T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[DanWalker]

Marco Jansen and Gerald Coetzee will be unavailable for the third match, as they have been released from the squad to play in the domestic 4-day competition. Coetzee was in terrific form and picked up 3 wickets during the second match (Tilak Varma, Ravindra Jadeja and Arshdeep Singh). In their absence, the South African pace attack will be lead by Lizaad Williams, Nandre Burger and Andile Phehlukwayo. There is a chance that Ottniel Baartman will be drafted in to the squad. Spin attack will be lead by Tabraiz Shamsi, after his terrific spell in the first match.

India should be able to win the third match. They will be having a pretty good advantage. Right now there is no chance for them to be able to win this series. All they can do is to not lose and save the series with a draw. And with some players that played for South Africa in the second match in which they actually lost, not being available, India should be able to have a good chance to win. But India will have to improve their performance in the bowling. Because in the first match, the bowling was absolutely trash from India.

[Tipstar]

Marco Jansen and Gerald Coetzee will be unavailable for the third match, as they have been released from the squad to play in the domestic 4-day competition. Coetzee was in terrific form and picked up 3 wickets during the second match (Tilak Varma, Ravindra Jadeja and Arshdeep Singh). In their absence, the South African pace attack will be lead by Lizaad Williams, Nandre Burger and Andile Phehlukwayo. There is a chance that Ottniel Baartman will be drafted in to the squad. Spin attack will be lead by Tabraiz Shamsi, after his terrific spell in the first match.

India should be able to win the third match. They will be having a pretty good advantage. Right now there is no chance for them to be able to win this series. All they can do is to not lose and save the series with a draw. And with some players that played for South Africa in the second match in which they actually lost, not being available, India should be able to have a good chance to win. But India will have to improve their performance in the bowling. Because in the first match, the bowling was absolutely trash from India.

Rain has favored South Africa to date on the tournament. The first match washed by rain and left were just two. And South Africa had a smaller target to follow to win on the 2nd T20 but still struggled and rain came to help with DN giving them even smaller run to chase. There are less chances of rain today. Even though India wins this match they'll just level the tournament.
Comparing the current performance, the India team lacking some star players is still a overkill for South African team and if India got to bowl first, it's difficult to stop them.

[synchronym]

South Africa has a strong chance to secure the series, but as we know, anything can happen in cricket. Looking forward to the match at 9 pm Bangladesh Time and hoping for an exciting game! If South Africa is a strong team but India isn't a normal team. India can recover the match at any danger. On the other hand, South Africa had a big hand to win the match. I hope both the team will try their best to control the series.

South Africa has the strong chance, but keep in mind that India has played a series with Australia and India won that series and played really well in all matches. And still have ability to face the South Africa team easily. I am looking that the series will equal with 1-1 so let's hope that the rain will not interfere and both teams will show the real face. By the way this match will be really interesting because South Africa will try to win the series and India will try to equal the series. So they both will play well. I think if India will take first turn and will make 180+ runs so this will be a difficult target for South Africa.

OP I agree with you. After the 2023 World Cup final, India hosted five T20 matches between Australia and India. We have seen India play very well in five T20 matches as many of India's senior players were rested in those matches. The team was lined up with young Indian players led by Surya Kumar Yadav. India played brilliantly and won four out of five T20 matches to seal the series. So it can be said that in today's match against South Africa, India will definitely try to play well. And the Indian team will definitely want to win today's match and keep the series level. Let's see if the India vs South Africa match ends up being a draw.

[Bitcoin Smith]

South Africa vs India, 3rd T20I

South Africa have won the toss and have opted to field

Teams:
South Africa (Playing XI): Reeza Hendricks, Matthew Breetzke, Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen(w), David Miller, Donovan Ferreira, Andile Phehlukwayo, Keshav Maharaj, Lizaad Williams, Tabraiz Shamsi, Nandre Burger

India (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar

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I am little surprised with playing same XI from India because I expected Bishnoi in play today because he did pretty well against AUS and if they need performance outside Asia then they should try their players first.

[wiss19]

South Africa has a strong chance to secure the series, but as we know, anything can happen in cricket. Looking forward to the match at 9 pm Bangladesh Time and hoping for an exciting game! If South Africa is a strong team but India isn't a normal team. India can recover the match at any danger. On the other hand, South Africa had a big hand to win the match. I hope both the team will try their best to control the series.

