India tour of South Africa 2021-22 — 3rd ODI

India tour of South Africa 2021-22 ODI Series

South Africa vs India ODI series 2021-22

3rd ODI:

Third and last ODI of the series of 3 ODI matches between South Africa and India is going to be played at the Newlands, Cape Town on January 23rd 2022.

India tour of South Africa 2021-22 — 2nd ODI

South Africa  vs India History:

Overall:

Series:

This is going to be the twelfth bilateral series between the teams, The host won 5 times. The visiting team won 5 times, as well. 1 series concluded as a draw.

The longest streak without a draw between the teams is 7 series in a span of 15 years, from 2006-07 to present, where South Africa won 4 times and India won 3 times.

The most consecutive winning streak for South Africa against India was 3 series from 2010-11 to 2017-18.

The longest unbeaten streak for South Africa against India was 3 series from 2010-11 to 2017-18.

The most consecutive winning streak for India against South Africa was 2 series from 2007 to 2010-11.

The longest unbeaten streak for India against South Africa was 2 series (twice) from 1999-2000 to 2006-07 and from 2007 to 2010-11.

Last 5 (completed) series results of South Africa against India are LWWWL.

Matches:

The teams completed 86 meetings in the longest format of limited overs cricket, till date. The host won 48 times, whereas the opponent won 35 times. 3 matches were called off without any result (No Result).

The most consecutive winning streak for South Africa against India was 7 ODIs from 1995 to 1996.

The longest unbeaten streak for South Africa against India was 7 ODIs from 1995 to 1996.

The most consecutive winning streak for India against South Africa was 4 ODIs (twice) from 2007 to 2010 and from 2017 to 2018.

The longest unbeaten streak for India against South Africa was 4 ODIs (twice) from 2007 to 2010 and from 2017 to 2018.

Last 5 (completed) match results of South Africa against India are WWLLL.

South African Backyard:

Series:

This is going to be the sixth bilateral series between the teams, The host won 4 times. The visiting team won once.

The longest streak without a draw between the teams is 5 series in a span of 29 years, from 1992-93 to present, where South Africa won 4 times and India won 1 time.

The most consecutive winning streak for South Africa against India was 4 series from 1992-93 to 2017-18.

The longest unbeaten streak for South Africa against India was 4 series from 1992-93 to 2017-18.

The most consecutive winning streak for India against South Africa was 1 series in 2017-18.

The longest unbeaten streak for India against South Africa was 1 series in 2017-18.

Last 5 (completed) series results of South Africa against India are LWWWW.

Matches:

The teams completed 36 meetings in the longest format of limited overs cricket, till date. The host won 24 times, whereas the opponent won 10 times. 2 matches were called off without any result (No Result).

The most consecutive winning streak for South Africa against India was 7 ODIs from 2001 to 2011.

The longest unbeaten streak for South Africa against India was 7 ODIs from 2001 to 2011.

The most consecutive winning streak for India against South Africa was 3 ODIs from 2018 to 2018.

The longest unbeaten streak for India against South Africa was 4 ODIs from 2013 to 2018.

Last 5 (completed) match results of South Africa against India are WWLLW.

Points and Rankings:

The series is the comparison between the fifth rank (South Africa (103)) and fourth rank (India (110)) teams. The host is 7 points behind the visitors.

The Home Team:

The team completed 637 games in the format. Out of them, the team won 390 times and lost 221 times. 6 games resulted in a tie. 20 outings were called off without any result (No Result).

In case, the host will win the series by 3-nil, then the host will earn 7 points without any impact in the rank, but in case of losing the series with 3 defeats, then the team will lose the 3 points without any impact in the rank. 

If the team will lose the series with the margin of 2 defeats, then the team will lose 2 points without any impact in the rank. In case of winning the series with the winning margin of 2, the team will earn 5 points without any impact in the rank.

If the team will lose the series with the margin of 1 defeat, then the team will lose 0 to 1 point without any impact in the rank. In case of winning the series with the winning margin of 1, the team will earn 3 to 4 points without any impact in the rank. 

Drawing the series will help the team to gain 1 to 2 points without any impact in the rank.

Last 5 (completed) match results of South Africa are WWLWL.

The Visiting Team:

The team completed 998 games in the format. Out of them, the team won 518 times and lost 430 times. 9 games resulted in a tie. 41 outings were called off without any result (No Result).

