India vs South Africa 3rd T20I Live: The third T20I of the ongoing five-match series between India and South Africa is taking place today at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala. India won the series opener in Cuttack by 101 runs on December 9, and South Africa levelled the series by securing a 51-run win at Mullanpur two days later. Both the teams would like to get the better of each other today in Dharamsala to go 2-1 up.
India skipper Suryakumar Yadav has won the toss for the second match in a row and has invited the visitors to bat first. India have made a couple of forced changes to their playing XI for today’s match. Axar Patel is not playing due to illness, whereas Bumrah misses out due to personal reasons. They
are replaced by Harshit Rana and Kuldeep Yadav, who is celebrating his 31st birthday today.
The Proteas have made three changes. Corbin Bosch, Tristan Stubbs and Anrich Nortje are back in the XI in place of George Linde, Lutho Sipamla and David Miller.
Playing XIs
India: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (C), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy
South Africa: Reeza Hendricks, Quinton de Kock (WK), Aiden Markram (C), Dewald Brevis, Tristan Stubbs, Donovan Ferreira, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi, Ottneil Baartman
