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India Has The Chance To Win The Series Against South Africa After 12 Years

The final and deciding match of the 3-match ODI series between India and South Africa will be played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi today. The toss has been delayed due to rain. If media reports are to be believed, the toss can be held at 1.30 pm.

Shikhar Dhawan would not like to make any changes in his playing XI after the spectacular win in the last match. At the same time, there can be a change in the South African team. Team captain Temba Bavuma may return. He was not feeling well in the last match. That’s why he was out of the playing XI.

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Chance to win series after 12 years

Since 2010, the Indian team has not won a single ODI series against South Africa on its soil. Team India won 2-1 in that series. At the same time, in 2015, India had to face a 3-2 defeat in the 5-match ODI series under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

In the second match, India defeated South Africa by 7 wickets. With this win, India had leveled the series 1-1. In the match, South Africa captain Keshav Maharaj won the toss and elected to bat and his team scored 278 runs in 50 overs for the loss of 7 wickets. Most runs came from the bat of Aiden Markram. He scored 79 runs in 89 balls. At the same time, Reeza Hendricks scored 74 runs in 76 balls.

In reply, Team India got the victory on the basis of the brilliant innings of Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan. Iyer scored the second century of his ODI career. He faced 111 balls and scored 113 runs. At the same time, Ishaan scored 93 runs in the match. During this, 7 sixes came off his bat. Sanju Samson also played an important inning of 30 runs.

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