Lungisani Ngidi and Heinrich Klaasen make their debut for South Africa in ODIs.
India are batting first after being invited to bat in third ODI of the six-match series.against South Africa. South Africa's stand-in skipped Aiden Markram won the toss and elected to bowl first.
While Lungisani Ngidi and Heinrich Klaasen make their debut for South Africa in ODIs, India are playing with the same XI that won the 2nd ODI by nine wickets.
Teams batting first have won 79.31 per cent (23) of the day-night ODI matches played in Cape Town (29).
The two teams have faced each other three times at this venue, with the home side, again, holding a 2-1 edge on the visitor; India, however, won the sides' last meeting here, back in 2011. South Africa has won 28 of its 33 ODI matches at the Newlands.
South Africa lead India by 45-31 in the overall head-to-head matches. It also has a 21-7 win-loss record on home soil against the Men in Blue, with two no-results in 30 one-day internationals.
India will have their sights set on an unprecedented 3-0 lead when they take on a South African team, which has quite literally fallen apart due to injury blows, in the third ODI of the six-match series.
The visitors won the first two matches of the series in Durban and Centurion by six and nine wickets, respectively, dismantling the home side with consummate ease.
Twice previously, India have managed to win two ODIs in a bilateral series in South Africa -- in 1992-93 and in 2010-11. In the latter instance, the visitors shot into a 2-1 lead, only to lose the five-match series 3-2 in the end. They had also lost 5-2 in the other instance. But given the hosts' current travails, history repeating itself would be a major disaster for the Men in Blue.
This is because the Proteas are beset with injury problems. AB de Villiers was ruled out before the first ODI, Faf du Plessis before the second (both suffered finger injuries). And the list has only grown with Quinton de Kock (left wrist injury) ruled out before the third ODI. Cricket South Africa didn't name a replacement for him, and Heinrich Klaasen, who finished as the third highest run- getter in the domestic one-day tournament here, is expected to make his ODI debut. In a way, this could be a blessing in disguise for the hosts. De Kock has been out of form for a while now, failing to cross 50 even once in eight innings against India across both Tests and ODIs.
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