Pitch Conditions:
Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Pitch is expected to be neutral i.e wicket will have some support for everyone. Mostly scores in the vicinity of 250 were seen in the last series played at this ground.
South Africa Team Preview:
They have beaten Pakistan in the last series so their confidence will be high. However they will be still without their regular captain DV Niekerk.
Probable 11 :
Lizelle Lee, Laura Wolvaardt, Sune Luus(c), Lara Goodall, Mignon du Preez, Marizanne Kapp, Trisha Chetty(w), Nadine de Klerk/N Shangase, Shabnim Ismail, Tumi Sekhukhune, Nonkululeko Mlaba, Ayabonga Khaka,
Team Breakup:
Main Batters: Lizelle Lee, Laura Wolvaardt, Mignon du Preez and M Kapp
Main Spinners: N Mlaba and S Luus
Main Pacers: S Ismail, M Kapp and A Khaka
Stats of the Players:
T Chetty(RHB):
STATS: 114 M, 102 I, 2587 R, 29.39 A, 65.34 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH(ODI): 7, 12, 34+(T20) 2, 45, 23,
T Brits(RHB):
STATS(T20I): 17 M, 17 I, 362 R, 25.85 A, 98.36 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH(T20I): 4, 52, 66, (T20D): 10, 13,
S Jafta(LHB):
STATS: 8 M, 6 I, 23 R, 4.60 A, 27.38 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH(T20I): 0, 6, 0(T20D) 10, 7,
L Wolvaardt(RHB):
STATS: 53 M, 51 I, 1996 R, 45.36 A, 64.49 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH(T20I): 15, 13(ODI) 40, 27, 58,
M Du Preez(RHB):
STATS: 132 M, 123 I, 3277 R, 32.44 A, 66.55 SR+ 4 I, 4.5 O, 1 W
LAST FIVE MATCH(T20I) DNB, 15, 24, (ODI) 29, 9,
L Lee(RAM+RAM):
STATS: 85 M, 84 I, 2698 R, 33.72 A, 86.25 SR+ 6 I, 20 O, 3 W
LAST FIVE MATCH(T20I): 22, 6,(ODI) 0, 47, 49,
F Tunnicliffe(RHB):
STATS: 3 M, 2 I, 15 R, 7.50 A, 71.42 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH(T20D):26, 56, 28, 14, 69, (T20I): 1,
L Goodall(RHB):
STATS: 21 M, 17 I, 265 R, 15.58 A, 60.64 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH(ODI): 27, 26, 0,(T20I): 11,
M Kapp(RHB+RAM):
STATS: 110 M, 94 I, 1949 R, 28.66 A, 69.28 SR+ 105 I, 801 O, 126 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH(T20I): 28+24/3, 11+13/1, 1+20/0,(ODI) 47+38/0, 68+44/3,
S Luus(RHB+LS):
STATS: 82 M, 66 I, 1212 R, 22.86 A, 61.08 SR+71 I, 443 O, 100 W
LAST FIVE MATCH(T20I): 12/0, 11+25/0, 10,(ODI) 32+13/0, 15+35/3,
N De Klerk(RAM):
STATS: 9 M, 9 I, 78 R, 11.14 A, 55.71 SR+ 9 I, 57 O, 6 W
LAST FIVE MATCH(ODI): 0+46/1, 19+39/0,(T20D): 27+11/2, 10+25/2, 30+6/0,
A Bosch(RHB+RAM):
STATS: 5 M, 3 I, 32 R, 10.66 A, 52.45 SR+ 2 I, 6 O, 0 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH(ODI): 15, (T20D): 59+18/2, 52, 16, 6,
S Ismail(RAF):
STATS: 101 M, 101 I, 818 O, 143 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH(T20I): 20/2, 12/5, 29/0,(ODI) 57/1, 22/3,
T Sekhukhune(RAF):
H2H: 13 M, 11 I, 96 O, 12 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH(ODI): 41/1, (T20I): 21/3, (T20D): 15/2, 21/0, 21/3,
A Khaka(RAM):
H2H: 62 M, 62 I, 480 O, 79 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH(T20I): 24/1, 19/0,(ODI): 40/4, 29/3,
N Mlaba(LAO):
H2H: 3 M, 3 I, 30 O, 1 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH(ODI): 19/1, 46/0, 41/0,(T20I) 22/0,
N Shangase(RAO):
H2H: 3 M, 3 I, 18 O, 2 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH(T20I): 12/0, 20/3,(T20D): 16/0, 24/2, 20/0,
Team India Preview:
Indian team is going to play ODI cricket after a long time so team players are looking sort on some match practice. However they will be still favorites to win this series due to their superior records over the opponent. They have won 14 of the 22 encounters against the African team.
