South Africa vs India 3rd T20 Live Stream & Tips - Stubbs can bat Proteas to victory

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Last updated: 12 Nov 2024

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Ralph Staniforth 12 Nov 2024

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Series tied at 1-1 with two games to go.
South Africa favored to win at Centurion.
Key players: Stubbs for SA, Samson for India.

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Tristan Stubbs to back SA to victory (Getty images)

South Africa vs India Predictions

The series is nicely poised at 1-1 with two games to play. Both sides will be eager to get the win as that will ensure the series can no longer be lost.

South Africa vs India Predictions
Head to Head
South Africa Form
South Africa Injuries & Team News
India Form
India Injuries & Team News

Conditions should be good for batting at Centurion on Wednesday, which will help both sides. I am backing South Africa to win with Sanju Samson and Tristan Stubbs backed in the run scoring markets.

South Africa won their last T20I match against India.
South Africa have lost 5 of their last 7 T20I matches.
South Africa’s Tristan Stubbs scored 47 runs in his last match.
India have won 3 of their last 4 T20I matches against South Africa.
India have won 8 of their last 9 T20I matches.
India’s Sanju Samson scored 100+ runs in the 1st T20I against South Africa.

Head to Head

The series is level at 1-1 after two games with two to play. India won the opener, but South Africa bounced back to level matters last time out.

South Africa Form

The Proteas did well in the 2nd T20I to get back on level terms in the series with a three-wicket win. On a tough surface, the hosts bowled well to hold India to 124 runs in 20 overs.

Five of the six bowlers took one wicket each with no one going at more than seven runs to the over. Nqabayomzi Peter was the pick of the bowlers, taking 1-20 in four overs.

South Africa started well enough with the bat, but regular wickets put them on the back foot. However, Tristian Stubbs played a mature innings of 47 off 41 balls, helped by a blistering 19 off 9 balls from Gerald Coetzee towards the end.

South Africa Injuries & Team News

South Africa are well and truly at full strength, at least in the batting department. To date, however, that is what has let them down in this series. Big players such as Aiden Markram, David Miller and Heinrich Klaasen need to show their quality in the next two games.

India Form

India were superb in the first T20, particularly with the bat, but in the second game it was the complete opposite. Faced with a pitch that had some assistance for the bowlers, the Indian side faltered.

Three wickets fell by the time they had reached 15 runs with Sanju Samson, the hero from the opening game, gone for a duck. Hardik Pandya led the recovery to 124 runs with a useful 39 runs at less than a run a ball.

Varun Chakravarthy then stepped up with the ball to give India the edge, taking a superb 5-17 in four overs. However, once his spell was done the others couldn’t maintain that pressure and the South Africans got hope with an over to spare.

India Injuries & Team News

This is a young squad on tour for India so we could see a few changes being made as they look to give players experience.

Verdict

South Africa v India 3rd T20

South Africa are backed to win in Pretoria and take the series lead. Tristan Stubbs is tipped to top score for the hosts while we are looking at Sanju Samson to do the same for India.

South Africa Win

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