IND vs SA Dream11 Prediction, 2nd T20I, Fantasy Cricket Tips, Playing XI, Injury Updates, Pitch Report for South Africa tour of India 2025

This will be the first-ever men’s international match at the New Chandigarh.

By CricTracker Staff

Updated - 11 Dec 2025, 19:00 IST

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Preview

India (IND) will play South Africa (SA) in the second T20I on Thursday, December 11, at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur, Chandigarh. This will be the first-ever men’s international match at this venue, although it has hosted 11 IPL games over the last two seasons. India will enter the contest with a 1–0 lead after winning the first match by 101 runs.

In the opening game, South Africa won the toss and chose to bowl. India had a slow start, making only 40 runs in the powerplay and losing three wickets by the seventh over with just 48 runs on the board. However, Hardik Pandya rescued the innings with a brilliant unbeaten 59 off 28 balls, helping India reach 175/6. Lungi Ngidi was South Africa’s best bowler, finishing with 3/31.

South Africa’s batting collapsed completely. They were bowled out for only 74 runs, their lowest total in T20I cricket. India’s dominant performance gave them a massive 101-run victory.

Match Information

India vs South Africa, 2nd T20I

South Africa Tour of India, 11 Dec 2025, Thur, 7:00 PM IST ,Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur

Broadcast

Star Sports Network

Live Stream

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Weather Report

Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur

Clouds

13.3°C

45% (Humidity)

Team Form (Last 5 matches)

India

W
W
L
W
L

South Africa

L
L
W
L
W

Players Stats in current Series

1

Tristan Stubbs

SA - bat

163 Runs

2 Matches

2

Virat Kohli

IND - bat

302 Runs

3 Matches

3

Quinton de Kock

SA - WICKETKEEPER

90 Runs

2 Matches

4

Washington Sundar

IND - all

124 Runs

2 Matches

5

Matthew Breetzke

SA - wk

164 Runs

3 Matches

6

Tilak Varma

IND - bat

88 Runs

2 Matches

1

Shubman Gill

IND - bat

133.33

1 Match

2

Marco Jansen

SA - all

158.93

3 Matches

3

Quinton de Kock

SA - WICKETKEEPER

187.50

2 Matches

4

Marco Jansen

SA - all

96.36

2 Matches

5

Harshit Rana

IND - bowl

150.00

3 Matches

6

Abhishek Sharma

IND - all

170.00

2 Matches

1

Simon Harmer

SA - all

17 Wkts

2 Matches

2

Kuldeep Yadav

IND - bowl

9 Wkts

3 Matches

3

Lungi Ngidi

SA - bowl

5 Wkts

2 Matches

4

Marco Jansen

SA - all

12 Wkts

2 Matches

5

Prasidh Krishna

IND - bowl

7 Wkts

3 Matches

6

Ottniel Baartman

SA - bowl

4 Wkts

1 Match

1

Simon Harmer

SA - all

1.92

2 Matches

2

Arshdeep Singh

IND - bowl

5.50

3 Matches

3

Ottniel Baartman

SA - bowl

6.00

1 Match

4

Marco Jansen

SA - all

2.13

2 Matches

5

Keshav Maharaj

SA - bowl

5.70

2 Matches

6

Marco Jansen

SA - all

6.00

2 Matches

Probable Playing XI

India

Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill (VC), SA Yadav (C), Tilak Varma, HH Pandya, S Dubey, JM Sharma (wk), Axar Patel, JJ Bumrah, Varun Chakravarthy, Arshdeep Singh

Bench : Washington Sundar, KL Yadav, SV Samson, H Rana

South Africa

Q de Kock (wk), AK Markram (C), T Stubbs, Dewald Brevis, DA Miller, D Ferreira, M Jansen, KA Maharaj, L Sipamla, L Ngidi, A Nortje

Bench : T de Zorzi, C Bosch, RR Hendricks, GF Linde, Kwena Maphaka, OEG Baartman

Injury and availability news

(Will be added when there is an update)

Pitch Report

Both batters and bowlers are likely to find the same help from the surface in this match. The average first innings score in the last six games at this venue has been 170 runs. The teams batting first have won four out of the previous six games here. The team winning the toss might look to bowl.

