South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl first, Team India made 3 changes; Sanju got a chance in place of Gill

By Samira Vishwas On Dec 19, 2025

India Vs South Africa 5th T20I Match: The fifth match of India vs South Africa has started. South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl first. India has made three changes in its team. Sanju Samson has got a chance in place of Shubman Gill, Washington Sundar in place of Kuldeep Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah in place of Harshit Rana.

India’s playing eleven

Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Arshdeep Singh, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakraborty.

South Africa’s playing eleven

Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (captain), Dewald Brewis, David Miller, Donovan Ferreira, George Linde, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Lungi Ngidi, Otniel Bartman.

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Who is ahead in head to head? (Who is ahead in the head-to-head record?)

So far, the teams of India and South Africa have come face to face 35 times in T20 International. During this period, Team India has won 20 matches. Whereas South Africa has won 13 matches. There has been no result of two matches. In the last 10 T20 matches played between the two teams, the Indian team has won seven times. There has also been a no-result in one match.

Match Prediction

Our match prediction meter is showing Suryakumar Yadav and company having the upper hand in this match. South African in this series The team has won one match, but the record of the Indian team from Ahmedabad has been excellent. In such a situation, India has more chances of winning in this match also. However, it would not be wrong to say that the contest is 60-40.

Narendra Modi Stadium pitch report

High scoring matches often take place at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Depending on the weather, some dew may occur here too. In such a situation, the team winning the toss can decide to bowl first. Talking about the pitch, scoring runs has been found easy here. That means batsmen get more opportunities here. However, in the beginning even fast bowlers can get good swing with the new ball.

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