After being sent to bat first, South Africa posted a huge total of 227 runs in the 3rd T20I against India in Indore. Rilee Rossou scored a blistering ton to take South Africa to a big score. Opener Quinton de Lock also batted well but he fell short at 68 runs. David Miller and Tristan Stubbs too gave finishing touch to the visitors.
Indian bowlers again had a bad day on the field, adding extra headache for the team management. Only Umesh Yadav and Deepak Chahar got wicket but still they were poor with their economy.
Talking about spinners, Ravichandran Ashwin and Axar Patel failed to perform get again and remained wicketless.
Earlier, India made three changes in their side as Shreyas Iyer, Umesh Yadav and Mohammed Siraj came in place of KL Rahul, Virat Kohli and Arshdeep Singh for this match.
“We’re going to field first. It’s a very high scoring ground, I feel the pitch won’t change a lot so it’s nice to know what target is in front of us. Three changes for us, Kohli and KL are out, and Arshdeep misses out for some issues with his back. It is precautionary, nothing serious. We’ve got Shreyas Iyer, Umesh Yadav and Siraj in,” said Rohit at the toss.
“We want to keep challenging ourselves, keep improving and keep batting the same way,” he added.
On the other hand, Temba Bavuma led South Africa made just one change as Dwayne Pretorius replaced Anrich Nortje for this game.
“Wasn’t too sure on what to do today, not too fussed about losing the toss. As a leader, these are the kind of games you want to contribute to. Hopefully, I can repay the team today. The series is out of our reach but this is our last opportunity to achieve a few objectives ahead of the World Cup,” said Bavuma.
“One change today – Dwayne Pretorius comes in for Nortje, just to give an extra option with a change of pace. We need to win today, it is a chance for some of our batters to find some form, and also as a group to try and click together,” he added.
Playing XIs:
South Africa: Temba Bavuma(c), Quinton de Kock(w), Rilee Rossouw, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Wayne Parnell, Dwaine Pretorius, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi
India: Rohit Sharma(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Shreyas Iyer, Dinesh Karthik, Suryakumar Yadav,, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Harshal Patel, Deepak Chahar, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj
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