Kohli out of the game

February 24, 2018 21:11

South Africa have won the toss and elected to bowl first in the 3rd T20I in Cape Town on Saturday.

India have made three changes after captain Virat Kohli has been ruled out of the match with a stiff back.

Pacer Bumrah comes in place of left-arm pacer Jaydev Unadkat, Yuzvendra Chahal is replaced by Axar Patel and Dinesh Karthik finds a place for the injured Kohli.

South Africa have made two changes with Christiian Jonker making his debut in place of Jon-Jon Smuts and pacer Patison making way for Kagiso Rabada.

The three-match series is level at 1-1 after the Men in Blue won the first T20I in Johannesburg by 28 runs. The Proteas bounced back in Centurion with a six-wicket win.

India have never played a T20 match at Newlands. This will be their first such outing, while South Africa have a less than impressive record here. They have played 8 T20Is, and lost 5 of them.

The two wins came in the 2007 World T20 and as such the hosts have only ever won a singular bilateral T20I game (against England in 2016) at Cape Town.

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