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Highlights India vs South Africa 3rd ODI, score and updates: SA win, make 3-0 clean sweep
Check the Live score and updates of the third and final ODI between India and South Africa, which is being played at Newlands in Cape Town.
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South Africa win by 4 runs!
Proteas complete 3-0 clean sweep over India.
Chahal last wicket to fall.
South Africa win by 4 runs!
Proteas complete 3-0 clean sweep over India.
Chahal last wicket to fall.
Bumrah gone. SA now just one wicket away from making a clean sweep. India need 7 runs in 9 balls
Deepak Chahar is gone and India's hope to win the match is minimal again. Chahal in now. India need 8 runs in 12 balls
Deepak Chahar is doing things in style. He has stormed to a fifty. And India now need 21 runs in 24 balls
India in all sorts of trouble here after losing Iyer and Surya. There is no Ashwin and V Iyer this time. Deepak Chahar and Jayant Yadav in the middle but expect only a little from this pair.
India need 65 runs in 48 balls
Sheyas Iyer has also departed after scoring just 26. Deepak Chahar has walked in and he needs to give a good supporting hand to Suryakumar Yadav who is playing well.
India need 80 runs in 67 balls
Virat Kohli has smashed a fifty and is on the way to his 71st hundred.
Here's wife Anushka and daughter Vamika celebrating his fifty
OUT!
And Pant loses his wicket too. Two quick wickets for South Africa, they are back in it. Shreyas Iyer is in.
WICKET!
Dhawan gone for 61. Played well but was trying to play one shot too many and paid the price. Partnership broken. Phehlukwayo with the wicket. Rishabh Pant walks in.
IND 116/2, need 172 runs to win
FIFTY for Dhawan and what a knock this has been from him so far. He has looked to rotate the strike and has never missed out on fours and sixes. Kohli too going strong. India go past 100, looking good in the chase.
IND 107/1 after 20 overs
IND 70/1 after 14 overs
Kohli and Dhawan are going slowly here. A nice partnership has been formed and they need to continue doing the good work.
IND 51/1 after 10.1 overs
One wicket to fall that is of Rahul who scored 9 off 10 balls. Virat is looking good, he is looking to give bowlers a charge as they are not offering much pace on the ball. Dhawan too looks in touch. India have gone past fifty here. Need a solid base here.
KL Rahul and Dhawan are out to open as India begin the chase of 288 runs.
Alright, South Africa bowled out for 287.
India pulled things back superbly after fall of de Kock as the hosts were looking set to cross the 300-mark easily. Top spells from Bumrah and Krishna in the end.
India need 288 to win third ODI.
OUT!
Prasidh Krishna removes Pretorious for 20. SA lose their seventh wicket. They are aiming for a 300.
SA 273/7 after 47.3 overs
SA 246/6 after 43 overs
India have been able to pick wickets in quick succession but now David Miller and Pretorious are trying to up the ante in the slog overs. India need to watch out here.
OUT!
Bumrah strikes and removes his former Mumbai Indians teammate de Kock. He is gone for 124. Has done his job. One of the finest ODI innings you would see.
SA 214/4 after 35.4 overs
Fifty for Rassie!
What a form he is in. Rassie van der Dussen completes fifty. He is making it count every single time and it is becoming difficult for India to get him out.
SA 207/3 after 34.3 overs
De Kock completes 100
Quinton de Kock slams another hundred against India. He clearly enjoys facing Indian bowling and he is having a feast again, playing some lovely strokes and playing at will. India in big trouble here. Seems like visitors will be chasing a massive total.
SA 173/3 after 30.2 overs
FIFTY!
De Kock completed another fifty against India. He has five hundreds against the Indians and he seems to be in the mood to add another one.
SA 101/3 after 19.4 overs
OUT!
That's the end of Markram who is gone for 15 made off 14 balls. Deepal Chahar with the wicket. Rassie van der Dussen, right handed bat, comes to the crease
SA 71/3 after 12.3 overs
SA 69/2 after 12 overs
After fall of two quick wickets early on, De Kock and Markram have brought some sort of stability to the innings. Indians continue to look for the third wicket but both of these batters have looked untroubled so far.
SA lose 2 early wickets
India are on top currently as South Africa have lost two early wickets - Janneman Malan and skipper Temba Bevuma, after the hosts were put to bat first. SA 42/2 after 8 overs
Teams:
India (Playing XI): KL Rahul(c), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Jayant Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal
South Africa (Playing XI): Janneman Malan, Quinton de Kock(w), Temba Bavuma, Aiden Markram(c), Rassie van der Dussen, David Miller, Andile Phehlukwayo, Keshav Maharaj, Dwaine Pretorius, Lungi Ngidi, Sisanda Magala
India opt to bowl
India have won the toss and they have opted to bowl against the hosts in the third ODI.
"Looks like a nice wicket, bit sticky I think. We'll try to get some early wickets," India skipper KL Rahul said at toss.
Having already lost the ongoing ODI series against South Africa, India will look to adjust to the tempo of 50-over cricket and win the third and final match on Sunday to avoid a whitewash.
KL Rahul-led side lost the first ODI by 31 runs while they suffered a seven-wicket defeat in the second match of the three-match series on Friday.
Having learned the lessons from the hosts' batting, India will have to alter their plans to find solutions to their middle-over woes. The batting lost its way in the middle overs in both matches despite promising starts and there could be potential changes to the Indian playing XI.
The likes of Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant have shown their glimpses of brilliance, but they need to fire collectively and score big if Team India wants to win. Venkatesh Iyer and Shreyas Iyer have failed to impress with the bat so the team management will try Suryakumar Yadav in the final ODI.
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The bowling, on the other hand, also hasn't really troubled South Africa much. India's bowlers have struggled to make inroads in the Powerplay in the last couple of years, and it is something the team will want to rectify in Cape Town, on what is expected to be a spicier pitch compared to the sluggish surface in Paarl.