India vs South Africa 4th T20 Highlights: Dinesh Karthik, Avesh Khan help IND clinch series-levelling win in Rajkot

Ishan Kishan has been dealing mostly with boundaries. 73 percent of his total runs in this series have come in boundaries, which is second-highest percentage of runs in boundaries by an Indian batter in a bilateral T20 series comprising minimum three games. 

Rohit Sharma leads the panel with 162 runs @ 85.19 percent boundaries in the T20I series vs Sri Lanka in 2017/18.

South Africa will hope that Quinton de Kock recovers fully from a wrist injury and rejoins the team for the fourth T20I. On Thursday, pacer Anrich Nortje provided fresh updates on the wicketkeeper.

“I am not sure but he is practising. Good to see he is practising. Probably we will find out tonight or tomorrow morning,” the pacer said in the pre-match press conference.

Hardik Pandya will also be looking forward to continuing his red-hot form that has been going on since the start of the recently-concluded IPL 2022. He has also been assigned leadership role in the upcoming two-match T20I series in Ireland. Bhuvneshwar Kumar was named vice-captain.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar is one wicket away from climbing to the top of most wickets taken in the powerplay list. At the moment, he stands level with Samuel Badree and Tim Southee. All three of them have taken 33 wickets in powerplays so far.

While the openers helped India get off to a brisk start at Vizag, the biggest positive for the team was Yuzvendra Chahal's return to form. The leggie shone with the ball to look his threatening self in the third game. He returned 3/20 while second spinner Axar Patel recorded 1/28.

The spotlight also remains on Shreyas Iyer, who has been tested with the short ball regularly. He has not yet made a significant contribution at the number three spot. He has gathered 90 runs in the first three T20s.

Apart from Ruturaj, Ishan Kishan – who has emerged as India's reserve opener in the long run including this year's T20 World Cup – looks to make the most of the remaining two games. Ishan has scored 76, 34, 54 in the three games.

Ruturaj Gaikwad, who had recorded 23 and 1 in the first two games, started off cautiously before finding his groove in Visakhapatnam. The right-handed batter hit five boundaries against Norje in a 20-run over, helping India get off to a brisk start.

The Maharashtra player stuck to proper textbook strokes despite the change in gears, smashing seven fours and two sixes en route 57. India will hope for Ruturaj to do an encore, especially when the team seeks another must-win game to stay alive in the T20 assignment.

"I talked about execution and that's what we saw today, from both batters and bowlers," Rishabh Pant, who won his first match as India captain, said about the win. 

"We thought we were about 15 short but we weren't thinking too much about that. The bowlers did a fantastic job."

While Ruturaj and Ishan put nearly 100 runs for the first wicket, Harshal and Chahal snared seven wickets to bundle out the opposition for 131 at Vizag. India bounced back from their opening two losses and Pant will expect a similar performance from his team.

While Rishabh Pant has been quiet with the willow, Indian openers remain crucial regardless of conditions. India got off to an electric start in the last game with Ruturaj Gaikwad finding some much-needed runs and complementing Ishan Kishan. Gaikwad (57) and the Ishan (54) put on 97 for the first wicket to guide them to 179 for five.

It's been a bumpy ride for stand-in captain Rishabh Pant so far. Two losses and one win later, Pant faces a stiff challenge to find his lost mojo. 

The 24-year-old dasher has picked out fielders while trying to hit the ball that's out of his arc. With 40 runs in first three games, Pant searches for consistency along with the responsibility of leadership.

Hello and welcome to the LIVE coverage of the fourth T20I between India and South Africa! It's been a not-so-smooth ride for Rishabh Pant's men so far. They were able to plug the gaps in Vizag to open their account in the series with a comprehensive win. But the job isn't even halfway done. They need another near-perfect game to take the five-match series into the decider.

Rishabh Pant has a point to prove as well. The stumper has been struggling for form, managing to score just 40 in the first three Twenty20s. The stage is set for the stumper in another must-win game for India.

The game will start at 07:00 pm. The toss will take place half an hour prior to the start. Stay tuned for live updates!