India vs South Africa 3rd T20I Preview: Can India stop South Africa from winning the series?

IND vs SA 3rd T20I: Having lost back-to-back matches against South Africa in the 5-match T20I home series, India will look to stop the visitors from taking an unassailable 3-0 lead in a must-win encounter at the Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam.

The first two T20Is under Rishabh Pant haven't gone according to the plan for India. Their 12-match winning streak ended in the first game and then they failed to level the series in the second match. The third is now a must-win game for the hosts as the visitors only need one win from the remaining 3 games to take the series. Ishan Kishan who has scored 76 and 34 in the first two matches respectively will look to continue his good form for the Men in Blue.

On the other hand, David Miller and Rassie van der Dussen had great outings in the first match, and Heinrich Klaasen played an impressive inning in the second to take his side home. They will all look to keep their consistency to stop India from making a comeback.

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India vs South Africa head to head

In the head-to-head record, India have a slight advantage as they have won nine of the 17 matches played against the Proteas. Team India though have been winless against South Africa in the last 7 matches across all the three formats.

3rd T20: India vs South Africa Playing XI

India Playing XI (probable): Ishan Kishan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (C & WK), Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.

South Africa Playing XI (probable): Quinton de Kock (wk), Heinrich Klaasen, Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Temba Bavuma (C), David Miller, Dwaine Pretorious, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Tabraiz Shamsi, Anrich Nortje.

IND vs SA 3rd T20 live toss and match timings

India vs South Africa live match will begin at 7:00 pm IST while the toss will take place 30 minutes before the scheduled start of play, i.e. 6:30 PM IST.

India vs South Africa Live Telecast details:

The Match will be aired live on Star Sports channels - Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 HD, Star Sports 3, and Star Sports 2 HD.

India vs South Africa live broadcast free

Doordarshan will live telecast the IND vs SA series for free on its terrestrial network.

IND vs SA 3rd T20I live streaming

The online streaming of the India vs South Africa 3rd T20 match will be available on Disney+Hotstar.

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