Cuttack: With just five days to go for the T20 International between India and South Africa at the Barabati Stadium here, the cricket fever is rising in this part of the world.

After the ODI series concludes at Visakhapatnam on Saturday, the white-ball bandwagon will move to Cuttack for the first of five T20Is. ADVERTISEMENT

So what’s in store for the Suryakumar Yadav and Aiden Markram-led teams, and the 40,000-odd spectators who will fill up the stadium?

A T20 match often produces a run feast, and the Cuttack clash on Tuesday should be no different.

To ensure a high-scoring contest, BCCI’s East Zone chief pitch curator Ashish Bhowmick has zeroed in on the red soil pitch at Barabati Stadium.

Interestingly, this is the first time that Barabati Stadium will be hosting a match on a red-

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