
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