India will be up against South Africa in the fifth of the five-match T20I series. This article provides details about South Africa’s Playing 11 vs India for the fifth match of the series.
South Africa Playing XI vs India- 5th T20I, South Africa Tour of India 2025:
Openers: Reeza Hendricks, Quinton de Kock (wk)
South Africa will have no option other than winning when they step on the field to take on India in the final T20I of the five-match T20I series that the two teams are currently involved in.
The Proteas would hope for an improvement with bat and ball in the upcoming match as compared to what they did in the third game, in order to challenge India and increase their chances of leveling the series.
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Having said that, irrespective of a below-par performance, the visitors are expected to go into the fifth game with an unchanged playing XI.
The reason being the side comprised of the same names outplayed India in the second T20I and wouldn’t want to press the panic button after the defeat that followed the win.
For that to happen, the Aiden Markram-led side would back its openers Quinton de Kock and Reeza Hendricks, both of whom will be entrusted to get the team off to a good start.
In addition to that, Quinton de Kock would wish to build on the half-century he scored in the second T20I, and for his partner Hendricks to make a vital contribution as well.
Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Aiden Markram, Dewald Brevis, Tristan Stubbs, Donovan Ferreira, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch
Like the openers, the team management would also bank on the South African middle order to come good, which wasn’t the case in the third T20I.
The responsibility will be on captain Aiden Markram to lead from the front once again, as he did in the third game of the series.
Markram would also look for support from the likes of Dewald Brevis, Tristan Stubbs, and Donovan Ferreira, all of whom are capable of taking the game away from the opposition and would want to do so in the next game.
It will take contributions from the top five batters in the South African lineup to create pressure on India’s bowling attack and increase the team’s chances of winning.
Bowlers: Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi, Ottneil Baartman
Unlike the batting, South Africa’s bowling did a fine job by dragging the game beyond the 15-over mark in Dharamsal, despite not having enough runs to play, and that is what the bowlers would hope for the batters to provide them with in the final game of the tour.
If the batters are able to post a challenging total on the board, South Africa has enough quality in the bowling arsenal to give the Indian batters a run for their money.
Regardless of going with no specialist spinner in the previous match, the South African bowlers gave their best and would hope to do the same in the upcoming match.
The likes of Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi, Ottneil Baartman, Corbin Bosch, and Marco Jansen would wish to bowl their team to victory and level the series in the process.
