SA vs IND 1st T20I live updates: Rain persists at Kingsmead

South Africa and India will both be testing their strength in depth when they meet in two whiteball series starting with SA vs IND 1st T20I at Kingsmead in Durban on Sunday Three T20 matches will be followed by three oneday internationals during a tour which is a financial lifesaver for Cricket South Africa CSA The cashstrapped hosts stand to earn in excess of a billion rand 53 million mainly from TV rights which is far in excess of income from any other incoming tours It will obviously help us balance the books but it is not just us every country needs India purely based on the broadcast revenues said Pholetsi Moseki chief executive of CSA Both teams will be without key players for the whiteball games ahead of two World Test Championship matches later in the tour South Africas oneday and Test captain Temba Bavuma and fast bowler Kagiso Rabada will miss all the limited overs matches Fast bowlers Gerald Coetzee Marco Jansen and Lungi Ngidi will play only in the first two T20 internationals before returning to their franchises to play in domestic fourday cricket ahead of the TestsAlso ReadThese five eye highfive showRegular Indian captain Rohit Sharma and former captain Virat Kohli will also miss the limited overs games while recent T20 captain Hardik Pandya is injured Suryakumar Yadav fresh from leading India to a 41 T20 home series win against Australia will captain the T20 side while KL Rahul will be in charge for the oneday matchesWith the T20 World Cup due to be played in the West Indies and United States in June the threematch T20 series provides an opportunity for fringe players to press their claimsSA vs IND 1st T20I live updates Squads South Africa Aiden Markram capt Ottniel Baartman Matthew Breetzke Nandre Burger Gerald Coetzee Donovan Ferreira Reeza Hendricks Marco Jansen Heinrich Klaasen wkt David Miller Lungi Ngidi Andile Phehlukwayo Tabraiz Shamsi Tristan Stubbs Lizaad Williams India Suryakumar Yadav capt Ravindra Jadeja vicecapt Ravi Bishnoi Deepak Chahar Ruturaj Gaikwad Shubman Gill Shreyas Iyer Yashasvi Jaiswal Ishan Kishan wkt Mukesh Kumar Jitesh Sharma wkt Arshdeep Singh Mohammed Siraj Rinku Singh Washington Sundar Tilak Varma Kuldeep YadavSA vs IND 1st T20I live updates Pitch reportThe wickets that South African pitches tend to offer more pace and bounce by default however in whiteball format the pitches have been mostly flat favouring batsmen as of lateSA vs IND 1st T20I live updates Weather updateWeather experts have predicted a chance of thunderstorm in the morning at 11 AM local time 230 PM IST and then again at 8 PM to 10 PM Local Time 1130 PM to 130 AM IST Although the forecast for rain is outside the playing hours 4 PM to 8 PM Local Time 730 PM to 1130 PM IST there is a chance of weather playing spoilsport in the first T20ISA vs IND 1st T20I live updates Toss updateThe toss for the first T20I clash between India and South Africa on Sunday has been delayed due to rain Overcast conditions were already foreshadowing the arrival of rain at the time of the clash Covers were placed over the pitch before the intervention from the rain gods831 PM Rain continuesThe anticipation persists at Kingsmead The drizzle lingers signalling an ongoing waiting game