South Africa has the strong chance, but keep in mind that India has played a series with Australia and India won that series and played really well in all matches. And still have ability to face the South Africa team easily. I am looking that the series will equal with 1-1 so let's hope that the rain will not interfere and both teams will show the real face. By the way this match will be really interesting because South Africa will try to win the series and India will try to equal the series. So they both will play well. I think if India will take first turn and will make 180+ runs so this will be a difficult target for South Africa.

There is no doubt about Indian strength as new generation players are doing impressive job, and they win series against Australia at home, but now they are playing in South Africa and now today they will play under-pressure for the win and ending this series on level which will be not easy for them even we have South African are going to have few changes in bowling but still they are good team and playing at home is also advantage for them.

In second game rain done his magic, and we have won for the South Africa but still both teams are having good players, and they will give their best in this match for the win which will give good cricket to fans most chances which team will go for the chase have better chance for the win in this third and final game.

[onecall123]

South Africa won the toss and chose to bowl first in the decider. India are unchanged, and Nandre Burger is making his international debut for the South African side. The weather in Johannesburg looks promising with no expected rain disturbances. India will begin their innings shortly, and hopefully post a competitive total.

[Swordsoffreedom]

South Africa won the toss and chose to bowl first in the decider. India are unchanged, and Nandre Burger is making his international debut for the South African side. The weather in Johannesburg looks promising with no expected rain disturbances. India will begin their innings shortly, and hopefully post a competitive total.

Today's match is very important for India to level the series. A win in today's match will tie the series at 1-1. Johannesburg pitch is batting friendly. If India gives a target of less than 200 on this pitch then I would say there is no chance of India winning. Because South African batsmen are in very good form. In the previous match as well, we saw a great performance from the South African batsmen. India's two openers Gill and Jaiswal got off to a good start today. India collected 29 runs in 2 overs. India can set a big target today if they get 50+ runs from the opening pair.

[Iranus]

South Africa won the toss and chose to bowl first in the decider. India are unchanged, and Nandre Burger is making his international debut for the South African side. The weather in Johannesburg looks promising with no expected rain disturbances. India will begin their innings shortly, and hopefully post a competitive total.

Today's match is very important for India to level the series. A win in today's match will tie the series at 1-1. Johannesburg pitch is batting friendly. If India gives a target of less than 200 on this pitch then I would say there is no chance of India winning. Because South African batsmen are in very good form. In the previous match as well, we saw a great performance from the South African batsmen. India's two openers Gill and Jaiswal got off to a good start today. India collected 29 runs in 2 overs. India can set a big target today if they get 50+ runs from the opening pair.

The Indian team has already lost two wickets. Shubman Gill returned to the dressing room with 12 runs off 6 balls. Tilak Verma could not add any runs to the scoreboard. But India's run rate is still good enough. At the end of 5 overs, India collected 56 runs losing 2 wickets. Indian batsmen are collecting more than 11 runs per over. Jaiswal scored an unbeaten 23 off 13 balls and Suryakumar Yadav scored 18 off 11 balls. If Suryakumar and Jaiswal stay at the crease, India will set a target of over 200 today.

[synchronym]

The third T20 match between India vs South Africa is very important for both the teams. Because if India wins today's match then T20 series will be 1-1 draw. And if South Africa wins today's match then South Africa will win T20 series. So no doubt India team should play well. Although opener Jaiswal is under a bit of pressure after losing two important wickets in the beginning, Surya Kumar Yadav is batting brilliantly. If the pair of them survives well then India can give a big target to South Africa. India's current score is 86 for two in nine overs. India's current state of play looks like they could set South Africa a target of 180 runs. And if South Africa can give a target of 180 runs. If India can bowl well then India can win today's match.

[JSRAW]

Another belter of the pitch with short square boundaries and Jaiswal showing that he has a good head on his shoulder. Gill with his back punches and strong wrists could've been dangerous here but only if he was wise enough to stay on the crease.

