South Africa's tour of India concludes on Tuesday when the teams meet in the third ODI in Delhi and the winner of this match will claim the series.
South Africa won the opening match of the series in Lucknow by 9 runs. Rain reduced the match to 40 overs a side and the Proteas posted 249/4 with de Kock (40), Klaasen (74 not out) and Miller (75 not out) the star performers. India lost both openers cheaply, Iyer made 50 and despite an unbeaten 86 from Sanju Samson India came up short.
The second ODI was staged at Ranchi on Sunday and India squared things up with a 7 wicket win. The Proteas posted 278/7 with Markram top scoring with 79 and Hendricks made 74. India chased it down in 45.5 overs with Kishan making 93 and Shreyas Iyer was 113 not out by the finish.
This was how the teams lined up on Sunday.
India: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson (wk), Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Avesh Khan
South Africa :Janneman Malan , Quinton de Kock (wk), Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Wayne Parnell, Keshav Maharaj (c), Bjorn Fortuin, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje
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Head to Head
Overall the teams have met 89 times with India winning 36 to South Africa's 50 with 3 no results
The most recent series came in South Africa in January this year and the Proteas completed a 3-0 clean sweep.
The Betting - 3rd ODI
At the time of writing India are 4/5 to win the match and South Africa are even money
Dhawan is 3/1 favourite to top score for India and de Kock is the same price to do likewise for South Africa
Note all prices are correct at the time of writing but are subject to change
The Verdict
The Proteas need a win to give themselves a better chance of qualifying for the next World Cup automatically and with that incentive I will go with the visitors to come out on top. Quinton de Kock is the top SA bat pick on a ground he knows well. .
Bets: South Africa to win at even money
Top SA Run Scorer Quinton de Kock at 3/1
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