IND vs SA 3rd T20 today: Both teams will clash after 6 years in Centurion, Ramandeep can debut; Series tied at 1-1
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The third match of the T-20 series between India and South Africa will be played in Centurion today. The match will start at 8:30 PM at SuperSport Park Stadium, the toss will take place at 8 PM. India will play T-20 match here after 6 years, in 2018 the team had lost to the home team.
The 4 T20 series is currently tied at 1-1. India won the first match by 61 runs and South Africa won the second match by 3 wickets. The last match of the series will be played in Johannesburg on 15 November.
India ahead in head to head So far 29 T-20s have been played between India and South Africa. India won 16 and South Africa won 12. A match between the two also remained inconclusive. There was also a final of this year’s T-20 World Cup between the two, in which India won.
The last match between the two in Centurion was in 2018, when the home team won by 6 wickets. Both played 22 T-20s in South Africa, India won 12 and the home team won 9. One match also remained inconclusive.
Ramandeep can debut Team India’s batting looked weak in the second T20. After the fall of 6 wickets, Arshdeep Singh had to come to bat, who usually bats after the fall of 8 or 9 wickets. In such a situation, to increase the batting today, the team can include Ramandeep Singh in the playing-11 in place of out-of-form Abhishek Sharma. Ramandeep has not made his debut yet.
Top wicket taker of Chakraborty series Varun Chakraborty has taken 8 wickets for India in 2 matches. In the second match also, he won the match for India by taking 5 wickets. Whereas Sanju Samson is the top run scorer of the series, he had scored a century in the first match.
Stubbs won the second match for the home team Tristan Stubbs led South Africa to victory by scoring 47 runs in the second match. He is the top run scorer of the team. Gerald Cooties is the top wicket taker of the team, with 4 wickets to his name. He took 3 wickets in the first match. The team will not change its playing-11.
weather condition There is no chance of rain in Centurion on Wednesday. The temperature will be between 16 to 26 degrees Celsius. There was no problem due to rain in the last 2 T-20s also.
pitch report So far 14 T-20s have been played in Centurion, 7 times the teams batting first and 7 times bowling first won. 258 runs is the best score here and it has become easier to chase here in the last few years. Therefore, the team winning the toss can choose to bowl first.
Possible playing-11 of both the teams India: Suryakumar Yadav (Captain), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Abhishek Sharma/Ramandeep Singh, Tilak Verma, Rinku Singh, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Varun Chakraborty, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh and Avesh Khan.
South Africa: Aiden Markram (captain), Reeza Hendricks, Ryan Rickelton, Tristan Stubbs, Henrik Klaasen (wk), David Miller, Andile Simelane, Marco Yanson, Gerald Coetzee, N Peter and Keshav Maharaj.
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