South Africa Vs India: Suryakumar Yadav and his men will want to bounce back in this three match series of the T20 International format.
India had lost the second match of this series, against South Africa which was also a rain-hit encounter at St. George’s Park.
India lost the toss in yesterday’s game and they were put into bat by the hosts, South Africa. The visitors, India lost the openers early. But still reached the 180 runs after their 20 overs.
That was mainly because of skipper Suryakumar Yadav and Rinku Singh, who scored his maiden fifty in T20Is for the men in blue side.
But the rains again played a spoilsport and the target of 181 runs was reduced to 152 runs in 15 overs. The Indian bowlers couldn’t pick more than five wickets in the 2nd match, so they lost the game by 5 wickets. Now they are trailing 0-1 down in this three-match series of the T20 International format.
India will look to give an improved performance in the series-deciding match, which will be played tomorrow. The openers need to fire in the next game.
Jaiswal and Gill were out on 0 in the 2nd match of this series. They need to make a comeback and help India to do well in the last T20I match.
South Africa, on the other hand, will aim to seal the series at home. They bowled well and batted even better. The rains also helped them as they got a reduced target to chase.
Aiden Markram and co will want to keep the same momentum in the third and the final T20I match as well.
Talking about the changes, South Africa will not change their winning combination and the men in blue side will also go with the same playing XI for the third and the last match of this shortest format series.
But still, they can think of adding Axar Patel in their squad. Patel did well in the T20I series against the Aussies recently and he is the man in form for Team India.
Match – South Africa Vs India 3rd T20 International Match
Venue – New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Day – Thursday
Date – 13th December 2023
Toss Timings – 8 PM Indian Standard Time (IST), 2.30 PM GMT and 4.30 PM Local
Match Timings – 8.30 PM Indian Standard Time (IST), 3 PM GMT and 5 PM Local
Television Channel – Star Sports India Network
Live Streaming – Disney+ Hotstar Mobile Application
India – Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma(wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel/Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, and Mukesh Kumar.
South Africa - Matthew Breetzke, Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen(wk), David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen, Andile Phehlukwayo, Gerald Coetzee, Lizaad Williams, Tabraiz Shamsi.
Batters – Rinku Singh, Tilak Varma and Reeza Hendricks
Bowlers - Gerald Coetzee, Arshdeep Singh and Mukesh Kumar
All-rounders – Ravindra Jadeja and Marco Jansen
Wicket-keeper – Heinrich Klaasen
Vice-captain – Mohammed Siraj
Captain – David Miller