South Africa, playing first in the third T20 match, scored 117 runs. This match is being played at Dharamshala Stadium, in which Team India won the toss and chose to bowl first. In bowling for India, Arshdeep Singh and Varun Chakraborty made the South African batsmen crave for runs and also took two wickets each. ‘Birthday boy’ Kuldeep Yadav also took 2 wickets.

The Indian team’s decision to bowl after winning the toss has proved correct so far. Only 3 out of 11 South African batsmen were able to reach double figures in terms of runs. Aiden Markram scored 61 runs, Donovan Ferreira contributed 20 runs and Anrich Nortje contributed 12 runs. Apart from him, no other batsman could even touch the 10-run mark.

South Africa is in trouble

Arshdeep Singh dismissed Reeza Hendricks in the very first over of the innings. In the very next over, Harshit Rana did not even allow Quinton de Kock to open his account. De Kock is coming after playing an inning of 90 runs in the last match. Harshit Rana also dismissed Dewald Brevis in his next over. South Africa had lost three wickets till the score was 7. Tristan Stubbs and Corbin Bosch were also out early, but captain Aiden Markram was holding one end. Markram scored 61 runs in 46 balls.

Indian bowlers wreak havoc in Dharamshala

Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana together destroyed South Africa’s top order. In the middle overs, Varun Chakraborty troubled the African batsmen, taking two wickets for only 11 runs in 4 overs. Chakravarthy has joined the bowlers who have completed 50 wickets in the fewest number of balls in the history of T20 cricket. Only Kuldeep Yadav, Ajanta Mendis and Wanindu Hasaranga are ahead of him in this list.

Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana took two wickets each, while Chakraborty and Kuldeep also took two wickets each. ‘Birthday boy’ Kuldeep Yadav bowled only 2 overs in the match, in which he took two wickets.

Today the third T20 match will be played between India and South Africa. The toss of this match will take place in some time. Teams of India and South Africa will clash in Dharamshala, Himachal. The five-match T20 series is currently tied at 1-1. Today in Dharamshala where Team India will take the field with the intention of avenging the defeat in New Chandigarh. South Africa will be eyeing a lead in the series.

India or South Africa, who is ahead in head-to-head record?

If we look at the head to head record in T20 matches between India and South Africa, 33 matches have been played between the two so far. During this period, Team India has won 19 matches, while South Africa has won 13 times. The result of one match could not be declared. India has won six times in the last 8 T20 matches played between the two teams.

pitch report

Bounce will be seen on the pitch of Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamshala. Here fast bowlers will get help in the beginning, hence batsmen will have to avoid taking big risks in the beginning. Although this game itself is such that you have to hit big shots from the first over, but still you have to stay here and try to play 2 or 3 overs. As the game progresses, the batsmen will get help. The spinners are not likely to get much help here, so once again Jasprit Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh can play together.

So far 10 T20 International matches have been held on this ground of Dharamshala, in which the team batting first and the team chasing the target have won 4 matches each, 2 matches have been inconclusive. There is a possibility of dew in Dharamshala, so winning the toss is most important.

Indian’s probable playing 11- Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Akshar Patel, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Jitesh Sharma, Shivam Dubey, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakraborty, Jasprit Bumrah.

South Africa’s probable playing 11- Quinton de Kock, Reza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (captain), Dewald Brewis, Donovan Ferreira, David Miller, George Linde, Marco Jansen, Lutho Sipamala, Lungi Ngidi, Otniel Baartman.

The second T20 match will be played between India and South Africa sometime from now. Team India is ahead 1-0 in the five-match T20 series. Today’s match will be played at Maharaja Yadvendra Singh International Cricket Stadium, New Chandigarh, Mullanpur. The toss of this match will take place at 6.30 pm, while the match will start at 7 pm. Team India had won by 101 runs in the first T20 played in Cuttack. In such a situation, while South Africa would like to take revenge for the previous defeat, the Indian team will be eyeing to maintain the winning streak.

Who is ahead in head-to-head record?

If we look at the head to head record in T20 matches between India and South Africa, 32 matches have been played between the two so far. During this period, Team India has won 19 matches, while South Africa has won 12 times. Also, the result of one match could not be declared. India has won six times in the last 7 T20 matches played between the two teams.

Match Prediction of India-South Africa 2nd T20

Our match prediction meter for the second T20 match between India and South Africa is showing that Team India has more chances of victory in this match also. However, this time the South African team can give a tough competition. The contest is 60-40. There are many match-winning players in the South African team, but playing the Indian spinners is not going to be easy for anyone. In such a situation, Team India can win this match also.

India’s probable playing eleven- Abhishek Sharma, Shubhman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakraborty and Jasprit Bumrah.

