India vs South Africa 1st T20I: Will Rain play spoilsport in Durban?

India commence their month-long South Africa tour with a T20I match on Sunday (December 10).

The Indian team will play the first of the three-match T20 series in Durban on Sunday. Suryakumar Yadav is going to lead the Indian team against a strong South Africa side as they look to continue their T20I prowess.

The Men in Blue beat Australia 4-1 in the recent T20I series which followed after the World Cup 2023 Final. As the Indian team prepares to tackle the tough test against the Proteas, the weather can be a cause for concern in Durban.

IND vs SA: Durban Weather Update - Will Rain play Spoilsport in Durban?

The match starts at 4 pm local time in Durban and the temperature will be around 21° C at that time. According to Accuweather, Durban can have rain today in the afternoon but the probability of the rain is around 25 per cent.

After 6 pm local time, the probability of rain decreases to 15 per cent and less. Hence we can expect a light rain today but that is unlikely to put a halt to the proceedings. The temperature will dip to around 18° C after the evening.

India and South Africa T20 Squads

India: Rinku Singh, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Ishan Kishan (wk), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Arshdeep Singh, Deepak Chahar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar and Ravi Bishnoi

South Africa: David Miller, Reeza Hendricks, Tristan Stubbs, Aiden Markram (c), Andile Phehlukwayo, Marco Jansen, Donovan Ferreira (wk), Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Matthew Breetzke (wk), Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Lizaad Williams, Lungi Ngidi, Nandre Burger, Ottniel Baartman and Tabraiz Shamsi