South Africa Vs India, 3rd ODI, dream11 prediction today match

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Match : South Africa Vs India, 3rd ODI,

Vanue : Boland Park, Paarl

Date & Time : 21st December, Thursday at 4:30 PM IST

H2H Record :

Total matches - 93
SA won - 51
IND won - 39
NR - 03,
Tie - 00,

Pitch Report :

The surface at the Boland Park is the bating surface. Therefore, and is expected to boost the batters hugely in both innings. Pacers might get some help towards the latter half of the match while spinners will be vital in the middle overs. The quick outfield and shorter boundaries will further help the batting side which will be a huge factor in the contest. Either captain winning the toss might want to bat first.

The average first innings score on this wicket is 240 runs.

Weather Report :

The temperature is expected to hover around 32°C on the Thursday with 21% humidity and 15 km/hr wind speed. There are no chances of rain during the game.

Probable XI :

South Africa :

Tony de Zorzi, Reeza Hendricks, Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram (c), Heinrich Klaasen (wk), David Miller, Wiaan Mulder, Keshav Maharaj, Nandre Burger, Lizaad Williams, Beuran Hendricks.

India :

Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sai Sudharsan, Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson (wk), KL Rahul (c), Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan, Yuzi Chahal, Mukesh Kumar.

Preview :

India (IND) will take on South Africa (SA) in the third ODI of the three-match series on Thursday (December 21) at Boland Park, Paarl. Both teams have won one game each in the series.

In the second ODI, South Africa elected to bowl after winning the toss. Sai Sudarshan and KL Rahul scored a half-century each for India. Sudharshan was dismissed after scoring 62 runs off 83 deliveries, while Rahul played a knock of 56 runs off 74 deliveries. Unfortunately, no other batter managed to go past the 20-run mark and India were bundled out for just 211 runs in 46.2 overs. Nandre Burger was the pick of the bowlers for the Proteas and took three wickets for 30 runs in 10 overs.

Reeza Hendricks and Tony de Zorzi had a partnership of 130 runs for the first wicket. Hendricks scored 52 runs off 81 deliveries and was the first to get dismissed in the 28th over. Zorzi remained unbeaten on 119 runs off 122 deliveries and guided South Africa to a victory by eight wickets in 42.3 overs. Zorzi won the Player of the Match award.

Team Guide

Makes various team combinations with the help of these information.

Heinrich Klaasen :

Heinrich Klaasen is likely to play as a finisher for South Africa in this series. He made 373 runs in 10 matches in the World Cup held in India recently. He has also scored 249 runs at an average of 41.5 in eight innings against the India. Will be a best c/vc pick for grand league.

KL Rahul :

KL Rahul is completed 1000 runs in ODIs this year in last game scored crucial 56 runs. He has amassed 2799 runs in 74 ODI matches at an average of 50.89. The wicket-keeper batter has demonstrated his prowess. In the recently concluded ODI World Cup, Rahul gathered 452 runs in 10 innings. Must have pick.

Sai Sudharsan :

Sai Sudharsan is the leading run-scorer for India in the series and has scored a half-century in both matches. Sudarshan has made 117 runs at a strike rate of 92.85 in the series. Good pick.

Ruturaj Gaikwad :

Ruturaj Gaikwad is the promising opener has played six ODI matches for India and has made 115 runs at a strike rate of 73.25. He's managed to scored just 28 runs in three matches against the South Africa. Punt pick.

Tony de Zorzi :

Tony de Zorzi is the very consistent top order in South African domestic circuit. The left-handed batter made his ODI debut in March this year and scored his maiden century in the last game. He is the leading run-scorer in the series and has amassed 147 runs in two matches at a strike rate of 102.08. Good pick.

Reeza Hendricks :

Reeza Hendricks is an outstanding opener who has played 33 ODIs so far and has scored 910 runs at an average of 29.35 and a strike rate of 78.72. He has hit one century and seven half-centuries and scored 52 runs in the last game. Good pick.

Aiden Markram :

Markram possesses a sound technique with the bat and has the skills to pick wickets with his off breaks. He made 406 runs in 10 matches in the World Cup and scalped a wicket as well. Aiden Markram has scored 55 runs in two matches in the T20I series at a strike rate of 177.41. Default c /vc pick.

Rassie van der Dussen :

Rassie van der Dussen is the known for his consistency specially in this format who's scored 2358 runs in this format at an average of 53.59. Also, van der Dussen proved his mettle in the CWC 23 where he scored 448 runs. He also smashed 289 runs at an impressive average of 57.8 in seven innings against the India. Another safest c/vc pick.

