Hosts South Africa elect to field against India at Centurion as both teams fight for series lead

Toss between captains Aiden Markram and Suryakumar Yadav in the 3rd T20I (Pic: @BCCI/X)

South Africa skipper Aiden Markram won the toss and elected to bowl against India in the third T20I here on Wednesday.

The four-match series is now level at 1-1. It was the third straight toss won by the Proteas in this series.

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India handed a T20I debut to all-rounder and hard-hitting Ramandeep Singh, who came in for pacer Avesh Khan.

Teams:

India: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Suryakumar Yadav (capt), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Ramandeep Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakravarthy.

South Africa: Ryan Rickelton (wk), Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (capt), Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Andile Simelane, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Lutho Sipamla.

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