IND vs SA: The Men in Blue roared back with a stunning 106 run win to tie the series 1-1. After going down in the 2nd match, India came back strongly to register their biggest win against the Proteas in the shortest over of the game. Suryakumar Yadav’s record fourth T20I ton and Yashasvi Jaiswal’s blazing half-century helped India to 201/7. On came birthday boy Kuldeep Yadav to scalped a stunning fifer to crumble the Protean attack. Helped by Jadeja, Arshdeep & Mukesh, India bundled out SA for just 95 runs.
9:15PM IST: Nine overs are done and as the two teams go into the break, Jaiswal is keeping the Protean attack on their toes. India are 83/2.
9:07 PM IST: Suryakumar Yadav survives as Tabraiz Shamsi’s googly trapped him leg before. However, with the replays showing the ball pitching outside leg stump, SKY survives.
9:00 PM IST: End of powerplay and despiye the two early blows, India are going strong. At the end of powerplay, India are 62/2 with Suryakumar Yadav and Yashasvi Jaiswal going strong.
8:55 PM IST: Suryakumar Yadav and Yashasvi Jaiswal are unperturbed by the two early blows. Both are going at a good pace. India 56/2 after 5.
8:45 PM IST: Keshav Maharaj in the powerplay would have been flirting with danger. But he has put South Africa in control with twin strikes in his first over. After trapping Shubman Gill LBW, he has dismissed Tilak Varma for a duck.
8:40 PM IST: Early spin attack by South Africa as Aiden Markram comes to the attack. Byt Yashasvi Jaiswal is in no mood to relent as he takes him on. India 29/0 after 3.
8:35 PM IST: Excellent attacking start by Shubman Gill. He departed for a duck in the last match. But here, he has upped the ante from the first over with three boundaries. India 14/0 after 1.
8:30 PM IST: Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal will begin India’s innings.
8:25 PM IST: Time for the national anthems.
India Playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar
South Africa Playing XI: Reeza Hendricks, Matthew Breetzke, Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen(w), David Miller, Donovan Ferreira, Andile Phehlukwayo, Keshav Maharaj, Lizaad Williams, Tabraiz Shamsi, Nandre Burger
“We wanted to put runs on the board and defend. Looks a good track, don’t think it’ll change much. That’s the brand of play we want to play, guys want to be fearless. Lot of positives from the last game. Same playing XI.,” said Suryakumar Yadav at the Toss.
8:00 PM – Toss – SA Win the Toss and opt to bowl first. “We are gonna bowl first again. Fresh wicket, happy with how we chased the other night. There’s room for improvement in all aspects. Opportunity tonight to fix that. It’s big (to win a series against India). Great occasion, hopefully the boys can express themselves. We’ve got three changes. Kesh comes back, Nandre Burger gets his debut and Donovan Ferreira comes in for Stubbs” said Aiden Markram at the Toss.
7:50 PM – Both Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal take a look at the pitch. Suryakumar Yadav joins the duo to take a good look at the pitch. Less than 10mins remain for the Toss to take place.
7:30 PM – We are ready for an entertaining encounter. The first game was washed off while the Proteas took the 2nd game. India needs to win the final game to level the series.
On the other hand, team India will have their task cut-out on a fast-paced Wanderers track. The visitors top-order was exposed in the second IND vs SA T20I as the African bowlers made full use of the seaming conditions. A similar kind of track is expected in Johannesburg and the Indian batters are expected to be tested once again with the new white-ball.
IND vs SA 3rd T20I:
Venue: The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Date & Time: December 14th at 8:30 PM IST and 5:00 PM Local Time
Live Streaming: Star Sports Network and Disney+Hotstar
IND vs SA Pitch Report:
There will be extra pace and bounce at the Wanderers Stadium. It’s not the best place to chase anything more than 160. The spinners are also expected to get some turn from wicket. The skipper winning the toss might prefer to have a bowl first and chase the total under lights.
Probable XIs:
South Africa
Reeza Hendricks, Matthew Breetzke, Aiden Markram (c), Heinrich Klaasen (wk), David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Donovan Ferreira / Ottniel Baartman, Andile Phehlukwayo, Nandre Burger, Lizaad Williams, Tabraiz Shamsi
India
Ruturaj Gaikwad / Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer / Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Ishan Kishan / Jitesh Sharma (wk), Rinku Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Ravi Bishnoi / Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar
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