Shreyas Iyer :

Shreyas Iyer is among the top five highest run-scorers for India in ODIs this year. He has made 846 runs in 20 matches at an average of 52.9. The middle order maestro amassed 530 runs in 11 innings of the ODI World Cup 2023 including 77(87) against the South Africa. Must have pick.

David Miller :

David Miller has scored 4448 runs in 172 ODI matches at an average of 42.36 and a strike rate of 103.56. He has made 503 runs in 25 innings at an average of 25.2 against the India. Good pick.

Axar Patel :

Axar can utilize the conditions very well. He has scored 488 runs in this format at a strike rate of 98.39 and have bagged 59 wickets in 51 innings he bowled. Must have pick.

Andile Phehlukwayo :

Andile Phehlukwayo has taken 91 wickets in 78 matches at an average of 31.74, an economy of 5.79, and a strike rate of 32.91. He has three four-wicket hauls to his name in ODIs. Punt pick.

Kuldeep Yadav :

Kuldeep has taken 49 wickets in 29 matches this year at an average of 20.5. He took a fifer in the last match of the T20I series. The Chinaman from India has scalped 27 South African wickets in just 13 encounters. He can once again trouble the proteas batters. Will be best fantasy captain pick from bowling section.

Arshdeep Singh :

Arshdeep Singh is the leading wicket-taker in the series. Arshdeep has picked a total of six wickets in two matches at an average of 10.83. Arshdeep was destroyed South African batting order and took 5/37 in first ODI. Must have pick.

Keshav Maharaj :

Keshav Maharaj is one of the three bowlers who have taken over 20 wickets in ODIs this year. He has taken 23 wickets in 14 matches at an average of 21.95 and took 2/51 in last game. Punt pick.

Lizaad Williams :

Lizaad Williams has picked up 4 wickets in 3 ODIs he played so far. However, his recent form in the shorter format was promising and hence he should be a part of your fantasy team.

Yuzvendra Chahal :

Yuzvendra Chahal will be making his return to the Indian side after being left out of the ODI World Cup. He has had 22 wickets against South Africa in 10 matches, which is a great record for him, and he will be willing to give the same kind of performance. Good pick.

Details Analysis

Cheat sheet

India ODIs

Wk :

KL Rahul -

2dwn, DNB, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn,
56(64), DNB, 66(107), 39(20)*, 102(64), 8(17), 21(19), 39(58),

Sanju Samson -

3dwn, DNB, 1dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, DNB, 2dwn, 1dwn,
12(23), DNB, 29(25), 128(139), 35(13)*, DNB, 1(5), 15(21),

Batter :

Shreyas Iyer -

1dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn,
52(45), 4(3), 105(70), 128(94)*. 77(87), 82(56), 4(16),

Ruturaj Gaikwad -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open,
4(2), 5(10), 8(12), 71(77), 8(14), 108(131), 168(126), 220(159)*,

Rinku Singh -

4dwn, 3dwn, DNB, 4dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn,
17(14), 26(36), DNB, 15(24), 0(1), 54(63),
1/2(1),

Tilak Varma - Off break

1dwn, 2dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 3dwn, 1dwn,
10(30), 1(3), 5(9), 5(4), 65(49), 126(77)*, 22(43),
0/18(3), 0/21(4), 1/11(2), DNB, 2/27(7), DNB,

Rajat Patidar -

3dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, Open, 1dwn,
73(103), 77(74), 0(10), 31(36), 70(27), 64(52),

Sai Sudharsan -

Open, Open, DNB, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open
62(83), 55(43)*, DNB, 21(23)*, 12(14), 15(42), 8(15), 125(144),
0/8(1), DNB, DNB, 1/0(1), DNB, DNB, 1/18(2),

All-rounder :

Axar Patel - Left Arm Orthodox

5dwn, DNB, 3dwn, 6dwn, 6dwn, 2dwn, 3dwn, 5dwn,
7(23), DNB, 17(32), 42(34), 26(36), 1(8), 2(4), 2(2)*,
0/22(6), DNB, 0/43(10), 1/47(9), 0/29(5), 0/4(2), 2/57(8), DNB,

Washington Sundar - Left Arm Off break

DNB, 5dwn, 4dwn, 5dwn, DNB,
DNB, 0(2), 43(58)*, 8(12), DNB,
DNB, 3/60(10), 0/37(10), 1/41(10), 1/25(10),

Bowler :

