IND vs SA 4th T20 Ekana Stadium Pitch Report: India will look to wrap up the series against South Africa with a match in hand when the two sides meet once for the 4th T20I match in Lucknow on Wednesday. In the last match, the Indian bowlers ruled the roost, skittling South Africa out for just 117 runs. Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav and Harshit Rana all contributed with 2 wickets apiece while Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dube took one apiece.
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India are likely go with the same XI that played at Dharamsala with Axar Patel out of the series due to illness and Jasprit Bumrah’s status still not clear after he left the squad ahead of the 3rd T20I to attend to a personal matter.
Ekana Stadium Pitch Report
While playing the IPL, the Ekana Stadium plays to the strength of the home team LSG with a slow pitch which their spinners can exploit. But with India pretty well balanced in the spin and pace department, the surface will likely be a sporty one with both batters and pacers likely to find joy. The pitch is expected to support batters and pacers in the early goings before slowing down eventually to let the tweakers do their thing. Dew will be a factor at this time of the year so teams will likely bowl first after winning the toss.
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Lucknow Weather Report
According to AccuWeather, temperatures during the match will range from 18°C in the morning to 21°C in the afternoon, before dropping to around 12° by evening. The conditions are expected to be pretty hazy throughout while the air quality will remain pretty unhealthy as is the case for most parts in India.
India vs South Africa T20I squads
South Africa: Quinton de Kock(w), Aiden Markram(c), Tony de Zorzi, Dewald Brevis, Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Keshav Maharaj, Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi, Reeza Hendricks, Ottneil Baartman, Donovan Ferreira, Kwena Maphaka, George Linde
India: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Shahbaz Ahmed, Jitesh Sharma(w), Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana
