Ashton Agar’s brilliance is proved too much for South Africa as the home team was bowled out for a mere 89 while chasing 197. SA haven’t looked in touch in the ongoing home season and another defeat here will mark another T20I series defeat for them on the trot.
For Australia, a win was the best way to start the tour and they have been the team to defeat in the shortest format over past few months. A win will here see Australia kick off their South Africa tour with a series-victory in the shortest format.
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Conditions –
St George’s Park in Port Elizabeth last hosted a T20I game back in 2014, where New Zealand failed to chase down 180. It’s a high scoring ground and chasing will be the thing that both the teams will want to do.
Here is the likely playing XI of both the teams-
Australia:
Why they would want to change the winning combination? Captain Aaron Finch would make sure that Australia wins the second game so as he can give chances to the benched players in the third T20I. But for now, expect an unchanged playing XI for the second game.
Likely playing XI: David Warner, Aaron Finch, Steve Smith, Matthew Wade, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey, Ashton Agar, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa
South Africa:
Temba Bavuma is likely to return into playing XI if he is fit for the contest. He and Quinton de Kock provided good starts to South Africa against England but an injury to Bavuma saw a change in the opening combination for the series-opener against Australia.
Heinrich Klaasen also made most out of the chance he was given against England and should also walk back into playing XI. He also missed the first T20I due to some issues.
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Likely playing XI: Temba Bavuma, Quinton de Kock, Rassie van der Dussen, Faf du Plessis, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Andile Phehlukwayo, Kagiso Rabada, Dale Steyn, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi
My dream11 team for SA vs AUS 2nd T20
Quinton de Kock, Aaron Finch (Vice-Captain), Faf du Plessis, Matthew Wade, Mitchell Marsh (Captain), Ashton Agar, Andile Phehlukwayo, Kagiso Rabada, Dale Steyn, Pat Cummins, Kane Richardson