India vs South Africa, 3rd T20I: Toss, Playing 11 Update, Captains’ Comments, Pitch Report

Having
already
won
the
series
2-0,
the
Indian
team
management
has
made
three
changes
to
their
playing
eleven
in
the
inconsequential
tie
against
the
Proteas.
Senior
players
Virat
Kohli
and
KL
Rahul
have
been
rested
and
left-arm
pacer
Arshdeep
Singh
is
also
missing
the
match
due
to
a
niggle.

In
the
absence
of
these
three
players,
Shreyas
Iyer,
Umesh
Yadav
and
Mohammed
Siraj
have
been
included
in
the
playing
eleven.
The
hosts
are
playing
with
five
batters
and
six
bowlers
tonight.
Birthday
boy
Rishabh
Pant
is
likely
to
open
the
batting
for
India
in
the
absence
of
Rahul
and
Kohli.

After
winning
the
toss,
the
India
captain
said,
“We’re
going
to
field
first.
It’s
a
very
high-scoring
ground,
I
feel
the
pitch
won’t
change
a
lot
so
nice
to
know
what
target
is
in
front
of
us.
Three
changes
for
us,
Kohli
and
KL
are
out,
and
Arshdeep
misses
out
for
some
issues
with
his
back.
It
is
precautionary,
nothing
serious.
We’ve
got
Shreyas
Iyer,
Umesh
Yadav
and
Siraj
in.
We
want
to
keep
challenging
ourselves,
keep
improving
and
keep
batting
the
same
way.”

South
Africa
–
who
are
looking
for
a
consolation
win
–
have
also
made
a
change
to
their
playing
eleven
by
including
Dwaine
Pretorious
in
the
side
and
rested
Anrich
Nortje.

“Wasn’t
too
sure
on
what
to
do
today,
not
too
fussed
about
losing
the
toss.
As
a
leader,
these
are
the
kind
of
games
you
want
to
contribute.
Hopefully,
I
can
repay
the
team
today.
The
series
is
out
of
our
reach
but
this
is
our
last
opportunity
we
have
to
achieve
a
few
objectives
ahead
of
the
World
Cup.
One
change
today
–
Dwayne
Pretorius
comes
in
for
Nortje,
just
to
give
an
extra
option
with
a
change
of
pace.
We
need
to
win
today,
it
is
a
chance
for
some
of
our
batters
to
find
some
form,
and
also
as
a
group
to
try
and
click
together,”
said
Bavuma
after
the
coin
toss.

Playing
XIs:

South
Africa:
Temba
Bavuma(c),
Quinton
de
Kock(w),
Rilee
Rossouw,
Aiden
Markram,
David
Miller,
Tristan
Stubbs,
Wayne
Parnell,
Dwaine
Pretorius,
Keshav
Maharaj,
Kagiso
Rabada,
Lungi
Ngidi

India:
Rohit
Sharma(c),
Rishabh
Pant(w),
Shreyas
Iyer,
Dinesh
Karthik,
Suryakumar
Yadav,
Axar
Patel,
Ravichandran
Ashwin,
Harshal
Patel,
Deepak
Chahar,
Umesh
Yadav,
Mohammed
Siraj.

Pitch
Report:
First
thing
to
draw
your
attention
to,
it’s
a
small
stadium.
63
metres
on
the
off-side,
60
metres
on
the
leg
side.
It’s
always
a
good
pitch
in
Indore,
this
is
one
of
the
surfaces
where
the
bowlers
wouldn’t
want
to
bowl.
There
are
a
few
cracks
that
could
help
them,
but
the
size
of
the
ground
is
a
worry.
Even
a
few
mishits
could
end
up
out
of
the
ground.
The
team
winning
the
toss
will
want
to
chase
here.
If
you’re
batting
first,
you
atleast
need
to
score
more
than
180.