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.

India has scored 358 runs while playing first in the second ODI match. In this match played in Raipur, South Africa won the toss and invited Team India to bat first. Virat Kohli and Rituraj Gaikwad scored centuries for the Indian team. At one time, a score of 400 seemed possible for Team India, but the Indian batsmen were able to score 74 runs in the last 10 overs.

Ranchi ODI centurion Rohit Sharma was out early this time, he was out after scoring only 14 runs. Whereas Yashasvi Jaiswal flopped for the second consecutive match, scoring 22 runs. After that Virat Kohli and Rituraj Gaikwad took charge. Both of them made a partnership of 195 runs and brought the Indian team back into the match.

First, Rituraj Gaikwad completed his century in just 77 balls. This is the second fastest century by an Indian batsman against South Africa in ODI cricket. The fastest Indian ODI century against South Africa is in the name of Yusuf Pathan, who scored a century in 68 balls in 2011. Virat Kohli played an inning of 102 runs, this was the 53rd century of his ODI career and 84th century of his international career.

At one time Team India had scored 284 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in 40 overs. Team India was moving towards 400 runs, but in the meantime Washington Sundar was run out. However, captain KL Rahul held one end and played a brilliant half-century for the second consecutive match. Rahul scored unbeaten 66 runs in 43 balls. He hit 6 fours and 2 sixes in this innings.

In the last 10 overs, the Indian team could add only 74 runs and the score stopped at 358 runs. Lungi Ngidi was the only South African bowler who gave runs at an economy rate of less than 6. He took one wicket for 51 runs in 10 overs.

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India has defeated South Africa by 17 runs in the first ODI match. A total of 681 runs were scored in both the innings of this match played in Ranchi, while Virat Kohli scored the 83rd century of his international career and 52nd century of his ODI career. Team India had scored 349 runs while playing first. In response, the South African team remained 17 runs away from the target. Kuldeep Yadav took the most wickets for India, who took four wickets.

681 runs were scored in the match, India won

When the South African team came to chase the target of 350 runs, Harshit Rana dismissed Ryan Rickleton and Quinton de Kock without opening the account in his first spell. Africa suffered the biggest blow when captain Aiden Markram was dismissed by Arshdeep Singh on the score of 7. By the score of 11, Africa had lost the wickets of all three top order batsmen. Tony De Jorzi and Dewald Brewis did get the start, but they were out after scoring 39 runs and 37 runs respectively.

Marco Jansen and Matthew Britzke made South Africa’s comeback in the match, who made a very important partnership of 97 runs for the sixth wicket. Yansen was out after playing a stormy innings of 70 runs in 39 balls. Kuldeep Yadav had turned the tide of the match in India’s favor by dismissing Jansen and Matthew Britzko in the same over. Britzke scored 72 runs.

Corbin Bosch had made the match exciting in the last overs. South Africa scored 20 runs in the 48th and 49th overs combined. The situation was such that Prasidh Krishna had to save 17 runs in the last over. The batsman set in front was Corbin Bosch, but he got out while trying to play a big shot. Bosch scored 67 runs.

Kohli-Rohit-Rahul’s bat

When the Indian team came to bat first, Yashasvi Jaiswal was out cheaply after scoring 18 runs. But Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli together took the innings forward and made a partnership of 136 runs. Meanwhile, Rohit scored the 60th half-century of his ODI career. Rohit was out after scoring 57 runs.

On the other hand, Virat Kohli converted his fifty into a century. He completed his century in 102 balls. In the match, he played an inning of 135 runs in 120 balls, during which Kohli hit 11 fours and 7 sixes. This was the 52nd century of his ODI career. KL Rahul, who was captaining the Indian team in this series, also made an important contribution in taking the team’s score to 349 by contributing 60 runs.