IND vs SA 3rd T20I Highlights: India register huge 48 run win, stays alive

IND vs SA 3rd T20I Highlights: Thanks to their all-round showing with both bat and ball, India outclassed the South Africans by 48 runs to stay alive in the five-match series. SA lead the series 2-1

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IND vs SA 3rd T20I Live Updates: Visakhapatnam Weather Report

 

Coastal areas on the east coast of India are always very humid. As was seen in Cuttack in the last game, the humidity will be very high in this one too with it crossing the 85% mark by 11:00 pm on matchday. The temperatures, however, will remain in the low thirties and there would be a bit of cloud cover too. Dew is expected to fall in large amounts and hence a captain winning the toss would look to bowl first. 

 

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IND vs SA 3rd T20I Live Updates: Pitch Report

 

It has been a low-scoring affair in the two T20Is that have been played here so far. India beat Sri Lanka in 2016 while they were beaten by Australia in 2019 where the Aussies chased down 127 in a thrilling encounter where in the last over, Jhye Richardson and Pat Cummins managed to score 14 off Umesh Yadav. 

 

The pitch is not a batter’s paradise for sure, but hoping that it would be fresh since not a lot of cricket has been played here, it would still be good enough to chalk out a nice match-up between ball and bat and anything around 150-160 could be chased. 

 

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IND vs SA 3rd T20I Live Updates:South Africa Predicted Playing 11

 

Temba Bavuma (c), Reeza Hendricks/ Quinton de Kock, Dwaine Pretorius, Rassie van der Dussen, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), David Miller, Wayne Parnell, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi

 

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IND vs SA 3rd T20I Live Updates: India Predicted Playing 11

 

Ishan Kishan, Ruturaj Gaikwad/ Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Avesh Khan/Arshdeep Singh

 

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IND vs SA 3rd T20I Live Updates: India vs South Africa Playing 11

 

The Indian team is in a situation where making changes is paramount. Though it may happen that even after making the changes, it could lose the game, it is always better to lose while trying rather than being regretful later on.

 

Therefore, it seems like Deepak Hooda, who is currently in the form of his life, may get a chance with Rishabh Pant opening the innings in place of Ruturaj Gaikwad. Arshdeep Singh may also get a look-in in place of Avesh Khan as he will bring a variety with the left-arm angle.

 

On the other hand, South Africa have with them the experience of Quinton de Kock which also provides a left-right combination and allows Temba Bavuma the much-needed space to shape up his innings. Therefore, he could play in place of Reeza Hendricks while the rest of the team remains the same as the one that played and won in Cuttack.

 

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IND vs SA 3rd T20I Live Updates: Toss Timing and Details

 

India vs South Africa 3rd T20I will begin at 07:00 pm IST and 1330 hrs GMT. Thus the toss between India skipper Rishabh Pant and South Africa captain Temba Bavuma would take place 30 minutes before the match start time. Thus the toss in today’s match would take place at 06:30 pm IST and 1300 hrs GMT.

 

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IND vs SA 3rd T20I Live Updates: Its do or die for Team India

 

India on the other hand missed crucial opportunities in both the games and as a result, they had to suffer defeats. In the first game, Shreyas Iyer dropped a sitter of Rassie van der Dussen when the batter was struggling big time and it was only after that drop that the Proteas batter went all out and won them the game. Similarly in the second game, the Indian team couldn't get going with the bat and managed only 148 after crossing the 100-run mark in the13th over itself. 

 

Now, the series is on the line and India have no other option but to win this game and stay relevant in the series as a loss in this game would lead to Proteas pocketing yet another T20I series against India in India. 

 

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IND vs SA 3rd T20I Live Updates: South Africa on top of their game

South Africa produced two very professional and classy performances in the first two games. There is no doubt that they got the advantage of batting second on wickets that changed with dew, but to chase down 212 in the first game and then come back from 29/3 in the Powerplay to chase down 150 in the second match are not feats that are achieved daily against a quality bowling attack like India. 

6:14 PM

Welcome to the Live Coverage of the IND vs SA 3rd T20I match

Hello and welcome to the Live Coverage of the India vs South Africa 3rd T20I of the five-match series from the Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam