India vs South Africa 3rd ODI Live: De Kock & Bavuma Steady SA After Early Blow in Vizag
Live Score 3rd ODI: South Africa build a strong start with a 100-run De Kock–Bavuma stand after early setback. India look for breakthroughs in the series decider at Visakhapatnam. Get live updates, pitch analysis, and playing XIs.
India vs South Africa 3rd ODI Live: De Kock & Bavuma Steady SA After Early Blow in Vizag
This Vizag showdown has started excitingly- the ball was lost after an early wicket. Quinton de Kock and Temba Bavuma themselves were forming a 100-run stand in trying to keep the Indian bowlers under pressure in the third ODI.
Everything was settled round about for Ryan Rickelton by taking him out of the bowling of Arshdeep Singh in the first over, but after that early breakthrough, South Africa formed a very good recovery. At the end of the first 10 overs, they were steadily moving at 42/1, with Skipper de Kock and Bavuma looking pretty confident on the pitch.
It was a win for KL with the toss who decided to field at this do-or-die game. With the series tied at 1-1, both teams know that every run and every wicket matters today.
Pitch & Match Conditions
The host venues have some really batting friendly pitches. Carrying out the ball is difficult, especially in the second innings after dew comes into play. The same hardships are expected at Vizag, where bedew is likely to come in a bit too late and crawl its way along with the proceedings.
Team Approaches
India have been leaning deep into their abundant resources of spin talent and with three spinners playing in the first two matches. It worked for them in the first game, but again backfired in the second match when India had a scarcity of bowling resources.
South Africa meanwhile remain faithful to their pace attack. They field just one specialist spinner in Keshav Maharaj and focus mainly on their fast bowling.
Playing XI
South Africa Playing XI:
Ryan Rickelton, Quinton de Kock (wk), Temba Bavuma (c), Matthew Breetzke, Aiden Markram, Dewald Brevis, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Ottneil Baartman
India Playing XI:
Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tilak Varma, KL Rahul (wk/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna
India should try desperately to find their next breakthrough, keeping the entire process under control to remain in the match. In turn, Proteas would intend to reinforce an already powerful start and recover their control of this pertinacious decider. The sentiment in the symbolic version will only get fired up.
