IND vs SA 3rd ODI: The third ODI between India and South Africa is being played at the ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium, Vizag, on Saturday, December 6. After losing 20 consecutive tosses in ODI, the Indian stand-in captain KL Rahul has won the toss and opted to bowl first. The Indian team went with a single change in the last ODI where Washington Sundar goes out, and Tilak Varma makes it the Playing XI.
IND vs SA 3rd ODI: KL Rahul Won Toss
After long, Indian captain KL Rahul won the toss and opted to bowl first; captain Temba Bavuma led team will come to bat first in the do-or-die final match of the three match ODI series.
After winning the toss, KL Rahul said,
“We’ll bowl. We trained here last night and the feedback from the coaches was that there was dew, but it didn’t come in as early as Ranchi and Raipur. We were obviously planning to bowl second, keeping our track record in mind. I don’t think it’s going to play such a big part like Raipur and Ranchi. But, we just want to change the total and see how we can bowl first. Yeah, it looks like a good wicket.”
“For me and from the leadership group, we’re really happy with the way we played in the last two games. I know from the outside, 360 being chased down looks like a lot is going wrong. But considering the conditions and considering the way our teams are lined up, I think we did really well.”
“There’s a lot of positives to take and I’m really happy with the way we bowled and batted. The chat obviously has been to keep doing the same thing and stay consistent with what we’re doing and stay consistent with that process. We know that the results will follow. Not many things that we’re looking to change. Just trying to sharpen a couple of things in the field and the results will go our way. One change. Washington Sundar misses out and Tilak Varma comes in.”
Temba Bavuma said,
“We would have bowled first. A good start upfront will set it up for the middle order. It’s been entertaining. The crowd has come out. Hope today’s another thrilling one. Two changes. Rickelton and Baartman come in. They (Burger and de Zorzi) will be out for a couple of weeks.”
IND vs SA Playing XI
India Playing XI
Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tilak Varma, KL Rahul(w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna
South Africa Playing XI
Ryan Rickelton, Quinton de Kock(w), Temba Bavuma(c), Matthew Breetzke, Aiden Markram, Dewald Brevis, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Ottneil Baartman
