The defending champions India will take on the previous edition’s finalists, South Africa, in the Super 8 stage of the ongoing T20 World Cup 2026 at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on Sunday. Both India and South Africa won all of their four games in the group stage and would want to carry the good show.

Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, and Varun Chakravarthy have been the star performers for India and they are once again going to hold the key. With Proteas having a lot of left-handers in their squad, it would be interesting to note if India would persist with Washington Sundar, who can also bowl in the Powerplay overs.

On the other hand, the Proteas would want to carry the winning impetus and would want to make the most of the familiar conditions after playing three group stage matches at Ahmedabad.

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Kuldeep Yadav needs five wickets to complete 100 scalps in T20Is, and he would become the fourth Indian bowler and first spinner to get to the landmark after Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, and Hardik Pandya.

Sanju Samson needs 11 fours to complete 100 boundaries.

Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav needs nine fours to complete 300 boundaries in T20Is.

South Africa spinner Keshav Maharaj needs five wickets to complete 50 scalps in T20Is.

India Squad: Ishan Kishan(w), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Sanju Samson, Mohammed Siraj, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh

South Africa squad: Aiden Markram (c), Corbin Bosch, Dewald Brevis, Quinton de Kock, Marco Jansen, George Linde, Keshav Maharaj, Kwena Maphaka, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Jason Smith and Tristan Stubbs.