With both teams winning one match each in the first two matches, India and South Africa will take on each other in a bid to take a lead in the third T20I of the four-match series at the SuperSport Park, Centurion on Wednesday.
The visitors took the opening game convincingly by 61 runs whereas the hosts bounced back to level the series after winning the second T20I by three wickets.
India’s bowling was up to the mark in the last game, with Varun Chakravarthy returning with figures of 5-17 to register his best T20I performance. However, India could not put enough runs (124) on the board, which led to their downfall.
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Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav needs five sixes to complete 150 maximums in T20Is.
Rinku Singh needs one run to complete 500 runs in T20Is.
Hardik Pandya needs a dozen sixes to reach 100 maximums in T20Is.
Axar Patel needs three runs to complete the 500-run mark in T20Is.
David Miller needs 43 runs to complete 2500 runs in the T20I format.
Heinrich Klaasen needs 61 runs to reach the 1000-run mark in T20Is. He also needs three maximums to reach 50 sixes in T20Is.
India squad: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Rinku Singh, Tilak Varma, Jitesh Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Avesh Khan, Yash Dayal.
South Africa squad: Aiden Markram (c), Ottneil Baartman, Gerald Coetzee, Donovan Ferreira, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Patrick Kruger, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Mihlali Mpongwana, Nqaba Peter, Ryan Rickelton, Andile Simelane, Lutho Sipamla (3rd and 4th T20Is), Tristan Stubbs.