Many youngsters are selected in this series but most probably they will get chance in the later matches.
Probable 11:
Jemimah Rodrigues, Smriti Mandhana, Punam Raut/Priya Punia, Mithali Raj(c), Harmanpreet Kaur, Deepti Sharma, Sushma Verma(w), Jhulan Goswami, Poonam Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Mansi Joshi,
Expected Death Overs: Jhulan Goswami and Any 1 Spinner
Team Breakup:
Main Batters: Jemimah Rodrigues, Smriti Mandhana, Mithali Raj(c), Harmanpreet Kaur,
Main Spinners: Poonam Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad and Deepti Sharma
Main Pacers: Jhulan Goswami
Performance and Stats of the Players:
Most of the last 5 matches are from T20s.
Sushama Verma(RHB):
STATS: 38 M, 21 I,178 R, 9.88 A, 60.75 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH T20: 1, 34,+(ODI): 0, 3, 30,
Sweta Verma(RHB):
STATS:
LAST FIVE MATCH:
S Mandhana(LHB):
STATS: 51 M, 51 I, 2025 R, 43.08 A, 84.41 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH T20: 17, 11, 6, 33, 68,
H Kaur(RHB+RAO):
STATS: 99 M, 82 I, 2372 R, 34.88 A, 68.93 SR+ 56 I, 214 O, 23 W
LAST FIVE MATCH T20: 15, 4, 31, 31+15/0, 30,
M Raj(RHB):
STATS: 209 M, 189 I, 6888 R, 50.64 A+ 10 I, 28 O, 8 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH T20: 7, 1 + ODI: 20, 40, 20,
J Rodrigues(RHB):
STATS: 16 M, 16 I, 372 R, 24.80 A, 73.80 SR+ 2 I, 2 O, 1 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH T20: 15, 0, 7, 1, 13,
P Raut(RHB):
STATS: 67 M, 67 I, 2004 R, 32.32 A, 56.96 SR+ 1 I, 5 O, 4 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH ODI: 65, 15, 22, 77, 24,
Yastika Bhatia(LHB+LAO):
STATS:
LAST FIVE MATCH(T20): 0, 65, 6, 19, 1,
Priya Punia(RHB):
STATS: 5 M, 5 I, 175 R, 43.75 A, 57.37 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH(T20): 0, 3, 5, 11, 30,
D Sharma(LHB+RAO):
STATS: 54 M, 48 I, 1417 R, 38.29 A, 63.31 SR+ 54 I, 452 O, 64 W
LAST FIVE MATCH(T20D): 15+16/1, 33+38/2, 8/1, 43+25/0, 9+9/2,
P Challru(RHB+RAM):
STATS:
LAST FIVE MATCH(T20D): 3+15/1, 5, 2, 6/0, 1+11/0,
D Hemalatha(RHB+RAO):
STATS: 6 M, 3 I, 54 R, 18.0 A, 78.26 SR+ 6 I, 17 O, 2 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH(T20D): 20+38/0, 6+35/2, 24+19/0, DNB, 4,
P Yadav(LS):
STATS: 46 M, 46 I, 399 O, 72 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH (T20 D): 20/1, 30/1, 27/1, 11/0, 23/2,
Radha Yadav(LAO):
STATS(T20I): 35 M, 35 I, 127 O, 49 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH(T20D): 23/4, 34/1, 25/1, 30/2, 16/5,
J Goswami(RAM):
STATS: 182 M, 181 I, 1472 O, 225 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH(T20D): 13/2, 17/1, 17/0+(ODI): 46/1, 24/1,
R Gayakwad(LAO):
STATS: 40 M, 40 I, 346 O, 67 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH(T20D): 18/2, 29/0, 13/2, 19/0, 23/0,
Monica Patel:
STATS:
LAST FIVE MATCH:
M Joshi:(RAM)
STATS: 11 M, 11 I, 76 O, 13 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH(T20D): 18/1, 21/1, 16/2+ (ODI) 25/1, 19/0,
