SA vs IND: No debutants as Axar Patel returns for Durban T20I against South Africa

SA vs IND: Axar Patel has returned to playing for India in the opening T20I against South Africa at the Kingsmead in Durban. Axar hasn't played T20Is since the series in Sri Lanka earlier this year.

In Short

• Axar Patel last played in the T20Is against Sri Lanka
• Axar missed the T20I series against Bangladesh
• Vijaykumar Vyshak and Ramandeep Singh did not make debuts

Axar Patel has found his way back into the Indian T20I team in the opening T20I against South Africa on Friday, November 8 at the Kingsmead in Durban. The spin-bowling all-rounder did not take part in the T20Is against Najmul Hossain Shanto’s Bangladesh that India won 3-0.

South Africa vs India, 1st T20I Updates

Axar last played in the T20I series against Sri Lanka where he scored 10 runs and picked up four wickets from two matches. The 30-year-old was also a part of the Indian team that won the Men’s T20 World Cup in the West Indies and USA.

Playing XI for South Africa vs India 1st T20I

India

Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson(w), Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan

South Africa

Ryan Rickelton(w), Aiden Markram(c), Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Patrick Kruger, Marco Jansen, Andile Simelane, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Nqabayomzi Peter