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India's tour of South Africa: India and South Africa will face off in the third T20I at the New Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on Thursday, December 14.

South Africa are already 1-0 up in the three-match series, having won the second match by five wickets in a rain-marred contest in Gqeberha.

The Men in Blue will look to level the series whereas the hosts will be aiming to seal the series with a complete whitewash.

 

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The first match of the series witnessed no action as the game was abandoned in Durban without the toss due to persistent rain.

In the second T20I, Inda posted a total of 180/7 in 19.3 overs while batting first on the back of Rinku Singh's 68 runs in just 39 deliveries before the rain stopped play.

The rain helped the Proteas as the chase was reduced to 15 overs and they needed 152 runs to win.

Aiden Markram-led side was brilliant enough to chase down the total in 13.5 overs with five wickets in hand to take the lead in the series.

India's tour of South Africa is set to witness a remarkable action across formats which has been kicked off by the three-match T20I series.

This will be followed by as many OD matches whereas a two-match Test series will conclude the all-important tour.

 

IND vs SA 3rd T20I Weather Forecast For Johannesburg

The weather is expected to be a breezy one with a bunch of clouds overhead followed by sunshine throughout the day in Johannesburg on Thursday, December 14. There is a 40 percent chance of rain in the evening during the 3rd T20I match between India and South Africa. The temperature has been predicted to hover around 28 degrees Celsius to 15 degrees Celsius, while the humidity is anticipated to be around 71 percent. The wind speed will be around 33 km/h during the 20-over clash.

 

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Squads:

India Squad: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Shreyas Iyer, Deepak Chahar, Ravi Bishnoi, Ishan Kishan, Washington Sundar, Ruturaj Gaikwad

South Africa Squad: Reeza Hendricks, Matthew Breetzke, Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen(w), David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Andile Phehlukwayo,Lizaad Williams, Tabraiz Shamsi, Keshav Maharaj, Nandre Burger, Ottniel Baartman, Donovan Ferreira