India going with over 9 runs per over but I believe they need to crank up those numbers more. This Proteas batting lineup can chase a target of 200 against our dibbly dobbly bowling attack easily, fingers are crossed for Arshdeep and Kulli. They are not bad bowlers per se but Proteas batters are just not respecting these 2 in particular.  

[rojan]

Today's 3rd T20 match of South Africa vs India team has already started. South Africa team won the toss and decided to bowl. Now India team came to bat. 87 runs in 10 overs. Now India team lost 2 wickets. Shubman Gill 6 balls.  12 runs out. Tilak Varma got out for 0 runs in 1 ball. Shubman Gill got out before starting the batting well. Team India may be able to give a target of 170 runs in today's match. But India have to give a good run target in this match.  If you can, there will be a chance to win the match.

[laurenB7742]

South Africa won the toss and chose to bowl first in the decider. India are unchanged, and Nandre Burger is making his international debut for the South African side. The weather in Johannesburg looks promising with no expected rain disturbances. India will begin their innings shortly, and hopefully post a competitive total.

Today's match is very important for India to level the series. A win in today's match will tie the series at 1-1. Johannesburg pitch is batting friendly. If India gives a target of less than 200 on this pitch then I would say there is no chance of India winning. Because South African batsmen are in very good form. In the previous match as well, we saw a great performance from the South African batsmen. India's two openers Gill and Jaiswal got off to a good start today. India collected 29 runs in 2 overs. India can set a big target today if they get 50+ runs from the opening pair.

The Indian team has already lost two wickets. Shubman Gill returned to the dressing room with 12 runs off 6 balls. Tilak Verma could not add any runs to the scoreboard. But India's run rate is still good enough. At the end of 5 overs, India collected 56 runs losing 2 wickets. Indian batsmen are collecting more than 11 runs per over. Jaiswal scored an unbeaten 23 off 13 balls and Suryakumar Yadav scored 18 off 11 balls. If Suryakumar and Jaiswal stay at the crease, India will set a target of over 200 today.

Jaiswal and Suryakumar Yadav are batting very responsibly now. India lost their two wickets for just 29 runs. At the end of 12 overs, India collected 108 runs. Suryakumar collected 35 runs and Jaiswal remains unbeaten with 57 runs. More than 200 for India if these two batsmen fail to pick up their wickets. I don't see a good performance from the South African bowlers. If the target is more than 200, it will be difficult for South Africa to win this match. But the way India is batting, India will probably give a target of 215-220 today.

[Compromise me]

South Africa has a strong chance to secure the series, but as we know, anything can happen in cricket. Looking forward to the match at 9 pm Bangladesh Time and hoping for an exciting game! If South Africa is a strong team but India isn't a normal team. India can recover the match at any danger. On the other hand, South Africa had a big hand to win the match. I hope both the team will try their best to control the series.

South Africa has the strong chance, but keep in mind that India has played a series with Australia and India won that series and played really well in all matches. And still have ability to face the South Africa team easily. I am looking that the series will equal with 1-1 so let's hope that the rain will not interfere and both teams will show the real face. By the way this match will be really interesting because South Africa will try to win the series and India will try to equal the series. So they both will play well. I think if India will take first turn and will make 180+ runs so this will be a difficult target for South Africa.

South Africa is favorite because home ground matters a lot to win match. India played good in World Cup because of only their home ground and India won the series against Australia because of its home ground. India is not that kind of team that will play excellent in every country. They only play good in their county and they are lion only in their country and they are Jackal in other country. In today match India will lose and South will lift the trophy. And South African International cricket team performance is very good in their home ground.

[dezoel]

Every match isn't the same and the Indian team is phenomenal at bouncing back from losses which is why I am expecting them to win the final T-20.

Well.. a decade or so back.. there was a consensus that India won't win any matches in SENA nations, if Virat Kohli is not playing. In such matches, he used to be the backbone for India. Times have changed, and we saw how Rinku and Surya took on the South African bowlers in the second T20I. But all that said, I have to say that South Africa has the upper hand. They have the momentum, and despite the absence of many of their star players, they destroyed Indians during second match. Also, Bavuma is absent which actually hurts India's chances.  

I agree about this all and really happy with this new development by the Indian team as new generation players are giving their best, and now they are going to change a good deal of consensus which were favourite about Indian team money and good use of this money is bringing revolutionary changes and this is really amazing stuff for the Indian cricket, but now they need to work on players mentality as well like we have in Australians.

