SA vs IND Dream11 Team: Top 5 Fantasy Cricket Picks for South Africa vs India 3rd ODI

SA vs IND Dream11 Team: It is now time for South Africa to lock horns with India in the third and final ODI match that will be played at the Newlands in Cape Town on 23 January, 2022. After a phenomenal performance in the first game, South Africa once again dominated the proceedings especially with the bat as they handed a comprehensive 7-wicket defeat to India in the second ODI. South Africa now have an unassailable lead of 2-0 in the three-match ODI series and now the final ODI match against India will possibly be counted as a dead rubber.

SA vs IND Dream11 Team Fantasy Picks

1. Quinton de Kock

After his rare failure in the 1st ODI, South African wicket-keeper batsman Quinton de Kock looked in a tremendous form having contributed with a match-winning innings in the second game against India. While chasing a challenging score of 288 runs in the second innings, Quinton de Kock came out with a plan to attack the Indian bowlers right from the start and he smashed a remarkable innings of 78 runs off just 66 balls that consisted of 7 fours and 3 sixes. The left-hander was also involved in a fabulous 132-run opening partnership with Janneman Malan that helped South Africa beat India by 7 wickets in the second ODI. De Kock now has 5 centuries and 2 fifties against India in ODI cricket.

Quinton de Kock Stats vs India in ODI

2. Virat Kohli

Team India have surely looked clueless in patches during both the ODI match and they would need a special innings from Virat Kohli to pick up a consolation win in the 2nd ODI. Despite his five-ball duck in the second ODI against South Africa, Kohli looked in a fine touch during his excellent half-century in the first ODI game. Kohli also has absolutely sensational numbers against the Proteas in the 50-overs format having amassed more than 1300 runs in 27 matches at a brilliant average of close to 61. The 33-year-old right-hander has notched up 7 half-centuries and 4 hundreds against South Africa in ODIs.

Virat Kohli Stats vs South Africa in ODI

3. Rassie van der Dussen 

For South Africa, Rassie van der Dussen has probably been their best batsman in this three-match ODI series so far. After playing a crucial role in the last two Test matches, van der Dussen notched up a staggering hundred in the first ODI to help the Proteas team win the game by a convincing margin of 31 runs. He also looked in a fine touch during the run-chase in the second ODI match where he scored an important unbeaten knock of 37 runs and added crucial 74 runs along with Aiden Markram for the fourth-wicket partnership. He is the leading run-getter in this ODI series with a total of 166 runs from 2 games.

Rassie van der Dussen Stats in ODI

4. Rishabh Pant

India’s explosive wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant has delivered some crucial noticeable performances with the bat across formats in the recent while. Coming to the crease when his team had lost two crucial wickets in quick manner, Pant single-handedly took on the South African bowlers with his natural attacking mindset and smacked a fantastic knock of 85 runs off 71 balls that included a total of 10 fours and 2 sixes in the second ODI match. This was also the best score for any Indian wicket-keeper batsman in South Africa in the limited-overs format of the game.

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Rishabh Pant Stats in ODI

5. Temba Bavuma

South Africa captain Temba Bavuma has led his team remarkably well both with the bat and as  a leader in the first two ODI matches. When the hosts were under pressure having loss three wickets for just 68 runs in the 1st ODI, Bavuma joined hands with Rassie van der Dussen to put on a superb 204-run stand for the fourth wicket that eventually proved to be the difference between the two sides. The Proteas captain scored a wonderful innings of 110 runs that included 8 boundaries. Temba Bavuma also batted really well during the three-match Test series against India.

Temba Bavuma Stats in ODI

South Africa vs India 3rd ODI

The visiting Indian team is very much likely to make some changes in their playing 11 from the second ODI. Two of Prasidh Krishna, Deepak Chahar or Mohammed Siraj are expected to replace Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar while Jayant Yadav is likely to come in for Ravichandran Ashwin. It will also be interesting to see whether out-of-form Shreyas Iyer gets another opportunity or not.

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