Probable playing eleven of South Africa- Quinton de Kock, Aiden Markram, Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brewis, David Miller, Donovan Ferreira, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Keshav Maharaj, Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi

The five-match T20 series between India and South Africa will start from today. The first T20 between the two teams will be played today i.e. Tuesday, December 9 at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack. South Africa won the two-match Test series on the India tour. However, after this, Team India defeated the visiting team 2-1 in the ODI series. Now the five-match T20 series between the two will start from today.

Team India has so far played three T20 matches at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack. During this period, India has faced defeat in two matches. Team India had won in one match. Here South Africa has defeated India twice. The highest score in T20 on this ground is 180 runs, which was made by Team India.

Head-to-head record

First of all, if we look at the head to head record in T20 matches between India and South Africa, 31 matches have been played between the two so far. Of these, Team India has won 18 times, while the African team has won 12 times. The result of one of their matches could not be determined. India has won five times in the last 6 T20 matches played between the two teams.

Pitch report of Barabati Stadium, Cuttack

The highest score in an innings of a T20 International match in Cuttack so far is 180 runs, which is in the name of Team India. However, this record may be broken here today. There will be a match between India and South Africa today i.e. on Tuesday on a red clay pitch. This match is expected to be high scoring. It will be easy to score runs here. There will be enough dew here. In such a situation, bowling in the second innings will be very difficult. Considering this, the team winning the toss can decide to chase.

Today the ‘final’ match of the ODI series is to be played between India and South Africa. The three-match series is currently tied at 1-1. In such a situation, whichever of the two teams wins in Visakhapatnam today, the series will be in its name. For this reason the decisive match of the ODI series is being called the final.

Status of first and second ODI

The first ODI match was played in Ranchi, in which the Indian team scored 349 runs. In response, the South African team was able to score only 332 runs. In that match, Virat Kohli scored 135 runs and Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul scored half-centuries for India. India won that match by 17 runs.

The second match was played in Raipur, in which Team India, playing first, scored 358 runs, in which Virat Kohli once again scored a century. Rituraj Gaikwad also played a century inning of 105 runs in this match. But Aiden Markram’s century and especially Dewald Brevis’s brilliant innings of 54 runs helped South Africa achieve the record target of 359 runs.

How will the weather be?

According to Accuweather, the sky may remain cloudy during the India vs South Africa third ODI match, but there is no possibility of rain. The temperature in Visakhapatnam can be 27 degrees Celsius during the match, while at night the temperature can fall to 19 degrees. Humidity level may remain at 74%.

India’s probable playing eleven for the third ODI- Yashvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Washington Sundar, KL Rahul (captain and wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh and Prasidh Krishna.

Probable playing eleven of South Africa for the third ODI- Quinton de Kock (wk), Aiden Markram, Temba Bavuma (c), Matthew Britzke, Rubin Herrmann, Dewald Brewis, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi and Otniel Bartman.

By the end of the third day’s play, South Africa had scored 26 runs in the second innings without losing any wicket. South Africa’s total lead has become 314 runs. The first innings of the Indian team was reduced to just 201 runs, due to which Africa got a huge lead of 288 runs in the first innings. Marco Yansen has created history by taking 6 wickets in the first innings.

The Indian team increased its score to 9/0 on the third day. KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal took the innings forward well, but as soon as Keshav Maharaj dismissed Rahul on the score of 22, the fall of wickets started.

Threat of clean sweep on India

South Africa had scored 489 runs in the first innings, in response to which Team India was reduced to just 201 runs. In-form batsman Dhruv Jurel was out without opening the account, while Sai Sudarshan once again failed at number-3. In this match, Rishabh Pant, who was captaining the Indian team, could not advance more than 7 runs. Ravindra Jadeja and Nitish Reddy also went cheaply. Washington Sundar definitely impressed, who contributed 48 runs at a crucial juncture. Sundar came to bat at number 3 in the last match. As a result, Team India was all out for 201 runs.

South Africa got a lead of 288 runs in the first innings. Now by the end of the second day’s play, his total lead was 314 runs. The Indian team has already suffered a defeat of 30 runs in the Kolkata Test. Now the threat of defeat is looming over him in the Guwahati Test also.

Marco Yansen created history

Marco Jansen has become the third foreign player since 2000, who has come to India and taken more than 50 scores and five or more wickets in a Test match. While batting in the first innings, he scored 93 runs, while in bowling, he dismissed 6 Indian batsmen.

Team India is in danger of defeat in the Guwahati Test. In response to South Africa’s 489 runs, the Indian team could score only 201 runs in its first innings. However, South Africa did not give follow-on to India. The visiting team has got a huge lead of 288 runs in the first innings.

