IND vs SA Match Details South Africa Tour of India 1st ODI

Pitch Report

The surface is decent enough for the batters, the black soil pitch at this surface does provide the seamers with the extra zip and bounce off the soil early on, with the spinners likely to come into the game during the latter stage.

Weather Report

The temperature is expected to hover around 26°C on the matchday with 80% humidity and 11 km/hr wind speed. There are 87% chances of precipitation during the game.

The 1st ODI match between India and South Africa will be played on 6th October at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow.

After an exciting T20I series, India and South Africa will be squaring off against each other in a 3-match ODI series, which gets underway from the 6th of October.

For India, all the players that are going to participate in the T20 World Cup, have been rested in this series. Shikhar Dhawan will be leading the side in their absence while Shreyas Iyer will be his deputy.

India: Shikhar Dhawan (C), Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan, Sanju Samson, Rahul Tripathi, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Siraj

Probable Playing XI

South Africa: Quinton de Kock, Janneman Malan, Temba Bavuma (C), Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Andile Phehlukwayo, Keshav Maharaj, Marco Jansen, Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada

Probable Playing XI