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The third and deciding match of the ODI series between India and South Africa will be played on Thursday at the Boland Park Stadium in Paarl from 4.30 pm. The toss of the match will be at 4 pm. The team that wins this match will clinch the ODI series.
Currently, the 3-match series is tied at 1-1. India won the first match by 8 wickets while the host South Africa won the second match by 8 wickets. If the Indian team wins this match, they will win the second ODI series on African soil.
The team won the first series there in 2018 under the captaincy of Virat Kohli. However, Team India's record on the Parl ground is bad. The team has played 2 matches at this ground and has faced defeat in both.
Team India's record against the host team at the Boland Park ground in Paarl has been poor. The Indian team has played a total of 5 ODIs. 2 of these have happened against South Africa. In these two competitions, the Indian team has faced defeat. Team India has not been able to register a victory on this ground since 2003. The team's last win was against the Netherlands. There have been 15 bilateral series between India and South Africa so far. Both the teams have won the series 7-7.
The team winning the toss can choose to bowl at Boland Park Stadium in Paarl on Thursday. Because here the team that bowls first has won more matches. Out of 20 matches played here, 9 matches were won by the team batting first while 10 were won by the team chasing the score. The average score in the first innings is 234 runs, while the average score in the second innings is 182.
Expected playing of teams-11
India: KL Rahul (captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sai Sudarshan, Tilak Verma/Rajat Patidar, Sanju Samson, Rinku Singh, Akshar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan and Mukesh Kumar.
South Africa: Aidan Markram (capt), Tony de Georgie, Reiza Hendricks, Rassie van der Dussen, Henrik Klaasen, David Miller, Wayne Mulder, Keshav Maharaj, Nandre Berger, Lizad Williams and Bjorn Hendricks.
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