Yashasvi Jaiswal scored the highest score of 58 runs for India. Whereas Washington Sundar played an inning of 48 runs. Apart from this, all the batsmen were flops. For South Africa, fast bowler Marco Yansen took the maximum of 6 wickets. Whereas spinner Simon Harmer got 3 wickets and Keshav Maharaj got one wicket.

Yashasvi Jaiswal (58 runs in 97 balls) scored a half-century full of strokes, but a ball from Simon Harmer suddenly bounced, on which he made a mistake and was caught by Yansen. KL Rahul (22) was the first batsman to be out. He too was batting well during the 65-run partnership with Jaiswal, but it was two balls from Keshav Maharaj and Harmer that completely changed the course of the morning session.

There were not many flaws in the pitch and Jaiswal’s attractive stroke-play confirmed this. He repeatedly swept Harmer’s ball in length and also hit a six over cow corner off Maharaj’s ball. Even Rahul was scoring runs with ease at the other end, but a ball turning from Maharaj took the outside edge of his bat and went into the hands of Aiden Markram at first slip.

Sai Sudarshan (15)’s weakness of going on the backfoot against the spinners and failing in the process was once again exposed. As it happened against West Indies in Ahmedabad. Once again he went on the back foot to pull the ball from Harmer, but could not make the shot properly and Ryan Rickleton took the catch by diving at midwicket.

Dhruv Jurel (00) did not need to pull on Yanson’s ball just before tea. The ball did not come at the expected speed and the wrongly timed pull was converted into a catch by Maharaj.

The dismissal of captain Rishabh Pant (07) was the most disappointing, because he adopted an aggressive attitude when the team was in trouble. He was caught by the wicketkeeper while attempting an unnecessary shot on Yansen’s rising ball. After this, Yansen also showed the way to the pavilion to both all-rounders Ravindra Jadeja (06) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (10) with his short pitch balls.

It is mandatory to bowl 90 overs every day in a Test match. According to this rule, 180 overs should have been bowled by now in the second test match between India vs South Africa being played in Guwahati. But due to bad light, 157.2 overs have been bowled so far in two days. South Africa’s first innings ended at 489 runs. If the Indian team has to draw this series 1-1, then it will have to win the Guwahati Test at all costs. Meanwhile, Ravi Shastri has made a shocking prediction and said that India should declare its first innings at a score close to 400.

declare the innings before 100 runs

While commentating during the India vs South Africa second test match, Ravi Shastri said, “The Indian team will have to take a big decision tomorrow. After surviving the new ball, focus on increasing the scoreboard and force South Africa to win. You will have to take a difficult decision, even if you have to declare the innings without taking the lead.”

Ravi Shastri further said, “Try to contain them as soon as possible in the second innings, you have to take this risk. If you cross the score of 489 runs while waiting, it will take a lot of time. India may have to declare the innings 80, 90 or 100 runs behind.”

Will this strategy work?

The strategy given by Ravi Shastri may not be very effective, because if there are no cracks in the pitch on the third day, then the ball will not spin much on the fourth day. In such a situation, the South African team can take full advantage. It should also be kept in mind that the Indian team’s chasing record in the last few Test matches has not been good. In the last match, Team India could not achieve the target of 124 runs.

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By the end of the first day’s play in the Kolkata Test, India had scored 37 runs at the loss of one wicket. KL Rahul and Washington Sundar have taken command of Team India. The team management took a surprising decision and fielded Sundar at number 3, who has batted in a composed manner till now. His partnership with Rahul has reached 19 runs. Let us tell you that the first innings of the South African team was limited to 159 runs. India is still behind by 122 runs in the first innings.

South Africa restricted to 159 runs

Aiden Markram and Ryan Rickleton gave a steady start to the South African team with a partnership of 57 runs. But after this, other batsmen including captain Temba Bavuma and Tony D’Jorji proved to be unsuccessful. At one time South Africa had scored 114 runs with the loss of 3 wickets, but within the next 29 runs, Africa lost its remaining 7 wickets.

Jasprit Bumrah took 5 wickets

Jasprit Bumrah took 5 wickets for just 27 runs in 14 overs in the innings. This was the 16th five-wicket haul of Bumrah’s Test career. He dismissed Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickleton, Tony De Jorji, Simon Harmer and Keshav Maharaj. Apart from him, Kuldeep Yadav and Mohammad Siraj took two wickets each in the innings. Akshar Patel also dismissed a batsman.

By the end of the first day’s play, KL Rahul scored 13 runs in 59 balls and Washington Sundar, who came to bat at third position, scored 6 runs in 38 balls. It was shocking that Sai Sudarshan, who played at number 3, was not given a chance in this match.

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