The fourth T20I between India and South Africa will be played at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium this Friday. The venue will be hosting a T20I after a gap of 3-long years. After winning the first two games of the five-match T20 series, the Temba Bavuma-led South African side has imposed a do-or-die situation on the hosts for the remaining games of the series. In this space, we will be discussing the Pitch Report and the T20 Records of the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium Rajkot.
The visitors would be eying to seal the series in Visakhapatnam itself, however, if the hosts manage to bounce back in that particular game, the series will take an interesting turn. The Rishabh Pant-led side might have to go through some changes for the remaining matches of the series.
Rajkot Cricket Stadium T20 Records
Only 3 T20 Internationals have been held in Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium as of yet. Two of those have been won by the chasing sides while the teams defending a total have won once. The average first and second innings scores, both are fairly high here.
| Average 1st Inns scores | 183 |
| Average 2nd Inns scores | 170 |
| Highest total recorded | 202/4 (19.4 Ov) by IND vs AUS |
| Highest score chased | 202/4 (19.4 Ov) by IND vs AUS |
| Lowest score defended | 196/2 (20 Ov) by NZ vs IND |
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium Rajkot Pitch Report
The Pitch at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium is of great assistance to the batters. The surface is flat and the batters enjoy a good stroke play here generally. The high average scores of both innings in the venue also indicate the same. We might hence be up for a high-scoring encounter here on Friday. However, the spinners can change the course of the game during the middle overs. The pacers will have to bowl tight lengths in order to restrict the batters.
Chasing a total might get even easier in Rajkot hence winning the toss and fielding first should be the way to go here.
IND vs SA, 3rd T20I Weather Forecast
The sky over Rajkot will remain partly cloudy on the match day however there is no forecast of rain. The temperature will rise as high as 38°C during the day and drop down to as low as 28°C at the night. Winds will blow SW at 15 to 30 km/h.
Match Details
IND vs SA, 4th T20I
Date: Friday, 17th June 2022
Start Time: 7:00 PM IST | 01:30 PM GMT
Venue: Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot