India captain Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and opted to bowl in the third T20I against India/South Africa at HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala. The five-match T20I series is currently levelled 1-1 after the Proteas defeated India by 51 runs in the second T20I. India pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah and Axar Patel missed out from the playing XI as the Men in Blue forced to make two changes.
Captains at toss
South Africa captain Aiden Markram: Very cold, it's a beautiful venue. It was a good response. It was nice to see that. Tonight it's important to perform. It's a challenge. We'll have to assess the conditions up front. Hopefully, we get a good score. We have played a couple of games here, and the boys are pretty excited. We have three changes tonight.
India captain Suryakumar Yadav: We will bowl first. It looks like a good wicket, don't think it will change much. There will be dew later on, so we want to bowl first. Wonderful place, wonderful ground - hope we give them some entertainment. Every game is important. That's the beauty of the game, the way you come back. We want to play fearless cricket and enjoy ourselves. Looks like a good pitch. Patel misses out, Bumrah misses out. Harshit and Kuldeep are in.
India vs South Africa playing XIs
India (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Jitesh Sharma(w), Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy
South Africa (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock (wk), Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram, Dewald Brevis, Tristan Stubbs, Donovan Ferreira, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi, Ottneil Baartman