Australia will take on South Africa in the second of the three-match T20I series. This article provides details about South Africa’s Playing 11 vs Australia for the second match of the series.
South Africa Playing 11 vs Australia- 2nd T20I, South Africa Tour of Australia 2025:
Openers: Ryan Rickelton, Aiden Markram (c)
The African side has been in good form and would like to build on that in the second of the three-match T20I series against Australia.
The Proteas are coming on the back of a final appearance against New Zealand in the tri-series in Zimbabwe and are in sync with T20 cricket.
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To add to that, the 2024 T20 World Cup runners-up have picked the majority of their first-choice players for the series against Australia.
Some notable inclusions in South Africa’s squad from their previous T20I assignment include regular captain Aiden Markram and senior fast bowler Kagiso Rabada, both of whom will bring much-needed experience to the squad
Other than that, the visitors have decided to stick with the core that took on Zimbabwe and New Zealand last month.
The team has a good balance of youth and experience, with the likes of Ryan Rickelton, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Tristan Stubbs, and Dewald Brevis making the top six along with Rassie van der Dussen and Aiden Markram.
The Proteas will open the batting with Ryan Rickelton and Aiden Markram, where the latter will look to lead from the front, being the captain of the side.
Rickelton, on the other hand, would like to make the most of the opportunity like he did in the first game with a half-century, but wasn’t able to take his team over the line.
Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Lhuan-dre Pretorius (wk), Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brevis, George Linde, Corbin Bosch, Senuran Muthusamy
The opening pair will be followed by attacking batters like Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Tristan Stubbs, and Dewald Brevis, all of whom have had good outings with the bat in their short international career so far, and would want to keep up the good work.
The visitors will also avail the services of all-rounders George Linde and Corbin Bosch, who will probably bat at number six and seven or interchangeably depending on the situation of he game.
The presence of a couple of genuine all-rounders will stretch South Africa’s batting and will bring about the stability that teams ask for nowadays.
Senuran Muthusamy, who is expected to bat lower down the order, probably at number eight, is also capable of clearing the boundary.
Bowlers: Kagiso Rabada, Kwena Maphaka, Lungi Ngidi
The Proteas are expected to have six bowling options, including two all-rounders, with Markram also chipping in with an over or two as the seventh bowler.
Out of the five bowling options, three would be specialist fast bowlers in the form of Rabada, Maphaka, and Ngidi, with Bosch fulfilling the role of fast bowling all-rounder.
As far as the spin bowling department is concerned, the team might stick to the pair of George Linde and Senuran Muthusamy.
South Africa has pretty much all its bases covered in every department of the game; they just need to bat with a bit more intent in the second T20I
