India will take on South Africa in the third ODI of the three-match series on Thursday (December 21) at Boland Park in Paarl. (Photo Source: BCCI/Twitter)
Both teams have won one game each in the series.
Preview
India will take on South Africa in the third ODI of the three-match series on Thursday (December 21) at Boland Park in Paarl. Both teams have won one game each in the series.
In the second ODI, South Africa elected to bowl after winning the toss. Sai Sudarshan and KL Rahul scored a half-century each for India. Sudharshan was dismissed after scoring 62 runs off 83 deliveries, while Rahul played a knock of 56 runs off 74 deliveries. Unfortunately, no other batter managed to go past the 20-run mark and India were bundled out for just 211 runs in 46.2 overs. Nandre Burger was the pick of the bowlers for the Proteas and took three wickets for 30 runs in 10 overs.
Reeza Hendricks and Tony de Zorzi had a partnership of 130 runs for the first wicket. Hendricks scored 52 runs off 81 deliveries and was the first to get dismissed in the 28th over. Zorzi remained unbeaten on 119 runs off 122 deliveries and guided South Africa to a victory by eight wickets in 42.3 overs. Zorzi won the Player of the Match award.
Match Information
South Africa vs India, 3rd ODI
India tour of South Africa, 21 Dec 2023, Thur, 4:30 PM IST ,Paarl
Probable PlayingXI
South Africa
RR Hendricks, T de Zorzi, HE van der Dussen, AK Markram(C), DA Miller, Wiaan Mulder, H Klaasen, KA Maharaj, N Burger, LB Williams, BE Hendricks
Bench: MP Breetzke, T Stubbs, D Ferreira, M Jansen, OEG Baartman, AL Phehlukwayo, G Coetzee, T Shamsi, DG Bedingham, KD Petersen, K Rabada, L Ngidi, K Verreynne, Mihlali Mpongwana, D Elgar, T Bavuma
India
RD Gaikwad, Sai Sudharsan, Tilak Varma, KL Rahul(C), RK Singh, Axar Patel, SV Samson, KL Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar
Bench: Ishan Kishan, JM Sharma, SA Yadav, Yashasvi Jaiswal, S Iyer, Shubman Gill, Washington Sundar, RA Jadeja, Ravi Bishnoi, DL Chahar, Mohammed Siraj, RM Patidar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shardul Thakur, Ravichandran Ashwin, JJ Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, M Shami
Injury News
Ottniel Baartman and Andile Phehlukwayo have been ruled out of this game due to injuries.
Pitch Report
Captains: 8.5
Sai Sudharsan IND bat: 8.5
Aiden Markram SA: 8.5