KL Rahul’s team will face Temba Bavuma’s team in the last ODI match of the series at the ACA-VDCA cricket stadium in Visakhapatman on Saturday. The series stand equal at one match won by each team, with the first game in Ranchi going to the home team and the second one in Raipur going to the visitors.
The pitch of Visakhapatnam is a batting friendly surface which offers a lot of support to the batter especially during the initial stages in the innings. The dew will also play a very important role like it had in the first and second ODI. The conditions are expected to remain conductive for high-scoring match and no weather interruptions are expected. The fast bowlers might have some assistance on this pitch but mainly its a batting paradise.
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Team India looking to bounce back stronger
India will be hoping to go with the same squad but the only one change that is likely is that Nitish Kumar Reddy has a possibility to come in while Washington Sundar might get left out due to his average performance in the last two ODIs. KL Rahul and co. have to bounce back in order to win the series and the only way this can happen is if the fast bowlers bowl with consistent line and length while the Indian batters look to chase or set a competitive target.
Predicted Playing XI
India: KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna.
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South Africa: Temba Bavuma, Aiden Markram, Quinton de Kock, Dewald Brevis, Matthew Breetzke, Corbin Bosch, Tony de Zorzi, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Ottneil Baartman.
IND vs SA: Head-to-Head record
According to ESPNcricinfo, the two sides had played a total of 96 matches against each other in the ODI format. In which India has emerged victorious 41 times. The Proteas have had their fair share of 52 wins. There have been three matches with no result.
