India and South Africa will square off in the third and final T20I on Thursday, December 14. The New Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg will host the series decider. The first T20I was washed out, after which the second game was decided by the DLS method.
Chasing a revised target of 152 to win in the second game, the hosts crossed the line with seven balls to spare. They got off to a flying start, scoring 43 runs in the first three overs in the chase. Reeza Hendricks was the standout performer with the bat for South Africa, scoring 49 runs off 27 balls with the help of eight fours and a maximum. Earlier in the game, India managed 180 for 7 in 19.3 overs before rain interrupted play. Suryakumar Yadav scored 56 runs while Rinku Singh scored an unbeaten 68 off 39 balls with nine fours and two sixes. The action now moves to Johannesburg for the final T20I, which will decide which team wins the series. With the first match entirely washed out and the second one curtailed due to rain, fans will be hoping for a full-fledged match in the series decider.
This is the last T20I series for South Africa to decide on their T20 World Cup squad. For India, this is their second-last T20 international series – they will also play against Afghanistan later, and also have the IPL coming up, where they can judge the performance of the players.
Ahead of the third and final T20I between South Africa and India, here is everything you need to know.
South Africa vs India injury update
For South Africa, Gerald Coetzee and Marco Jansen have been released from the T20 squad to prepare for the Test series. In their absence, one between Nandre Burger and Ottniel Baartman may make their debut. For India, Ruturaj Gaikwad missed the second match due to illness and Deepak Chahar has also not joined the squad yet.
South Africa vs India predicted XI
South Africa: 1 Reeza Hendricks, 2 Matthew Breetzke, 3 Aiden Markam (c), 4 Heinrich Klaasen (wk), 5 David Miller, 6 Tristan Stubbs, 7 Donovan Ferreira, 8 Andile Phehlukwayo, 9 Lizaad Williams, 10 Ottniel Baartman/Nandre Burger, 11 Tabraiz Shamsi
India: 1 Yashasvi Jaiswal, 2 Shubman Gill, 3 Tilak Varma, 4 Suryakumar Yadav (c), 5 Rinku Singh, 6 Jitesh Sharma (wk), 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Arshdeep Singh, 9 Kuldeep Yadav/Ravi Bishnoi, 10 Mohammed Siraj, 11 Mukesh Kumar
South Africa vs India Match Details
Match: South Africa vs India
Date & Time: December 14, 8.30 PM IST
Venue: Wanderer’s Stadium, Johannesburg
South Africa vs India Fantasy Team
Wicket-Keepers: Heinrich Klaasen (vc)
Batters: Shubman Gill, David Miller, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Rinku Singh
All-rounders: Aiden Markram, Ravindra Jadeja
Bowlers: Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Gerald Coetzee
South Africa vs India: Johannesburg Weather and Pitch Report
The pitch is balanced, helping both the batsmen and bowlers. But the teams chasing at this venue enjoy a larger win percentage.
According to AccuWeather, it is going to be partly cloudy in Johannesburg. There could be intermittent rain during the match.
South Africa vs India, T20I series Broadcast details
The match between India and South Africa will be live on the Star Sports network as far as TV is concerned.
South Africa vs India Live Streaming
Disney + Hotstar has picked up streaming rights of the India vs South Africa match. The toss will take place at 8.30 PM IST.
South Africa vs India T20I matches Head-to-Head
| Matches Played | 26 |
| Matches won by India | 13 |
| Matches won by South Africa | 11 |
| No Result | 2 |
| Matches Tied | 0 |
South Africa vs India match prediction
South Africa have more experience in their squad as a lot of senior Indian players have been rested for this series. We predict South Africa to win this game.
