The Irish team were last seen in action during the T20 World Cup 2024 in June this year. The South African team have never lost to Ireland in the 5 matches between two sides and the Proteas will look to continue their winning run. SA skipper Aiden Markram has been going through a lean patch, scoring only one fifty this year in all formats the 69 he scored in the third ODI against Afghanistan last week. "I mean, it's all just cricket, really. You can feel as good as you want and not score runs, and that's just the nature of the beast, unfortunately," Markram told reporters ahead of the first T20I match. "Some challenging wickets at the World Cup, but all in all, been feeling quite good with bat in hand. Obviously, was nice to get some runs in the last ODI, but a lot of the time I just measure form as to how much I can contribute to my team winning games and not necessarily the amount of runs that I'm scoring. So that's what I'm going to take with me moving forward, and hopefully, I can score some runs so that the team is in a good position and can win games are cricket," he added.