If next generation able to handle this pressure and came out of the shadow then surely we can stay at the top for many years like currently we have Australians but this all needs time and good strategy now I have feeling Indian cricket is on right way for the bright future and with this we can bring good changes in all Indian sports as well.

[Bitcoin_people]

South Africa won the toss and opted to bowl, India put in a great batting performance in the 3rd T20I today. Suryakumar Yadav is already batting brilliantly against South Africa, he is batting brilliantly to score a century. Suryakumar Yadav looks set to score a century today, scoring 87 off 47 balls, easily achieving his target if he stays at the crease. If there is no rain in today's match and the weather is good then definitely India team will win, maybe India team can score 200+ runs by the end of today's match. Currently India's score is 16.2 overs 165 runs 3 wickets, if it survives till 20 overs India can make a huge score.

[Haunebu]

It looks like India will end up posting a score close to 210 which should be more than enough as long as their bowlers perform decently. Jadeja could be the key since it seems like the pitch is spin friendly.

Am expecting this particular series to end as a draw thanks to rain washing out the first one. Let's see what happens.

[libert19]

India makes 201, I feel they fell 10-15 runs short.

I was expecting some change today, especially expecting replacement for Arshdeep, but India played with the same team.

Tilak failed again, even in last game where he made 29, he was given free chance on his first ball.

Gill not taking review was mishap (I'm not sure what word to use here, hope you get it).

Surya continues to shine in t20, he should be tried with giving same batting position in odis too, just imo.

[Unknown Op]

South Africa won the toss and opted to bowl, India put in a great batting performance in the 3rd T20I today. Suryakumar Yadav is already batting brilliantly against South Africa, he is batting brilliantly to score a century. Suryakumar Yadav looks set to score a century today, scoring 87 off 47 balls, easily achieving his target if he stays at the crease. If there is no rain in today's match and the weather is good then definitely India team will win, maybe India team can score 200+ runs by the end of today's match. Currently India's score is 16.2 overs 165 runs 3 wickets, if it survives till 20 overs India can make a huge score.

In ICC competition India squad against South Africa squad third match, who will emerge victory in this current match which is continued on crease. South Africa squad already get victory in one match total of three and one match was not played on crease due to incident. Today third match is started on crease, if India emerge this third victory then they competition will be tied otherwise South Africa squad won this competition by leading of two matches. India squad already completed their batting inning and played all overs and they collected 201 scores and this defending target was not weak. Lets see who South Africa squad played in today match and they will defend this big target or not and will emerge victory in third last match.

[Jateng]

Today's 3rd T20 match of South Africa vs India team has already started. South Africa team won the toss and decided to bowl. Now India team came to bat. 87 runs in 10 overs. Now India team lost 2 wickets. Shubman Gill 6 balls.  12 runs out. Tilak Varma got out for 0 runs in 1 ball. Shubman Gill got out before starting the batting well. Team India may be able to give a target of 170 runs in today's match. But India have to give a good run target in this match.  If you can, there will be a chance to win the match.

South Africa won toss and bowls first india made 201/7 in 20 overs jasiwal make 60 runs while what a great inning played bg captain suryakumar made century on 56 balls with 8 sixes 3rd wicket partnership of 112 runs help team India to set a good total of 202 runs. Lizaad williams and Maharaj takes 2, 2 wickets while Shamsi and Nandre Burger takes single wickets South africa need to take a agrressive start to chase 202 in 20 overs

[FinePoine0]

It looks like India will end up posting a score close to 210 which should be more than enough as long as their bowlers perform decently. Jadeja could be the key since it seems like the pitch is spin friendly.

Am expecting this particular series to end as a draw thanks to rain washing out the first one. Let's see what happens.

Surayakumar Yadav scored his century off 56 balls. His performance was very good, if India can perform well in terms of bowling then surely there is a chance to win today. Because the South African team India's target of 201 runs is a big challenge for South Africa. Although the Indian team lost two wickets in the power play but did not lose more wickets later, due to which the Indian team managed to score 201 runs. Indian team has strong bowling which is enough to beat South Africa team.