IND Vs SA 3rd T20 today: South Africa has a chance to win the series, India will try to avoid defeat

IND Vs SA 3rd T20 today: South Africa has a chance to win the series, India will try to avoid defeat

The third match of the T20 series between India and host South Africa will be played today at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. The match will start at 8:30 pm. The toss will take place at 8:00 pm.

South Africa is leading 1-0 in the 3-match series. The team won the second match by 5 wickets, while the first match was canceled due to rain.

Team India is on the South Africa tour for all formats series. The 3-match ODI series will start on December 17, after which the Test series will be played.

Head-To-Head Record

India and South Africa are facing each other for the fourth time in T20 at the Wanderers Stadium. Before this, 2 out of 3 matches were won by India and one by South Africa. You will know the head-to-head record of the matches further through graphics.

So far 8 T-20 series have been played between the two. In this, India won 4 and South Africa won 2. 2 series were drawn.

Surya scored the most runs for the team this Year

Suryakumar Yadav is captaining Team India in this series. He is the highest run scorer for the team in T-20 format this year. Yashasvi Jaiswal is at number two. He has scored 370 runs in 14 matches. Surya had played an inning of 56 runs in the second match of the series.

Apart from Surya, Rinku Singh also played a brilliant innings in the last match. He had scored 68 runs on 39 balls. Talking about the bowling attack, pacer Arshdeep Singh is on top.

Hendrix And Cootzie's Excellent Form Continues

The excellent form of South African batsman Reeza Hendricks and bowler Gerald Cootzie continues. Both of them played important roles in the team's victory in the last match. Hendricks played an inning of 49 runs, while Cootzie took 3 wickets. Hendricks is the top run scorer in this format for the host team. The top wicket-taker in bowling is Cootji. Captain Aiden Markram is in second place in terms of scoring runs. He has scored 214 runs in 7 matches.

Wanderers Stadium Pitch Report

The pitch at Wanderers Stadium is batting-friendly. There is more bounce on this pitch, due to which the ball comes well on the bat. In such a situation, there will be a chance for the batsmen to score runs. A high-scoring match can be seen between India and South Africa on this pitch.

A total of 32 T-20 International matches have been played here. The team batting first has won 15 matches and the team batting later has won 17 matches.

The highest team score on this ground is 260 runs, which was made by Sri Lanka against Kenya in 2007. The lowest team score is 83 which was made by Bangladesh against Sri Lanka in 2007.

Weather Forecast

There is good news regarding the weather in Johannesburg on Thursday. Today the weather here will be clear, there will be clouds for some time, but there is only 3% chance of rain. The rain had hampered both the initial matches. The wind speed here will be 20 kilometers per hour. The temperature can range from 15 to 28 degrees Celsius.

Possible Playing-11 Of Both The Teams

India: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Tilak Verma, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Rinku Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar and Mohammed Siraj.

South Africa: Aiden Markram (captain), Reeza Hendricks, Matthew Bretzky, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Yanson, Andile Felluquoy, Gerald Coetzee, Tabraiz Shamsi, Lizaad Williams.