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India National Cricket Team vs South Africa National Cricket Team Scorecard: KL Rahul's moment of triumph arrived as he won the toss for India, ending a 20-match losing streak at the 21st attempt in ODIs during the third and final match of the series against South Africa at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam on Saturday.

The Indian skipper's unorthodox left-handed toss produced dividends as he finally won the toss and opted to bowl, sparking jubilant celebrations at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam.

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After breaking the toss curse, Rahul's big laugh and fist pump of delight were matched by the erupting crowd.

Notably, India's last successful coin flip occurred during the ICC World Cup 2023 semi-final against New Zealand in Mumbai.

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KL Rahul playfully credited Murali Kartik for his toss win, saying, "Yeah, I think you (Murali Kartik) should do more tosses. We are looking to bowl first. A little bit, we trained here last night. There was dew but it didn't come as soon as it did at Ranchi or Raipur. I don't think it is going to play as much of a role as it did in the previous games. But yeah, we wanted to chase a total and see how we can bowl first."

Rahul's ebullient mood was palpable as he swaggered back to the Indian camp, channelling Conor McGregor's signature walk.

India made one change to the side that lost the second ODI at Raipur, bringing in Tilak Varma in place of all-rounder Washington Sundar.

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India vs South Africa Playing XIs

South Africa (Playing XI): Ryan Rickelton, Quinton de Kock(w), Temba Bavuma(c), Matthew Breetzke, Aiden Markram, Dewald Brevis, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Ottneil Baartman.

India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tilak Varma, KL Rahul(w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna.

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