With the series beautifully set up at 1-1, India will take on South Africa in the deciding ODI at Visakhapatnam on Saturday. The hosts have already lost the Test series, and losing the ODI series would add extra pressure on under-fire Gautam Gambhir.
Meanwhile, India were able to post a par score of 358 runs on the board in the second game but the bowlers could not defend it. Virat Kohli and Ruturaj Gaikwad were brilliant with the bat as they scored 102 and 105 runs respectively whereas KL Rahul was able to add the finishing touches with a 43-ball 66. However, there is no doubt that bowlers will need to come up with an improved show.
Furthermore, the home team were sloppy in the field and they will need to pull up their socks.
South Africa were able to tick the right boxes with the bat as Aiden Markram scored a fine knock of 110 runs. Moreover, Matthew Breetzke and Dewald Brevis scored fine half-centuries to help the Proteas get over the line.
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Rishabh Pant needs nine fours to complete 100 boundaries in ODIs.
Virat Kohli needs eight runs to complete 14500 runs in ODIs.
KL Rahul needs four fours to complete 250 boundaries in the 50-over version.
South African captain Temba Bavuma needs 13 runs to complete 2000 ODI runs. He also needs two fours to complete 200 boundaries in the 50-over version.
Marco Jansen needs one wicket to complete 50 scalps in ODIs.
Quinton de Kock needs seven fours to reach 800 boundaries in ODIs.
India ODI Squad: KL Rahul (c/wk), Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Tilak Varma, Rishabh Pant (wk), Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Prasidh Krishna, Arshdeep Singh, Dhruv Jurel
South Africa ODI squad: Temba Bavuma (captain), Ottneil Baartman, Corbin Bosch, Matthew Breetzke, Dewald Brevis, Nandre Burger, Quinton de Kock, Tony de Zorzi, Rubin Hermann, Keshav Maharaj, Marco Jansen, Aiden Markram, Lungi Ngidi, Ryan Rickelton, Prenelan Subrayen.
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