Battle hardened South African players will be up against India in a five-match T20I series, starting with the first one at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. The Indian team, which was already missing the stalwarts like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah, also lost the services of KL Rahul just on the eve of this game.
KL Rahul, who was named the stand-in captain in place of Rohit for this series, was ruled out with a hamstring injury and along with him another potential Playing 11 member Kuldeep Yadav also got injured and was ruled out. Now,