In case, the visiting team will win the series by 3-nil, then the team will earn 3 points and a (1) rank in the position, but in case of losing the series with 3 defeats, then the team will lose 5 points without any impact in the rank. 

If the team will lose the series with the margin of 2 defeats, then the team will lose 3 points without any impact in the rank. In case of winning the series with the winning margin of 2, the team will earn 2 points without any impact in the rank.

If the team will lose the series with the margin of 1 defeat, then the team will lose 2 points without any impact in the rank. In case of winning the series with the winning margin of 1, the team may gain 0 to 1 point without any impact in the rank. 

Drawing the series will cause the team to lose a (1) point without any impact in the rank.

Last 5 (completed) match results of India are LLLWW.

The Third Outing:

The result of the match will impact the team’s points, as if the result will go in favor of the host then the home side will gain a couple (2) of points without any impact in the rank, whereas the opponent will lose a couple (2) of points without any impact in the rank. On the other hand, in case of a reverse result, the visiting team will gain a (1) point without any impact in the rank and the home team will lose a (1) of points without any impact in the rank.

Venue Weather:

Weather forecast of Cape Town shows the weather would be sunny to mostly sunny and partly cloudy after sunset during the match. There is an extremely less chance of rain, as the precipitation percentage would be between 3% to 7%. The temperature would be between 21-32 Celsius. The wind would be between 15 – 25 km/h. The speed of wind and the temperature would fluctuate throughout the game.

Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town

Toss and Pitch:

Teams preferred to bat first after winning the toss, which happened 29 times out of 43 played games, and the selection extremely favor the teams, as the teams won 22 times and lost 7 times.

Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are LWWWL.

On the other hand, the teams who chose to field first, won 8 times and lost 6 times.

Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are WWLWW.

South Africa vs England ODI series 2020 – 1st ODI

Overall, 30 times the teams won the toss, won the matches and lost 13 times.

Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are WLWLW.

Particularly, for South Africa, the team won the toss 24 times in the 37 games and won 22 times and lost just twice against India (only), both the times.

Last 5 (completed) match results of South Africa at the venue, while winning the toss, are WWLWW.

The home team never lost a match after choosing to bat since 2011.

Last 5 (completed) match results of South Africa at the venue, while losing the toss, are WLWWL.

The visiting team never chose to field first since 2005.

The visiting team never won the match after choosing to field first since 2000.

The first batting team won the match 28 times. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won the match 15 times.

Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are LLLWW.

Score:

The lowest defended total was 140 runs in 1993, and the highest successful chase was 259 runs in 2020.

The first innings lowest total was 43 runs in 1993 and the highest total was 367 runs in 2017. For the second innings, the lowest total was 54 runs (completed innings) in 2004 and the highest was 327 runs in 2017.

The batting average of the first innings is 30.74 and 24.58 is for the second innings.

ODI History Between the Teams at the Venue:

Both the teams faced each other 4 times at the venue. The host won twice, whereas the opponent also won twice.

Last 5 (completed) match results of South Africa against India at the venue are WWLL -.

Teams’ ODI History at Venue:

The Home Side:

The home side has an extremely good record at the venue, as the team won 31 times with just 6 losses out of 37 outings.

Last 5 (completed) match results of South Africa at the venue are WWWLW.

The Visiting Side:

The visiting team has an above average record, as the team won thrice and lost twice in 5 outings.

Last 5 (completed) match results of India at the venue are WWLWL.

Selected XI for both the Teams:

South Africa:

The home side would like to go with D. Pretorius in place of L. Ngidi.

South Africa Eleven: Q. de Kock, J. Malan, T. Bavuma, A. Markram, R. van der Dussen, D. Miller, D. Pretorius, A. Phehlukwayo, K. Maharaj, S. Magala, T. Shamsi

 India:

The visiting team would like to go with D. Chahar in place of B. Kumar and M. Sir in place of J. Bumrah.

India Eleven: KL. Rahul, S. Dhawan, V. Kohli, S. Iyer, R. Pant, V. Iyer, R. Ashwin, S. Thakur, D. Chahar, M. Siraj, Y. Chahal 

*Notes: the result of the most recent match is at the left.

*Notes: D means draw in “last five series results”.

*Notes: T means tie in “last five match results”.

*Notes: “*” means the match was tied but the match was resulted through one over eliminator.

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