IND playing 11 for IND vs SA, 1st T20I, Today's Dream11 Team prediction

IND playing 11: India will be looking forward to this series to test their bench strength and fill the holes in the T20I squad ahead of the T20 world cup in Australia. Even with the absence of top tier stars, India pose a strong team on paper, and along with that, they have ample options to choose from which could well be a happy headache for the coach Rahul Dravid. Since this is a five match series, most of the players in the squad will get an opportunity and it will be interesting to see how the newbies in the squad would utilize the opportunity.

India playing 11 team news

Rahul Dravid hinted that Dinesh Karthik will be the finisher in this series for India.
Hardik Pandya and Dinesh Karthik to take up the #5 and #6 spots in the batting order.
Yuzvendra Chahal will lead the spin attack with either of Axar Patel or Ravi Bishnoi to partner him.
Kuldeep Yadav is ruled out of the series due to injury.
KL Rahul is ruled out of the T20I series due to injury.

IND Playing 11

Ruturaj Gaikwad
Ishan Kishan
Shreyas Iyer
Rishabh Pant
Hardik Pandya
Dinesh Karthik
Axar Patel
Harshal Patel
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Yuzvendra Chahal
Arshdeep Singh/Avesh Khan

India squad

Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Venkatesh Iyer, Y Chahal, Axar Patel, R Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik

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India vs South Africa Dream11 prediction for captain & vice captain

Shreyas Iyer is in excellent form since 2021 in this format of the game. The fact that he will bat in his preferred position in this series makes him a good option for captain in small leagues.

T20I innings since 2021	Runs	Strike rate	50s
10	380	154	4

Yuzvendra Chahal is in pretty good form with the ball after bagging the purple cap. He also has decent records in India in T20Is. He is a good option for vice captain in grand leagues.

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