Harshit Rana edges Quinton de Kock in back to back deliveries and both of them go for boundaries.
Two genuine edges on the fuller length as Harshit takes the ball away from de Kock from the off stump channel.
The first edge flies over the second slip - over the head of Ruturaj Gaikwad, and the second one goes through gully,
where India understandably did not have a fielder.
Very unlucky for Harshit.
IND vs SA Live Score, 3rd ODI: SA (13/1 in 4 overs). Temba Bavuma (3*), Quinton de Kock (10*).
Arshdeep Singh is using his release point variations well.
The wicket of Rickelton came off a ball that was released from wide of the crease.
Both Arshdeep and Harshit have bowled back to back maidens and that has made KL Rahul keep on the two slips at the
There is slight swing available on the pitch and the bowlers are feasting on that at the moment.
Temba Bavuma and Quinton de Kock are batting tentatively.
IND vs SA Live Score, 3rd ODI: SA (1/1 in 3 overs). Temba Bavuma (0*), Quinton de Kock (1*).
A good over from Harshit Rana against Quinton de Kock. He hits the length from around the wicket and tries to bring it
into the body of the batter. A couple of balls shoot up from back of the length and hit de Kock on the body.
IND vs SA Live Score, 3rd ODI: SA (1/1 in 2 overs). Temba Bavuma (0*), Quinton de Kock (1*).
Just as we mention the away swing against the left hander, Arshdeep Singh edges Ryan Rickelton back to the keeper.
Ryan Rickelton's ODI series ends in 2 ducks from 2 matches.
Fuller length, going away from the left-hander. Rickelton goes for the drive, but ends up edging the ball back to the
Perfect start for India in the decider.
IND vs SA Live Score, 3rd ODI: SA (1/1 in 1 over). Ryan Rickelton (1), Quinton de Kock (1*).
Arshdeep Singh opens the bowling for India and finds a little bit of swing. He takes it away from the left hander de
Kock, who cuts the length ball to deep point for a single.
IND vs SA Live Score, 3rd ODI: SA (1/0 in 0.1 overs). Ryan Rickelton (0*), Quinton de Kock (1*).
India are certainly in the advantage in Vizag.
South Africa had the upper hand both times - in the last two matches - given that they won both toss and batted second.
In the first match, a superb opening spell by Harshit Rana, and two wickets in the middle overs from Kuldeep Yadav
helped India get over the line in a nervy encounter.
In the second match, India were less fortunate.
In the third game - the decider of the series - India have finally won the toss, and opted to bat first keeping the dew
Hopefully India can get over the line today as well.
Here are the playing XIs for both teams.
Remember that India have made one change. While South Africa have been forced to make two changes to their playing XI.
Ryan Rickelton and Ottneil Baartman are playing for Nandre Burger and Tony de Zorzi, who were injured in the previous
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
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 have made a crucial change in their line-up for the decider of the series.
Washington Sundar is out of the playing XI and Tilak Varma comes into the team in his place.
It is an important change as many, including us here at India Today have criticised Gautam Gambhir for playing one
batter short in the games.
Washington Sundar has not bowled enough overs to merit his place in the XI, so we thought that India is better off with
an extra batter, who can bowl 2-3 overs in the game.
Kohli started the series with back-to-back centuries and is seeking a third consecutive ton in the decider game. Quinton
de Kock (vs India 2013) and Babar Azam (vs West Indies 2016) have previously scored centuries in all three ODIs of a
three-match series previously. Kohli also has previously scored three successive centuries in ODIs against West Indies
in 2019. If he manages to do that, he will become the first player to score three succesive hundreds twice in ODI
Star India batter Virat Kohli has been in phenomenal form in the ongoing series, having scored centuries in both the
matches of the series so far. The veteran batter boasts a phenomenal record in Visakhapatnam, having scored 587 runs at
the venue at an average of 97.83 with three hundreds and two fifties to his name.
India wicketkeeper batter Rishabh Pant didn't get to play in the first two matches of the series as Washington Sundar
was promoted in the middle order. The Indian batting line up struggled to finish their innings on a high in both the
games. The management will have to choose one between Tilak Varma or Rishabh Pant for the series decider as they aim to
For today, the dewpoint will be 18 degrees celcius. So, essentially it is going to be touch and go. One hopes that this
is not the game where India win the toss, opt to bowl first and then the dew does not arrive.