India vs South Africa 3rd T20 Match Playing 11, Full Squad: India will aim to put behind a colossal 51-run defeat to the Proteas when he limber up for the third T20I up in Dharamsala today.
The team which has had a solid run since the last World Cup will continue to hope the Mullanpur mauling was just a one-off blip and that their combinations remain just as sturdy. That could still be tested on a frosty night at the HPCA Stadium where high scores have been frequented in white-ball contests lately. It is not an easy ground to defend tall scores either, with four of five night T20Is at the night having been decided by the chasing side.
Despite the series being levelled, India are likely to stick to their guns unless they believe an extra seamer Harshit Rana could do some damage on the Proteas batting order.
IND vs SA 3rd T20I Predicted XIs
India: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill (vc), Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Axar Patel, Shivam Dube, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy.
Player to watch out for India: Jasprit Bumrah
India’s pace spearhead has not been at his imperious best lately and the right-arm seamer was handed a pretty odd feeling when he was clubbed for four sixes for the first time in his T20I career in the previous outing. Bumrah has only previously played one T20I at the venue and returned with a wicket at run a ball. That may not be the norm this time around with an in-form Saffers batting line-up and frenetic batting conditions.
South Africa: Aiden Markram, Quinton de Kock (wk), Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brevis, David Miller, Donovan Ferreira, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Lungi Ngidi, George Linde, Anrich Nortje/Ottneil Baartman.
Player to watch out for South Africa: Marco Jansen
Left-arm pacer Marco Jansen conjured up a corker to dismiss Abhishek Sharma with a delivery on good length in the previous match and the big boy from the Proteas dug-out will have just the conditions laid out for him to reap rewards off similar lengths tonight. Jansen’s been a thorn in India’s plans throughout the tour and an extension of a good spell will cast some tension in the Indian dressing room.
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IND vs SA T20I Squads
India: Suryakumar Yadav (c), Shubman Gill (vc), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Sanju Samson (WK), Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Washington Sundar.
South Africa: Quinton de Kock (wk), Aiden Markram (c), Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brevis, David Miller, Donovan Ferreira, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Anrich Nortje, Lutho Sipamla, Lungi Ngidi, Reeza Hendricks, Corbin Bosch, George Linde, Tony de Zorzi, Ottneil Baartman, Kwena Maphaka.