IND vs SAF 3rd ODI Preview at Cape Town - India v South Africa Third One Day Teams

Tough fight between top two teams host South Africa and India continues when they meet for the third one day on Tuesday, 18th January, 2011 at Newlands, Cape Town in a day/nigh game and timing will be 12:30 GMT, 14:30 local, 18:00 IST. 5 match series is currently level at 1-1.

India defended a low total in the last match to level the series in a thriller but they will be now without their most experienced player Sachin Tendulkar, who returns home due to injury, so Kohli will open the inning with out of form M Vijay while Yusuf Pathan will get a chance to play his first game of the series. Munaf Patel did well in the last game and need more support from others.

Lower order collapse in the last match is a concern for South Africa and in the absance of Kallis, de Villiers and Duminy should take extra responsibility. Faf du Plessis may get a chance due to his ability to bat also.

India playing 11 for 3rd ODI at Cape Town:

M Vija, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Munaf Patel, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra

South Africa playing 11 for 3rd ODI at Cape Town:

Graeme Smith (capt), Hashim Amla, Colin Ingram, AB de Villiers (wk), JP Duminy, Faf du Plessis/Robin Petersen, David Miller, Johan Botha, Dale Steyn, Wayne Parnell/Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Morne Morkel