India vs South Africa: 3rd ODI
Location: Boland Park, Paarl
South Africa won the toss and opt to bowl
India won by 78 runs
India vs South Africa 3rd ODI match India has won. This match was the last match of the ODI series and India has also won the series with this match. In the 3rd ODI match of India vs South Africa, South Africa won the toss first and batted first. Decided to bowl and India scored 296 runs while batting first. Due to Sanju Samsung’s brilliant century, India made a good score. South African batsman Tony had a good innings but despite his good performance, South Africa Could not win and India won this match. India also won the ODI series after this match.
India Squad:
Rajat Patidar, Sai Sudharsan, Sanju Samson, Tilak Varma, KL Rahul (c & wk), Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar
South Africa Squad:
Reeza Hendricks, Tony de Zorzi, Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram (c), Heinrich Klaasen (wk), David Miller, Wiaan Mulder, Keshav Maharaj, Nandre Burger, Lizaad Williams, Beuran Hendricks
Sanju Samson’s Century:
In the India vs South Africa 3rd ODI match, Sanju Samson had a good time and got a chance to bat early. The initial batsmen could not do anything special but after the arrival of Sanju Samson, Sanju Samson took charge. Sanju Samson scored 108 runs in 114 balls and in this Sanju Samson had a very big comeback with the century. Regarding this, Sanju Samson hit a total of 6 boundaries and three sixers and because of Sanju Samson, India took this match to a good score and won this match. Sanju Samson’s Strike rate of 94.74 which was very commendable.
Tilak Varma’s Half Century:
Tilak Verma was also seen performing well in the India vs South Africa 3rd ODI match. Supporting Sanju Samson, Tilak Verma scored 52 runs in 77 balls. About Tilak Verma, Tilak Verma hit five boundaries and 1 sixer and Tilak Verma had a strike rate of 67.53 in the match and very helpful in making India a good score. While building a partnership with Sanju Samson, Tilak Verma played a half-century match and after that, India scored a score of 296.
Tilak Verma also could not perform well in the 1st ODI match and 2nd ODI match but in the 3rd ODI match, Tilak Verma played a good innings at a good time due to which India was able to win the match.
Tony de Zorzi’s 81 Runs Inning:
South African opener Tony cannot be praised enough. In the India vs South Africa second ODI match, Tony played a good inning due to which South Africa was able to win the second ODI match. Tony also hit the target in the India vs South Africa 3rd ODI match. Tony’s strike rate was 93.10 on just 87 balls for an innings of 81 runs. He hit 6 boundaries and 3 sixers. He had a good performance in the India vs South Africa 3rd ODI match, but Tony could not win the match. And due to South Africa’s lower order flop, South Africa lost this match.
Arshdeep Singh’s 4 Wickets:
Due to the bowling of Arshdeep Singh in India vs South Africa 3rd ODI match, India has all out South Africa for just 218 runs. In the spell of Ashadeep Singh, Arshdeep Singh took 4 wickets and gave the 30 runs and Harshdeep Singh bowl 9 overs.
FAQ
Why did Ruturaj Gaikwad not play India vs South Africa 3rd ODI match?
Ruturaj Gaikwad could not perform well in the first two ODI matches and was seen getting out early, hence Rajat Patidar was given a chance in the India vs South Africa third ODI match and he was tested.
Will Sanju Samsung play in the 2024 T20 World Cup?
In the India vs South Africa 3rd ODI match, Sanju Samson played very well and due to Sanju Samson’s good performance, Sanju Samson performed well in the upcoming matches also or a good performance in IPL. Sanju Samsung can definitely be seen playing in the 2024 T20 World Cup.