Lungi Ngidi will not be returning home tests this summer.

On Thursday, South Africa’s chances of making it to the WTC final ended. When Lungi Ngidi was ruled out for the four home Test matches this summer due to a groin injury. In January, Ngidi was expected to resume his duties, according to a statement.

A rubber match against Pakistan will start in Centurion on December 26. After the series against Sri Lanka begins at Kingsmead on November 27. South Africa will guarantee their place in the Lord’s final in June of the following year if they win all of those games.

In that cause, Lungi Ngidi would have played a significant role. In his ten away Test matches, he has taken 16 wickets at 37.37, showing some success. However, in South Africa, where he has taken 39 wickets at 17.30 in nine games, he is a formidable force.

The South Africans are lost two strong pace threats with Nandre Burger out due to a spinal issue. The rested Kagiso Rabada is not playing in the current T20I series against India, while Gerald Coetzee and Marco Jansen have returned after conditioning vacations. In Wednesday’s third Twenty20 International in Centurion, Lutho Sipamla made his first appearance for his country in over three years.

Temba Bavuma, who missed the Test series in Bangladesh last month due to an elbow injury, will undergo a fitness test on Monday to determine his chances of participating in the opening Test match against Sri Lanka, according to the statement.

In South Africa, India’s head coach will be VVS Laxman.

The head coach for India’s first white ball trip of South Africa will be VVS Laxman. Gautam Gambhir, the current national coach, will be traveling to Australia for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Therefore he will fill in.

A senior representative of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed the decision to Cricbuzz on Monday. At first, the four-match series was not planned. Cricket South Africa (CSA) and the BCCI recently made the arrangement.

India will participate in four Twenty20 Internationals on November 8, 10, 13, and 15 in Durban, Gqeberha, Centurion, and Johannesburg, respectively. The group will leave on or around November 4. On November 10–11, the BGT Indian squad departs.

Sairaj Bahutule, Hrishikesh Kanitkar, and Subhadeep Ghosh, among other coaches and staff of the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru, will be a part of VVS Laxman coaching staff. Head coach Bahutule, batting coach Kanitkar, and fielding coach Ghosh were all members of the India Emerging team that competed in the Asia Emerging Cup in Oman. The Ruturaj Gaikwad-led India A squad is traveling to Australia with NCA members Sitanshu Kotak of Saurashtra and Mazhar Moidu of Kerala.

Suryakumar Yadav is the captain of the 15-man team that the Board of Control for Cricket in India. BCCI announced on Friday, October 25, for the four Twenty20 Internationals.

The decision to arrange the South African tour within India’s domestic season has drawn some criticism. “Before the trip to Australia, there is an unnecessary four-match T20 series in South Africa next month. “Approximately 50 to 60 players will not be available for their State teams in the premier national tournament. The Ranji Trophy, as a ‘A’ team will also be visiting Australia the following month. ” Sunil Gavaskar, the former captain of India, said in Sportstar.

T20I team:

Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Avesh Khan, Yash Dayal, Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (WK), Rinku Singh, Tilak Varma, Jitesh Sharma (WK), and Suryakumar Yadav (C).

On the second morning, SA’s lead is extended by Verreynne and Mulder fifty.

On the first evening, it appeared like almost every ball turned and caused problems for South Africa‘s hitters. However, Wiaan Mulder and Kyle Verreynne had gone through with relative ease, adding 32 to head into stumps without suffering any more damage. However, the same pitch appeared to have settled well for batting by the second morning. After applying themselves resolutely to Bangladesh’s spinners, Verreynne and Mulder ultimately took their seventh-wicket partnership to a crucial 119.

The pace and reverse swing of Hasan Mahmud. However, was what gave Bangladesh their only two wickets of the session even as the threat of three spinners loomed. By lunchtime, though, South Africa had already swept to a 137-run advantage, with Verreynne undefeated at 77.

Taijul Islam and Mahmud began Bangladesh’s second day of bowling together. Even though Verreynne appeared particularly confident against Mahmud, pushing him past mid-on for three in the day’s second over before clipping and driving him for boundaries two overs later, the left-arm spinner had virtually little turn.

In the 46th over, Taijul had Mulder prodding, but the outside edge missed slip. That was due as much to Mulder’s use of gentle hands as it was to the surface’s slowness. Both Taijul and offspinner Nayeem Hasan were easily defeated by Mulder and Verreynne, who adapted well on the pitch.

Verreynne and Mulder

Even though Nayeem occasionally turned the ball in noticeably, both batters made excellent use of the sweeps and the reverse sweep. That was due to their comfortably putting the ball away after they had reached the pitch of the deliveries with a nice stride. On the second morning, Verreynne and Mulder smashed 45 runs, including seven boundaries, off Taijul, Nayeem, and Mehidy Hasan Miraz by playing the sweep or the reverse sweep off 28 deliveries.

The batters were unable to collect comfortable singles from the sweep because Bangladesh put a guy close in at square leg. But Verreynne reached fifty by hitting a one to the man located there. When Mulder hit Nayeem for four behind point at the beginning of the 64th over, he reached his first Test half-century.

