IND vs SA Dream11 Prediction, 4th T20I, Fantasy Cricket Tips, Playing XI, Injury Updates, Pitch Report for South Africa tour of India 2025

India is set to face South Africa in the fourth T20I match of the South Africa tour of India 2025 at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Wednesday, December 17.

By CricTracker Staff

Updated - 17 Dec 2025, 20:15 IST

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Preview

In the 4th T20I match of the South Africa tour of India 2025, India (IND) is set to face South Africa (SA). India has performed well in the T20 series so far, leading South Africa by 2-1. In the last match, the Indian bowlers put up a brilliant performance, bowling out South Africa for 117 runs, after which they won the match easily by 7 wickets. Arshdeep Singh was the player of the match for India, taking two wickets for 13 runs in four overs.

On the other hand, South Africa's performance has not been anything special; they lost the match due to poor batting in the first and third matches of the series. In the last match too, apart from captain Aiden Markram's 61, no one else performed well. Now this will be a Must-win game for South Africa, whom they will want to win at any cost, for which they will need to perform well in batting and bowling.

Match Information

India vs South Africa, 4th T20I

South Africa Tour of India, 17 Dec 2025, Wed, 7:00 PM IST ,Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow

Broadcast

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Weather Report

Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow

Fog

12.0°C

100% (Humidity)

Team Form (Last 5 matches)

India

W
L
W
W
L

South Africa

L
W
L
L
W

Players Stats in current Series

163 Runs

2 Matches

2

Virat Kohli

IND - bat

302 Runs

3 Matches

3

Tilak Varma

IND - bat

114 Runs

3 Matches

124 Runs

2 Matches

164 Runs

3 Matches

6

104 Runs

3 Matches

1

Shubman Gill

IND - bat

133.33

1 Match

2

Marco Jansen

SA - all

158.93

3 Matches

3

181.58

3 Matches

4

Marco Jansen

SA - all

96.36

2 Matches

5

Harshit Rana

IND - bowl

150.00

3 Matches

6

Quinton de Kock

SA - WICKETKEEPER

178.43

3 Matches

1

Simon Harmer

SA - all

17 Wkts

2 Matches

2

Kuldeep Yadav

IND - bowl

9 Wkts

3 Matches

6 Wkts

3 Matches

4

Marco Jansen

SA - all

12 Wkts

2 Matches

5

Prasidh Krishna

IND - bowl

7 Wkts

3 Matches

6

Lungi Ngidi

SA - bowl

6 Wkts

3 Matches

1

Simon Harmer

SA - all

1.92

2 Matches

2

Arshdeep Singh

IND - bowl

5.50

3 Matches

5.36

3 Matches

4

Marco Jansen

SA - all

2.13

2 Matches

5

5.70

2 Matches

6

Kuldeep Yadav

IND - bowl

6.00

1 Match

Probable Playing XI

India

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

Bench : Washington Sundar, KL Yadav, SV Samson, Axar Patel

South Africa

Q de Kock (wk), RR Hendricks, AK Markram (C), Dewald Brevis, T Stubbs, D Ferreira, C Bosch, M Jansen, L Ngidi, A Nortje, OEG Baartman

Bench : T de Zorzi, KA Maharaj, DA Miller, GF Linde, L Sipamla, Kwena Maphaka

Injury and availability news

(Will be added when there is an update)

Pitch Report

The pitch at Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow, is known for batting friendly surfaces. However, the bowlers will also get good bounce here, which will give them wicket-taking opportunities, especially in the first power play overs. However, the spinners may have wicket-taking opportunities in the middle overs. Dew is likely in the second innings, so the team winning the toss will likely choose to bowl first.

60%

Pace Bowling

40%

Spin Bowling

70%

Batting Pitch

155

Average Score

30%

Bowling Pitch

Player Picks

8
C

Abhishek Sharma IND | ALL

Abhishek is an outstanding T20 player. Moreover, he was also in good form, scoring 298 runs in the last 10 matches with a strike rate of 169. He also scored 35 runs in the previous game.

8.5
VC

Quinton de Kock SA | WICKETKEEPER

Quinton de Kock is South Africa's excellent batter who also performed well in the recent past. He has also scored 90 runs in the 2nd match. South African fans expected him to have a very excellent innings in the next match as well.

7

Tilak Varma IND | BAT

Tilak is an aggressive batter who played many outstanding innings for India. In the last game, he scored 26 runs. Moreover, Tilak scored 266 runs in the last 9 games.

9

Aiden Markram SA | BAT

Markram is an excellent top-order batter. He scored 61 runs in the previous game. Moreover, he also scored 174 runs in the last 6 games. He will definitely be a key player in this match.

8.5

Arshdeep Singh IND | BOWL

Arshdeep is a brilliant T20 bowler who is known for giving outstanding performances with the ball. In the previous game, he was the man of the match for taking 2 wickets. Moreover, he also took 9 wickets in the last 6 games.

8

Dewald Brevis SA | BAT

Dewald Brevis is a young middle-order batter. He delivered outstanding performances recently. He has the ability to perform well with the bat. Moreover, he also scored 173 runs in the last 9 games.

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7.5

Harshit Rana

IND | BOWL

8

Reeza Hendricks

SA | BATTER

Last Updated On - Dec 17 2025 8:15 PM

Players
11/11

Team 1

IND

5 : 6

SA

Credits Left
8/100

Mega League
Quinton de Kock

8.5

Dewald Brevis

8

Aiden Markram

9

Abhishek Sharma

8

Tilak Varma
C

7

Marco Jansen

9

Donavon Ferreira
VC

7.5

Hardik Pandya

9

Lungi Ngidi

8.5

Arshdeep Singh

8.5

Jasprit Bumrah

9

Players
11/11

Team 1

IND

6 : 5

SA

Credits Left
9/100

Head To Head
Quinton de Kock
C

8.5

Jitesh Sharma

7

Aiden Markram

9

Tristan Stubbs

8.5

Abhishek Sharma

8

Suryakumar Yadav

9

Marco Jansen

9

Donavon Ferreira

7.5

Hardik Pandya
VC

9

Shivam Dube

7

Arshdeep Singh

8.5

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