SA vs IND 3rd ODI Match Prediction & Betting Tips
South Africa and India play the final ODI of their three-match series with the score at 1-1 on Thursday afternoon in Paarl. So far in the series, we have seen both teams dominated by the other in separate games. India won by 8 wickets on Sunday with South Africa winning by the same margin on Tuesday. Read on as we preview this game. This ODI gets underway at 13:00 local time in Boland Park.
South Africa knew they needed to bat with more discipline in the second ODI than in the first game and their top order well and truly delivered on Tuesday. They will need more of the same from their batting line-up in this ODI if they are to win the series.
India will need to show plenty of character and do what their opponents did on Thursday by bouncing back from a heavy defeat earlier in the series. Although their bowling attack took only 2 wickets on Tuesday, they bowled well and could cause plenty of issues for South Africa’s batters once more in this match.
South Africa vs India 3rd ODI Match Live Streaming
TV channels: This game will be broadcast on the Star Sports Network and Sky Cricket.
Live Streaming: You can live-stream the match on Sky Go and Disney+ Hotstar.
SA vs IND Match Toss Prediction
The last six ODIs at Boland Park have seen three wins for the team batting first and three for the side fielding first. Both wins in this series have been for the team chasing so we predict that both captains will choose to field first in this ODI if they win the toss.
SA vs IND Pitch Report
Any score over 280 will be a competitive score in the first innings in this match. We expect the pitch to offer a bit more help to the quick bowlers than to the spinners.
It is overall a balanced pitch with 1st innings average score around 265.
Paarl Weather Report
It will be a hot afternoon in Paarl with the temperature forecast to be up at 33 degrees for the first five hours of the game. Humidity will be much lower than in the second ODI of the series.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for South Africa vs India 3rd ODI 2023
South Africa Team News & Playing 11
SA Team News
Due to injury, Ottniel Baartman and Andile Phehlukwayo were both ruled out of the second game of the series and for this match also through injury. Tabraiz Shamsi was left out of the team at St George’s Park with Lizaad Williams and Beuran Hendricks coming in.
SA Key Players
- Reeza Hendricks - The right-hander has now hit seven half-centuries and scored one hundred from 33 ODI innings. Four of those fifties have come in his last nine innings.
- Tony de Zorzi - The big hitting powerful left-handed batter rode his luck at times in the second ODI but showed a strong mentality to go on and hit his first international century.
- Keshav Maharaj - The spinner is now established as South Africa’s number one slow bowler across all formats. He got the wicket of the dangerous Rinku Singh on Tuesday.
- Nandre Burger - One week ago the tall left-arm pace bowler had never played international cricket before but he has now received three caps for his country and took 3/30 in Gqeberha.
- Rassie van der Dussen - Dussen has not performed well so far in the 2 ODIs. He is a quality ODI batter and we are backing him to score a good knock in this match. Dussen has scored 2358 runs in 61 ODIs at an impressive average of 53.59.
SA Team Form
South Africa ended a run of two successive defeats in ODIs with the win on Tuesday and they have now won two of their last four.
South Africa Predicted Playing 11
Reeza Hendricks, Tony de Zorzi, Aiden Markram (c), Rassie van der Dussen, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), David Miller, Wiaan Mulder, Nandre Burger, Keshav Maharaj, Beuran Hendricks, Lizaad Williams
India Team News & Playing 11
IND Team News
There was once change for India ahead of the second ODI with Shreyas Iyer leaving the squad to concentrate on preparations for the Test series and Rinku Singh, after impressing in recent T20Is, coming in for his ODI debut. No changes are expected for this match.
IND Key Players
- Sai Sudharsan - The 22 year old has had a remarkable start to his international career with 117 runs in total at a strike-rate of 92.85. He is full of self-belief ahead of this third ODI.
- KL Rahul - The captain added another half-century to his incredible international record on Tuesday and he will bring his ODI average of 50.89 to this match.
- Arshdeep Singh - The 24 year old contributed with the bat in the second game of the series and beat the bat of South Africa’s openers on countless occasions.
- Avesh Khan - The right-arm pacer could not back up his heroics from Sunday’s game on Tuesday but he should be well suited to the pitch in Paarl.
- Ruturaj Gaikwad - We have seen Gaikwad’s capabilities in white-ball cricket. He is a key player at the top-order for India. He is yet to give his best in the ODI series and we are backing him to score big in this match. He has scored 115 runs so far in 6 ODIs.
IND Team Form
India have responded well whenever they have lost an ODI over the last 12 months and there were still positives with both bat and ball at St George’s Park.
India Predicted Playing 11
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sai Sudharsan, Tilak Varma, KL Rahul (c) (wk), Sanju Samson, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Avesh Khan
South Africa vs India Head to Head
After four successive wins for India in the fixture, South Africa finally ended the sequence with their impressive victory on Tuesday. South Africa lead the overall head to head 51-39 from 93 ODIs.
SA vs IND Head to Head Stats in ODI's
| |
Matches Played |
SA Won |
IND Won |
Tie |
NR |
| Overall |
93 |
51 |
39 |
0 |
3 |
| Last 5 |
5 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
South Africa vs India Betting Odds
Who will win South Africa vs India 3rd ODI Match?
Both teams have shown their ability to bowl accurately and put the pressure on the opposition in the first innings of the game before easily chasing down a target. South Africa’s inexperienced bowling attack were excellent on Tuesday but we think India have the better squad to select from ahead of this game.
🏆 South Africa vs India Prediction
With two 8-wicket winning margins so far in the series, we have seen two exciting contests. However, we will get a winner again on Thursday and that side will take the series. Both bowling attacks have had successful days in one of the matches and early wickets have been the key. Our prediction is for India’s bowlers to have the upper hand and for India to win this game.
India to beat South Africa in the 3rd ODI
Dec 21 - Dec 22, 2023
16:30 IST / 11:00 GMT
Boland Park - Paarl, South Africa
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