South Africa Playing XI vs India- 3rd ODI, South Africa Tour of India 2025

India will be up against South Africa in the third of the three-match ODI series. This article provides details about South Africa's Playing 11 vs India for the third match of the series.

South Africa Playing XI vs India- 3rd ODI, South Africa Tour of India 2025:

Openers: Aiden Markram, Quinton de Kock (wk)

South Africa would be elated by the way the batters went about their job in what was a do-or-die match for the team while chasing a target of 359 runs, and would hope for them to do more of the same in the next match.

The opening pair of experienced batters Quinton de Kock and Aiden Markram got the team off to a good start with Markram going on to score a match-winning century after getting out early in the series opener.

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Quinton de Kock provided Markram good support and negatd the threat of the new ball by attacking India's opening bowlers early in the chase, and would hope to get a big score in the third ODI, which he failed to do in the last match.

Along with individual performances, the team management would back both batters to have a good outing as a pair and lay a strong platform for the middle order batters to capatalize on.

If the openers are able to fulfill their role, it will increase South Africa's chances of winning their second ODI series against India in India in the last three attempts, as they have the resources to accomplish this particular goal.

Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Temba Bavuma (c), Matthew Breetzke, Tony de Zorzi, Dewald Brevis, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch

The good work done by the owners was carried forward by South African captain Temba Bavuma, who played a timely innings of 46 runs upon his return to the team and formed a crucial partnership with Markram.

Along with the captain, talented batters like Matthew Breetzke, Tony de Zorzi, and Dewald Brevis also made handy contributions and would be entrusted to do a similar job in the series decider.

However, the team management would be a bit concerned regarding the fitness of Tony de Zorzi, who was in a lot of pain in the end stages of the game and had to retire hurt.

Rubin Hermann can be a like-for-like replacement for Tony de Zorzi if the batter isn't able to recover in time for the final ODI

Another major factor that worked in South Africa's favour during the chase was the depth in their batting department, as it came in handy when Tony de Zorzi got injured at a crucial moment, and Kesav Mahraj finished the game along with Corbin Bosch.

The onus will be on the top five batters to score the bulk of the runs and get the job done in back-to-back games if the visitors end up batting second in the final game of the series.

Bowlers: Keshav Maharaj, Nandre Burger, Lungi Ngidi

Like the team's batting, South Africa would be satisfied with the performance of their bowlers for pulling things back in the final ten overs of the Indian batting innings.

The captain and the coach would want the bowlers to replicate a similar performance in Visakhapatnam by restricting India to a score of 340-350 runs while bowling first, as it is known to be a high-scoring venue.

South Africa's fast bowling department will be handled by Marco Jansen, Lungi Ngidi, and Nandre Burger, with clouds over the fitness of Burger as the fast bowler went off the field in the end stages of South Africa's bowling innings.

If Burger is not able to recover in time, South Africa can bring Ottneil Baartman as his replacement.

As far as the spin bowling department of the Temba Bavuma-led side is concerned, it will be taken care of by Keshav Maharaj with assistance from Aiden Markram.