After India’s heartbreaking loss in the 2nd ODI in Raipur on Wednesday, the caravan now moves to Visakhapatnam for the final ODI on December 6. And for that, the team reached the city in the evening, as per various reports. In what will be the series-decider, KL Rahul’s team would like to leave no stone unturned. Meanwhile, as per a report in The Hans India, the tickets are already sold out at the ACA-VDCA Stadium for the IND vs SA match.
IND vs SA 3rd ODI in Vizag
Team India was poor in the second ODI, where they ended up scoring 358 and yet lost the match rather comfortably. Virat Kohli and Ruturaj Gaikwad scored tons, while Rahul chipped in with a fifty, but it was the bowlers who couldn’t complete their job. Kuldeep Yadav and Prasidh Krishna looked ineffective and leaked a lot of runs.
Series on the line
As far as the first match is concerned, India had won that by 17 runs — after the hosts had gone on to score 349. South Africa managed 332 in reply. In that encounter as well, Kohli had scored 135. In short, the onus will be on the Indian bowlers to deliver, and win the series.
From there, the T20I series will begin from December 9 in Cuttack. The squad was also announced recently for the series, where there were a few surprises.
Indian squad for T20Is: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Shubman Gill (vice-captain)*, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (wicket-keeper), Sanju Samson (wicket-keeper), Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Washington Sundar.
