Hardik Pandya and Bhuvneshwar Kumar are all set to make a comeback in the series
India cricket team will take on South Africa cricket team at Dharamshala on Thursday
South Africans will be flying to Dharamshala on Monday itself while the Indian squad will reach the venue on Tuesday
South Africa vs Australia 3rd T20 match will be telecast live on Sony Six and Sony Six HD with English commentary from 9:30 pm IST
MI has made some strategic changes to its IPL 2020 squad by bringing in Australians Chris Lynn at the top of the batting order and Nathan Coulter-Nile as a bowling all-rounder
Faf Du Plessis, who stepped aside from the ODI captaincy to make way for Quinton de Kock during the recent series against England, said he took the decision to help South Africa start a new era
Test and Twenty20 captain Faf du Plessis was not in a 15-man squad named by Cricket South Africa
With Hardik Pandya in the squad as batting all-rounder, MI were locked in an intense battle with CSK for Australian bowling all-rounder Nathan Coulter-Nile, and they finally bagged him for Rs 8 crore
Among the 12 released players are Evin Lewis, Jason Behrendoff and Alzarri Joseph, who had made some match-winning contributions to the side last season
With a washout in the first game in Dharamsala, both the teams were looking to take the upper hand and take an unassailable lead in the series in Mohali
Asked to bat first, South Africa rode new captain de Kock's 52 and Temba Bavuma's 49 to post a modest 149/5 in 20 overs
Dharamsala weather played a spoilsport as it rained heavily diminishing all hopes for a full match
Faf du Plessis will continue to lead South Africa in the three-Test series that follows the T20s, with Temba Bavuma named his vice-captain
Considering his team's loss to Delhi Capitals in Mumbai, de Kock said it will be a big game for MI against RCB and they need a win to get going