The Paytm South Africa vs India 2015 series will be the first time South Africa will play a full series containing 3 T20Is, 5 ODIs and 4 Tests. South Africa will be touring India for their longest tour ever, lasting a total 72 days.
The series has been named after the two greatest leaders from each country as Mahatma Gandhi – Nelson Mandela series. And every bilateral series between India and South Africa henceforth will be played under the same name.
Here are the match details for the 3rd ODI which is a day match and will be the first match between the two nations after their meeting in the ICC World Cup 2015.
Match: India vs South Africa 3rd ODI
Date: 18th October 2015, Sunday
Timing: 1.30 pm IST
Venue: Rajkot, Gujrat
Live Streaming of the series:
The whole South Africa’s tour to India will be broadcasted live on Doordarshan and Star Sports network in India, Sky Sports network in the UK, Fox Sports in Australia, and Super Sports network in South Africa.
People who want to watch the match live on the go using the internet can log onto the StarSports .com to view the match live and enjoy the highlights afterwards. Similarly, the match and the series can be viewed live on the mobile by using the Hotstar app or logging into the hotstar.com website.
India vs South Africa Head to Head in ODI:
The first ODI between the 2 countries was played in 1991 when South Africa toured India after being readmitted to the international arena after the end of apartheid.
The two nations have played a total of 71 matches head to head and South Africa leads by 42 victories to India’s 26 with 3 no results. Here is the summary of results:
| Total | In India | In South Africa | Neutral | |
| Matches played | 71 | 23 | 28 | 20 |
| Won by India | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 |
| Won by South Africa | 42 | 10 | 21 | 11 |
| No result | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
The last ODI match played between India and South Africa was in the ICC World Cup 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. India batted first after winning the toss and scored 307/7 with Shikhar Dhawan top scoring with 137 and Ajinkya Rahane contributing 79 runs. South Africa couldn’t manage to keep pace with the scoring rate due to losing wickets regularly and were bowled out for 177 runs. R.Ashwin picked 3/41 and India won the match by 130 runs and Shikhar Dhawan got the Man of the match for his hundred. It was also the first time India defeated South Africa in a World Cup match.
India vs South Africa 3rd ODI Prediction:
Both the teams are coming off from losing their respective ODI series to Bangladesh in Bangladesh, who defeated both India and South Africa with an identical 2-1 margin.
- Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for the highest score between the 2 nations with his record-breaking first ever doubles hundred in ODI history in 2010 in Gwalior.
-For South Africa, Quinton de Kock holds the record with his 135 in 2013 in Johannesburg, which was a part of 3 consecutive hundreds in 3 matches.
-Allan Donald’s 5/29 on his ODI debut in 1991 remains the best bowling performance against India by a South African.
- Sunil Joshi’s amazing 5/6 in 1999 remains the best bowling performance for India against South Africa.
Given that both sides match evenly on paper, India gets an advantage due to home conditions. But still the changes in ODI playing conditions have made it hard for batsmen to accelerate in the last 10 overs, unlike previous rules. Also, South Africa’s success will depend on their batsmen’s ability to cope up with the Indian spin attack and the guile of ODI captain MS Dhoni.
India:
MS Dhoni (captain), R Ashwin, Stuart Binny, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Axar Patel, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Mohit Sharma, Rohit Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Gurkeerat Singh, Amit Mishra
South Africa:
AB de Villiers (c), Kyle Abbott, Hashim Amla, Farhaan Behardien, Quinton de Kock (wk), JP Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Imran Tahir, David Miller, Morne Morkel, Chris Morris, Aaron Phangiso, Kagiso Rabada, Rilee Rossouw, Dale Steyn