Kuldeep Yadav - Left Arm Chinaman

0/48(8), 1/3(3), 0/56(10), 1/56(10), 2/41(10), 2/7(6), 0/3(2), 2/24(8),

Yuzvendra Chahal - Leg break googly

4/37(10), 2/44(10), 2/16(10), 1/37(10), 2/33(9), 1/61(9),

Arshdeep Singh - Left Arm Medium Fast

1/28(8), 5/37(10), 0/21(5), ABN, 0/68(9), 2/70(10), 1/41(10), 4/30(7), 1/41(10),

Deepak Chahar - Right Arm Medium

6/41(10), 0/24(7), 0/12(3), 1/32(8), 2/75(10), 3/27(7),

Avesh Khan - Right Arm Fast Medium

0/43(8), 4/27(8), 6/37(8), 1/6(4), 0/42(10), 1/49(10), 1/25(7),

Mukesh Kumar - Right Arm Fast Medium

0/46(8), 0/46(7), 3/30(7), 0/17(3), 1/22(5), 0/58(7), 1/40(7), 2/40(8),

Akash Deep - Right Arm Medium

0/31(3), 3/6(7), 3/8(6), 1/27(7), 1/20(7), 2/24(8),

South Africa ODIs

WK :

Heinrich Klaasen -

DNB, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn,
DNB, 6(9), 47(48), 10(13), 1(11), 15(7)*, 12(10), 90(49), 109(67),

Kyle Verreynne -

3dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn, DNB, 2dwn,
111(103), 36(28), 56(41), 19(31), 4(3), DNB, 101(65),

Batter :

Rassie van der Dussen -

1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn,
36(51), 0(1), 6(31), 76(95)*, 13(32), 133(118), 21(39), 1(7), 60(61),

David Miller -

DNB, 4dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 2dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn,
DNB, 2(7), 101(116), 24(33), 11(11), 53(30), 29(33), 34(15)*, 5(6),

Reeza Hendricks -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, 1dwn, Open, 1dwn, 1dwn,
52(81), 0(8), 12(19), 85(75), 0(1), 28(34), 39(45), 52(61),

Tony de Zorzi -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open
119(122)*, 28(22), 11(14), 12(12), 40(44), 32(29), 143(113), 68(46)*, 13(15),

All-rounder :

Aiden Markram - Right Arm off-break

2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 4dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn,
2(2)*, 12(21), 10(20), 25(32), 9(6), 6(1)*, 91(93), 60(69), 42(44),
1/28(4), DNB, 1/23(8), 0/25(5), 0/17(2), DNB, 0/20(4), DNB, DNB,

Andile Phehlukwayo - Right Arm Medium

6dwn, 5dwn, DNB, 6dwn, 6dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn
33(49), 39(37)*, DNB, 39(19), 1(9), 5(10), 14(8), 12(16), 4(8),
1/15(1), 1/36(7), 0/19(3), 1/44(6), 1/50(7), 0/28(4), 4/35(5), 1/28(6), 3/62(10),

Wiaan Mulder - Right Arm Medium

DNB, 5dwn, DNB, 2dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, DNB, 3dwn, 4dwn,
DNB, 0(1), DNB, 0(1), 29(26)*, 16(15), DNB, 96(93), 4(5),
0/19(4), 1/26(4), 0/20(6), 3/29(8), 1/37(8), 0/71(9), 1/17(4), 0/18(2), 0/15(4),

Mihlali Mpongwana - Right Arm Fast

4dwn, DNB, 5dwn, 5dwn, DNB, 4dwn,
105(109), DNB, 3(9), 28(20), DNB, 27(17)*,
3/32(6), 1/20(5), 3/47(9), 1/30(4), 0/8(1), 1/39(8),

Bowler :

Beuran Hendricks - Left Arm Fast Medium

2/34(10), 1/20(7), 2/18(7), 2/77(10), 0/9(3), 3/40(10),

Keshav Maharaj - Left Arm Orthodox

2/51(10), 0/19(3), 1/24(10), 2/25(10), 1/30(10), 4/46(9), 0/56(9), 1/32(10), 1/27(2),

Tabraiz Shamsi - Left Arm Wrist spin

0/22(3), 2/42(10), 1/72(10), 4/60(10), 2/38(8), 0/41(6), 2/29(7), 4/61(10),

Lizaad Williams - Right Arm Fast Medium

1/49(9), 2/56(9), 1/22(8), 1/25(5), 1/43(9), 1/39(9), 2/19(5),

Ottneil Baartman - Right Arm Medium Fast

0/15(3), 1/51(8), 2/43(8), DNB, DNB,

Nandre Burger - Left Arm Fast

3/30(10), 0/35(6), 1/29(8), 0/38(8), 2/52(9), 0/33(8), 3/42(8), 6/38(10)

Cheat Sheet

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