Ahmedabad is the venue for the fifth and final T20 between India and South Africa, the game takes place on Friday and in terms of the series India remain 2-1 up.
The Proteas won both matches in the two game test series which kicked off this tour, coming out on top by margins of 30 runs and 408 runs. Thereafter a 3 match ODI series went to a decider on and India clinched it, 2-1.
The first of the five T20’s was staged at Cuttack and India came out on top by all of 101 runs, posting 175/6 and bowling the Proteas out for just 74. However it was a different story at Mullanpur on Thursday when the Proteas squared the series with a 51 run victory. India regained the series lead on Sunday with a 7 wicket victory at Dharamsala and unfortunately the fourth T20 at Lucknow on Wednesday had to be abandoned without a ball bowled due to dense fog.
No toss took place and no line ups were announced on Wednesday, this was how the teams lined up in the 3rd T20 at Dharamsala.
India: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy
South Africa: Reeza Hendricks, Quinton de Kock (wk), Aiden Markram (c), Dewald Brevis, Tristan Stubbs, Donovan Ferreira, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi, Ottneil Baartman
Head to Head
Overall the teams have met 35 times in this format with India winning 20 to South Africa’s 13 with 2 no results
The Betting
At the time of writing India are 4/10 to win and South Africa are 18/10 with Sportingbet
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The Verdict
The Proteas obviously need a win to salvage a series draw and that will be easier said than done on the evidence of their display at Dharamsala.
I’ll stick with one of my plays put up for the ill fated fourth T20 in the shape of Suryakumar Yadav to be top Indian batsmen.
For additional interest I will sign off the series with a speculative MoM play on Kuldeep Yadav
Bets: Top India Run Scorer Suryakumar Yadav at 7/2 with Sportingbet
Player of the Match Kuldeep Yadav at 11.5/1 with Sportingbet
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