46%

Pace Bowling

54%

Spin Bowling

55%

Batting Pitch

170

Average Score

45%

Bowling Pitch

Player Picks

9
C

Marco Jansen SA | ALL

Jansen has been one of the best performers for South Africa in the series. He plays for the Punjab Kings in the IPL, and this match will be played at their home venue.

9
C

Hardik Pandya IND | ALL

Pandya won the Player of the Match award in the first match. He made an unbeaten 59 runs off 28 deliveries and took one wicket for 16 runs.

8
C

Abhishek Sharma IND | ALL

Abhishek has made 773 runs in 18 matches this year at an average of 45.47 and a strike rate of 194.71. He is just eight runs away from becoming the second-highest run-scorer for India in T20Is in a year.

9

Axar Patel IND | ALL

Axar is the third-highest wicket-taker for India in T20Is this year. He has taken 16 wickets in 14 innings at an average of 18.68. With the bat, Axar has amassed 162 runs at a strike rate of 121.80 this year.

8.5

Shubman Gill IND | BAT

Gill has made 263 runs in 13 outings this year in T20Is at an average of 26.30 and a strike rate of 143.71.

7

Tilak Varma IND | BAT

Tilak is the second-highest run-scorer for India in T20Is this year. He has amassed 406 runs in 15 innings at an average of 40.60 and a strike rate of 123.40.

8

Dewald Brevis SA | BAT

Brevis has been the leading run-scorer for South Africa in T20Is this year and has made 417 runs in 14 matches at a strike rate of 182.09.

8.5

Quinton de Kock SA | WICKETKEEPER

de Kock made a century in the third match of the ODI series. He has played 97 T20I matches so far and has made 2615 runs at an average of 30.05 and a strike rate of 137.99.

8

Varun Chakravarthy IND | BOWL

Chakaravarthy is the leading wicket-taker for India in T20Is this year and has taken 28 wickets in 15 innings at an average of 13.64, an economy of 6.94, and a strike rate of 11.7.

Avoid Having These Players In Your Fantasy Sports Team

8.5

Tristan Stubbs

SA | BAT

Stubbs has failed to score more than 25 runs in his last four outings in T20Is and can be avoided in fantasy teams.

9

Suryakumar Yadav

IND | BAT

He has made just 196 runs in 16 innings this year and has failed to score a half-century. He can be left out of fantasy teams.

Last Updated On - Dec 11 2025 7:00 PM

Players
11/11

Team 1

IND

8 : 3

SA

Credits Left
9.5/100

Head To Head
Quinton de Kock

8.5

Dewald Brevis

8

Abhishek Sharma

8

Shubman Gill
VC

8.5

Tilak Varma

7

Marco Jansen
C

9

Hardik Pandya

9

Axar Patel

9

Shivam Dube

7

Arshdeep Singh

8.5

Varun Chakravarthy

8

Players
11/11

Team 1

IND

7 : 4

SA

Credits Left
7.5/100

Grand League
Quinton de Kock

8.5

Dewald Brevis

8

Abhishek Sharma

8

Shubman Gill

8.5

Tilak Varma
VC

7

Marco Jansen

9

Hardik Pandya
C

9

Axar Patel

9

Lungi Ngidi

8.5

Jasprit Bumrah

9

Varun Chakravarthy

8

Players
11/11

Team 1

IND

6 : 5

SA

Credits Left
9.5/100

Mega League
Quinton de Kock

8.5

Dewald Brevis
VC

8

Donavon Ferreira

7.5

Abhishek Sharma
C

8

Shubman Gill

8.5

Tilak Varma

7

Marco Jansen

9

Hardik Pandya

9

Axar Patel

9

Shivam Dube

7

Anrich Nortje

9

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Players
11/11

Team 1

IND

6 : 5

SA

Credits Left
9.5/100

CricTracker Special
Quinton de Kock

8.5

Dewald Brevis
VC

8

Donavon Ferreira

7.5

Abhishek Sharma
C

8

Shubman Gill

8.5

Tilak Varma

7

Marco Jansen

9

Hardik Pandya

9

Axar Patel

9

Shivam Dube

7

Anrich Nortje

9

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