IND vs SA - Record Book and Stat 

It was only 25 days ago that India and South Africa were wrapping up another T20I series, their second of 2022,

When: India vs South Africa, ICC men's T20 World Cup 2022, October 30, 19:00 Local, 16:30 IST

Where: Optus Stadium, Perth

Chat Box A cloudy evening as per the met department, but there is no forecast for rain during the game time. The track at Perth has offered significant bounce but given India and South Africa will play on a used pitch and with teams batting first winning 13 of the 21 games here

T20I Head to Head: India 13-9 South Africa. India also hold a 4-1 advantage in encounters at T20 World Cups

Chat Box Injured/Unavailable: India are choosing to wrap Hardik Pandya in cotton wool. The all-rounder bowled just one over against Netherlands and then was substituted on the field by Deepak Hooda.

Did you know? - Virat Kohli is 28 runs away from leapfrogging Mahela Jayawardene to become the leading run-getter in men's T20 World Cups.

Chat Box Did you know? - Temba Bavuma averages 20 from 9 T20Is against India at a modest SR of 97.22. Reeza Hendricks, the man Bavuma has kept out, has scored 57, 53, 70, 74, 42, 74 & 3 in his last seven outings for South Africa.

Chat Box Did you know? - Like Suryakumar Yadav, Rilee Rossouw has been in red-hot form in 2022. In 39 T20 innings this year, he's struck at 178.20. Like Suryakumar again, he's adept against both pace (179.62 SR) and spin (175.67 SR).

Probable XI: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh