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Follow UsSouth Africa captain Aiden Markram has won the toss, and his side will bowl first in the third T20 International at Centurion. The hosts make one change, with Nqabayomzi Peter sitting out and is replaced by pacer Lutho Sipamla. As far as India are concerned, all-rounder Ramandeep Singh makes his international debut in this game, with Avesh Khan sitting out. Hardik Pandya handed Ramandeep his maiden cap ahead of the toss.
Ramandeep had an excellent season in the Indian Premier League (IPL) earlier this year, scoring 125 runs down the order at a strike rate of 201.61 to help the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to the title.
Even at the ACC Emerging T20 Asia Cup held in Oman recently, he scored a fifty in three innings, striking at 192.
Pitch report by Shaun Pollock and Ashwell Prince: There is a big rain storm that came last night, and I hope it stays away. Looks like a bit dry. A typical Centurion wicket will have a bit of sheen, which is not there. The spinners will have a part to play. The batters enjoy batting here because of the bounce. The boundary size is pretty small: 59 and 64 square meters and 82 square meters down the ground.
The four-match series is currently level 1-1. India won the first game in Durban with 61 runs, but the Proteas bounced back in the second game in Gqeberha to win it with three wickets.
Playing XIs:
India: Sanju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Ramandeep Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakaravarthy
South Africa: Ryan Rickelton, Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (c), Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), David Miller, Marco Jansen, Andile Simelane, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Lutho Sipamla
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