The third and final Twenty International match between India vs South Africa will be played at Cape Town on Saturday, February 24, 2018. With this game, the long tour of India concludes.
The day/night match will start at 9:30 India time.
Ind vs Sa Live updates:
18 overs - India 118/3
India 33/1 in 3.4 overs.
Breaking: Virat Kohli out with a stiff neck
South Africa wins the toss and decided to bowl first.
IND XI: RG Sharma, S Dhawan, S Raina, M Pandey, MS Dhoni, D Karthik, H Pandya, A Patel, B Kumar, S Thakur, J Bumrah
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 24, 2018
The 3-match series is currently tied at 1-1 and whoever wins this match will win the series. South Africa, after losing the ODI series by 1-5 would want to avenge the series loss.
South Africa Captain JP Duminy wins the toss and elects to bowl first in the third and final T20I #SAvIND pic.twitter.com/CtKo1uXPgr
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 24, 2018
Team South Africa news
With the series win in mind, the hosts may not make any changes to their squad that won the second game. There might be a change in the bowling department though. If the hosts play Tabraiz Shamsi and Aaron Phangiso, then Dane Paterson may be left out.
Cape Town is set for a thrilling finale to the #SAvIND T20I series tomorrow! Who are you backing to claim the win? 🇿🇦🇮🇳
— ICC (@ICC) February 23, 2018
PREVIEW ➡️ https://t.co/APmk1U5c3l pic.twitter.com/Y7kLJKeKED
Team India news:
Indian skipper Virat Kohli needs just 17 runs more to become the first Indian batsman to score 2000 T20I runs. Going by his average runs in the shortest format of the game, he is most likely to achieve the task in this match.
Tv telecast and live online streaming
Ten 3 Tv channel will have live coverage of the game in the Indian subcontinent while the live online stream is available on SonyLiv website.
Watch India vs SA 5th ODI live streaming on Sony Liv here —>https://t.co/rt78ArKVQI pic.twitter.com/jswhyf3CKs
— Parasshuram (@Parasshuram) 13 February 2018
Pitch and weather report
The pitch has plenty of runs and the game is expected to be a high scoring one.
But, the boundaries are long and the mishits will not end up going for a six, instead, they will be caught on the boundary line.
After this game, the Indian players will return to India and then head to Australia for another full-fledged series. After the Australia series, the players will disperse and join their respective IPL franchises in April.
