The Indian cricket team could not defend the big total of 358 runs in the last match. South Africa won by 4 wickets and leveled the series at 1-1. Now the decisive match of the series will be played on Saturday, 6 December at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam. A major change is possible in the playing 11 of Team India.

Virat Kohli is in great form, he has scored centuries in both the matches of the series. His record in Visakhapatnam is also excellent, he has scored 3 centuries in ODIs on this ground. Team India’s record is also good on this ground, which is a good thing for KL Rahul as captain. However, they will be most worried about the toss, which Team India has not won in the last 2 years.

There may be a change in the playing 11 of Team India

India did win the first ODI played in Ranchi, but even there the situation got worse while defending a big total (349). Arshdeep Singh bowled well in the last match, he took 2 wickets for 54 runs in 10 overs. Prasidh Krishna also took 2 wickets, but he proved to be very expensive. Krishna gave away 85 runs in 8.2 overs with an economy of 10.20. Although he can play in the third match also.

Harshit Rana had given a good start in the first ODI, but in the second match he conceded 70 runs in 10 overs. Kuldeep Yadav also gave 78 runs with an economy of 7.80. Ravindra Jadeja is an experienced all-rounder, he was economical. But India would not like to tamper with this bowling combination, Nitish Kumar Reddy may return in the playing 11.

Who will be out?

All-rounder Washington Sundar may be out of the third ODI. His performance in the last two matches was not very good. He could not take any wicket in both the ODIs against South Africa, while scoring 13 runs in the first match and only 1 run in the second match.

India’s probable playing eleven

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad, KL Rahul (captain and wicket-keeper), Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna.

Both the matches of India vs South Africa ODI series have been exciting. Team India won the first match played in Ranchi and South Africa won the second ODI played in Raipur. Now the third match to be held in Visakhapatnam on Saturday, 6th December will be the series decider. Indian players have reached Visakhapatnam, but meanwhile a video of them is going viral on social media. Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma are being taught to climb the escalator by carrying their luggage themselves. This is making fun of the airport management.

Indian players faced problems at the airport

The viral video is said to be of Raipur Airport, where the escalator was not working. Whereas Indian and South African players had reached here only 3 days ago. This video is from the time when Indian players were going from Raipur to Visakhapatnam for the third ODI. It is seen in the video that the escalator is closed and not running.

It is very difficult to climb the escalator with luggage. It is seen in the video that Gautam Gambhir also had to carry his luggage himself. All the players including Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma had to carry their luggage on the escalator. Raipur Airport Management is also being made fun of on social media.

This is the escalator at Raipur airport which is not working, because of which the Indian team players have to carry their luggage and walk up. It’s such a big and modern airport, yet they can’t even fix one escalator. And even after knowing that the Indian team was going to… pic.twitter.com/WzcrI6P7uO

— ⁴⁵ (@rushiii_12) December 5, 2025

Tagging the social media page of Raipur Airport, a user wrote, “This is the escalator of Raipur Airport which is not working. Due to which the players of the Indian team have to carry their luggage themselves to go up. This is such a big and modern airport, yet they cannot even get an escalator repaired. Despite knowing that the Indian team is going to come here, they did not get it repaired. How can they create such a big problem?”