India Will face South Africa in the third match of the five-match T20 series. IND vs SA match preview provides details of today’s match for the 3rd T20I of India tour of South Africa 2025.
IND vs SA Match Preview- 3rd T20I, India tour of South Africa 2025:
Date and Place:
IND vs SA match will be played at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamshala from 14th December. The game will start at 7:00 PM IST.
Squad:
India
Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma, Sanju Samson, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakraborty, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Washington Sundar.
South Africa
Aiden Markram (captain), Otneil Bartman, Corbin Bosch, Dewald Brewis, Quinton de Kock, Tony De Zorzi, Donovan Ferreira, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, George Linde, Kwena Mafaka, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Tristan Stubbs.
India vs South Africa Major Matches:
Shubman Gill vs Marco Johnson
Shubman Gill, who was out for a duck on the first ball in the last match, will be expected to perform better in Dharamshala as he will be under a lot of pressure after not being able to make any significant contribution in recent times.
Gill will have to deal with the bowling of Marco Johnson, who will look to get the better of him at the start of the innings.
Abhishek Sharma vs Lungi Ngidi
Like Shubman, his opening partner Abhishek Shara would also like to bounce back in the third T20I against South Africa and play a match-winning innings, having failed to do so in the first two matches.
Abhishek will face Lungi Ngidi, who has shown good form in the first two matches of the ongoing series and will look to continue his good performance in the upcoming matches as well.
Quinton de Kock vs Arshdeep Singh
Veteran South African batsman Quinton de Kock, who played a match-winning inning of 90 runs in the second T20I and kept the Indian bowling attack under pressure, will be tasked with doing the same in the next match.
Quinton de Kock will be up against Arshdeep Singh, who will be keen to deliver a strong performance by conceding more than 50 runs in his spell in the second T20I.
Aiden Markram vs Jasprit Bumrah
South Africa’s T20I captain Aiden Markram, who also played his part in the decisive partnership with Quinton de Kock, will hope to continue the good work in the third game.
Markram will face the challenge of Jasprit Bumrah, who like Arshdeep was expensive in the second T20I, and will hope to come up with a better effort in the third match.
Key players of India vs South Africa:
IND– Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh
SA– Aiden Markram, Quinton de Kock, Dewald Brewis, Marco Johnson, Lungi Ngidi
India vs South Africa Weather Report:
There is no chance of rain during the game in Dharamshala with a maximum temperature of 13°C and minimum 10°C.
conclusion
India will be looking to make a strong comeback in the third T20I against South Africa after a disappointing performance with both bat and ball in the last match, which the team lost by 51 runs.
As far as South Africa is concerned, the Proteas team would like to repeat the same performance in the third T20 match which it did in the previous match.