IND vs SA Match Preview- 3rd T20I, South Africa Tour of India 2025

India will face South Africa in the third of the five-match T20I series. The IND vs SA Match Preview provides today's match details for the 3rd T20I of the South Africa tour of India 2025.

IND vs SA Match Preview- 3rd T20I, South Africa Tour of India 2025:

Date and Venue:

The IND vs SA match will be played from December 14 at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala. The game will start at 7:00 PM IST.

Squads:

India

Suryakumar Yadav (c), Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma, Sanju Samson, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Washington Sundar

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South Africa

Aiden Markram (c), Ottneil Baartman, Corbin Bosch, Dewald Brevis, Quinton de Kock, Tony de Zorzi, Donovan Ferreira, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, George Linde, Kwena Maphaka, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Tristan Stubbs.

IND vs SA Key battles:

Shubman Gill vs Marco Jansen

Shubman Gill, who was dismissed for a first ball duk in the previous match, would hope for a better outing in Dharamsala as he will be under immense pressure having not made a significant contribution in the recent past.

Gill will have to tackle the bowling of Marco Jansen, who will look to get the better of him early in the innings.

Abhishek Sharma vs Lungi Ngidi

Like Shubman, his opening partner Abhishek Shara would also wish to get back among runs and play a match-winning knock in the third T20I against South Africa, having failed to do so in the first two games.

Abhishek will go head-to-head against Lungi Ngidi, who has shown good form in the first two matches of the ongoing series and would like to keep up the good work in the upcoming match as well.

Quinton de Kock vs Arshdeep Singh

Experienced South African batter Quinton de Kock, who played a match-winning innings of 90 runs in the second T20I and kept the Indian bowling attack under pressure, would be entrusted to do the same in the next match.

Quinton de Kock will be up against Arshdeep Singh, who would be itching to deliver a strong performance having conceeded more than 50 runs in his spell in the second T20I.

Aiden Markram vs Jasprit Bumrah

South Africa's T20I captain Aiden Markram, who also played his part in a decisive partnership with Quinton de Kock, would hope to continue the good work in the third game as well.

Markram will face the challenge of Jasprit Bumrah, who, like Arshdeep, was also on the expensive side in the second T20I and would hope to come up with a better effort in the third match.

IND vs SA Key Players:

IND- Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh

SA- Aiden Markram, Quinton de Kock, Dewald Brevis, Marco Jansen, Lungi Ngidi

IND vs SA Weather Report:

There is no chance of rain during the game in Dharamsala with a maximum temperature of 13°C and a minimum of 10°C.

Conclusion

India would like to make a strong comeback in the third T20I against South Africa after a disappointing performance with both bat and ball in the last match, which the team lost by 51 runs.

As far as South Africa is concerned, the Proteas would want to replicate the same performance that they delivered in the previous game in the third T20I as well.