Najmul Hossain Shanto only called Mahmud back into the attack in the over prior to that, and Mahmud then struck back-to-back in the over immediately following. He started by pitching on a length of back outside off, and the ball held its line. Mulder attempted a punch. But missed by a narrow margin on 54. Mahmud went considerably fuller on the next ball, turning the ball into Keshav Maharaj and uprooting it off the stump after beating his defence.

However, No. 10 Dane Piedt blocked and pushed Verreynne’s way at the other end, keeping him undefeated into the lunch break.

Proud Irish visitors celebrate a historic victory

Greetings from Ireland. Dublin, the home base of Cricket Ireland, is 7,520 kilometers away from Abu Dhabi, the site of their men’s team’s T20I matches against South Africa on Friday and Sunday. The farthest distance you could go and still remain in Ireland is 644 kilometers. Which would take you from the northernmost point, Malin Head in County Donegal, to the southernmost point, Mizen Head in County Cork.

Of course, Abu Dhabi was a long way from home, especially for Ireland. However, they were the official home team. Why? due to the fact that they must rent venues from clubs. When they play in Ireland because they lack a permanent home there. As a result and this is strange. They spend less money traveling to a very different region to play more than eleven times the length of their nation. The strangest part of it all was that, in the two weeks prior to Friday. South Africa had played three One-Day Internationals (ODIs) against Afghanistan at Sharjah. Which is located around 165 kilometers northeast along the Persian Gulf coast.

Abu Dhabi

At a news conference on Thursday, Paul Stirling said that the South African players were able to cope with the heat on the field. While the Irish players were using saunas and steam rooms to prepare for the 20 degrees Celsius difference between Dublin and Abu Dhabi.

It was clear on Friday as the Irish bowlers found it difficult to grip and control the ball due to their own perspiration. That came after Ireland’s batsmen were trapped by South Africa. After ten overs, they were 85/3, and after twenty overs, they were 171/8. Patrick Kruger, with his knowledge and skill, took 4-27. They therefore lost five wickets and only managed to score one more run in the second half of their innings than in the first.

Ryan Rickelton and Reeza Hendricks shared an opening partnership of 136 off 79 balls. Which was a major factor in South Africa’s easy victory of eight wickets with 14 balls remaining. After 18 innings in the format, Rickelton’s 48-ball 76 was his first half-century for his country. After 17 trips to the crease, Hendricks’ 51 off 33 was his maiden fifty with the white ball.

Irish

It appeared that Ireland had figured out their hitting lesson. While they were smashing 137 off 79, Ireland’s second-biggest T20I opening stand, Stirling and Ross Adair seemed to have done so, at least. It appeared as though the South Africans had regressed. Adair was 20 years old when Lizaad Williams caught him off guard with what ended up being a no-ball. Adair had reached 78 not out after eight overs when Williams, off Wiaan Mulder’s bowling. Shoveled what should have been a catch over the backward point boundary for six.

Adair made it through four more near misses (three catches went to fielders, and if the throw had been on target, he would have been run out) and finished with 100 off 58, the third century by an Irishman in the format. Not bad for someone who was brought into the team when Andrew Balbirnie was benched. He only got the chance because Lorcan Tucker, who was supposed to start, was sidelined due to a training-related injury.

The second ball Aiden Markram encountered, from White, he blasted for six over long-on. But after just four more overs, he was bowled while attempting a reverse sweep of Humphries. After that, South Africa needed more than ten runs per over at 130/4.

IND vs SA, T20 World Cup 2024 Final: India vs South Africa Head-to-Head Stats, Probable XI

SA vs IND Match Preview

The final match of the T20 World Cup 2024 is set to take place as India faces off against South Africa in the championship game at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados, on Saturday, June 29. Throughout the tournament, both teams have shown outstanding performances and have shown great determination to secure their spot in the final.
India has emerged victorious in their last four games, while South Africa is riding a winning streak as well. In a showdown between two giants, spectators will see both teams battling fiercely for the coveted trophy and the title of world champions.

SA vs IND Final Match Information

Match: T20 World Cup 2024 Final Match, SA vs IND

Venue: Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

Date: June 29, 2024

Time: 08:00 PM IST

Live Streaming: Disney+Hotstar

SA vs IND Pitch Report

The pitch at the Kensington Oval in Barbados is anticipated to provide ample movement for the fast bowlers when using the new ball. This movement can pose a challenge for the batsmen in adapting to the conditions. Considering the additional bounce in the initial overs, it might be a prudent choice to bowl first and pursue the target.

Head-to-Head Records

Teams Matches Won

India 12

England 11

India (IND) Probable XI Team

Rohit Sharma (c), V Kohli, R Pant (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, H Pandya, S Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, A Patel, Arshdeep Singh, K Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah

South Africa (SA) Probable XI Team

Quinton de Kock (wk), R Hendricks, A Markram (c), H Klaasen, D Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen, K Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, T Shamsi