The third and final One Day International between South Africa and India takes place at Paarl on Thursday and the winner here will claim the series.
After losing the series opener by 8 wickets the Proteas squared things up with an 8 wicket win of their own in Port Elizabeth on Tuesday.
South Africa won the toss and opted to bowl first and they and they restricted India to 211 (all out) in 46.2 overs. Nandre Burger was the pick of the bowlers with 3/30 and Beuran Hendricks returned figures of 2/34. Sai Sudharsan (62) and KL Rahul (56) were the top Indian run scorers.
Reeza Hendricks (52) and Tony de Zorzi put on 130 for the first wicket in the chase and de Zorzi batted through, not out 119 in an innings of 6 maximums and the Proteas claimed victory in 42.3 overs.
This was how the teams lined up in the second ODI
South Africa: Tony de Zorzi, Reeza Hendricks, Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram (c), Heinrich Klaasen (wk), David Miller, Wiaan Mulder, Keshav Maharaj, Nandre Burger, Lizaad Williams, Beuran Hendricks
India: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sai Sudharsan, Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson (wk), KL Rahul (c), Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar
Boland Park, Paarl
Over the course of the last decade South Africa have won all 6 ODI's staged at Paarl
In January 2022 South Africa beat India twice in the space of 3 days, by 31 runs (defending 269/4) and then by 7 wickets (chasing down 287/6 for victory)
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The Betting - 3rd ODI
At the time of writing South Africa are 8/10 to win the match and India are 9/10
Ruturaj Gaikwad, KL Rahul and Sai Sudharsan are all 7/2 to top score for India and van der Dussen is 33/10 to do likewise for South Africa.
Note all prices are correct at the time of writing but are subject to change
The Verdict
The first 2 matches were like chalk and cheese and the decider looks set to be played out on a hot day in Paarl, a venue which has often offered something for the spinners.
Boland Park is also a ground where Rassie van der Dussen excelled against India early in 2022 and he gets my vote to score a 50. Given his confidence is high I also like the chances of de Zorzi hitting a 6. Finally I'm hoping Shamsi gets a start as he can be a handful here and his price for over 2.5 wickets caught my eye.
Bets: Player to score a 50 van der Dussen? (yes) at 14/10 with Sportingbet
Player 6's de Zorzi over 0.5 at 14/10 with Sportingbet
Player wickets Tabraiz Shamsi over 2.5 at 33/10 with Sportingbet
Note all prices are correct at the time of writing but are subject to change
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