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India vs South Africa Scorecard, 3rd ODI, India vs South Africa 2025
Result · Dec 06 2025, Sat - 01:30 PM (IST)
SOUTH AFRICA270
INDIA271/1
India won by 9 wickets
CRR:6.8
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Match Info
| Series: | South Africa in India 2025 |
| Date: | Dec 06 2025, Sat - 01:30 PM (IST) |
| Country: | India |
| City: | Visakhapatnam |
| Venue: | Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Stadium |
| Toss: | India won the toss and elected to bowl. |
| India Playing XI: | Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Lokesh Rahul (c) (wk), Tilak Varma, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna |
| South Africa Playing XI: | Aiden Markram, Quinton de Kock (wk), Temba Bavuma (c), Ryan Rickelton, Matthew Breetzke, Dewald Brevis, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Keshav Maharaj, Ottniel Baartman, Lungi Ngidi |
- India lost their most recent men’s ODI against South Africa by a four-wicket margin after winning two on the bounce prior to that; the last time the Men in Blue lost consecutive matches in the format against the Proteas was a stretch of four between January and October in 2022.
- India have won each of their last seven men’s ODIs when batting second on the day, last going on a longer winning run in such games between September 2005 and May 2006 (17 games); in fact, they have won each of their last three matches in the format when batting second against South Africa - each of them by a margin of seven or more wickets.
- South Africa have scored 6.1 runs per over in men’s ODIs in 2025, their third best such aggregate in a single calendar year in the format (6.3 in 2023; 6.2 in 2015); in fact, the Proteas have scored 300+ runs in each of their last two matches in the format, after doing so just once in their nine matches prior to that (330/8 vs England on 4 September 2025).
- South Africa have lost 44% of their completed men’s ODIs against India, their third highest loss rate against any opponent in the format behind Australia (46.4%) and England (45%); however, India (52 wins) are also one of three teams the Proteas have won 50+ matches against in the format against (Australia – 57 & Pakistan – 53).
- India have logged a catch success rate of 72.5% in men’s ODIs in 2025, the lowest of any full-member side and more than 10 percentage points lower than South Africa (82.8%); the Men in Blue have dropped at least one catch in each of their last 12 games in the format.
- South Africa have struck a boundary once every 8.5 balls in men’s ODIs in 2025, the second fastest such rate by any full-member side behind England (7.9); in fact, only West Indies (53.6%) and England (53.1%) have scored a higher share of their runs in the format this year via boundaries than the Proteas (51.9%).
- KL Rahul (India) has logged a batting dot ball rate of 36.8% in men’s ODIs in 2025, the best such rate by any full-member side player (min. 250 balls faced); in fact, his batting strike rate of 107.9 during the same period is the third best behind Travis Head (119.9) and Glenn Phillips (115.4).
- Temba Bavuma (1,987 runs) is 13 away from scoring 2,000+ runs for South Africa in men’s ODIs; in fact, apart from being the third leading scorer in the format for the Proteas in 2025 (Matthew Breetzke – 682; Aiden Markram – 419), his 356 runs this year is his second best in a single calendar year in the format (782 in 2023).
- Virat Kohli (1,741 runs) is 49 away from surpassing Kumar Sangakkara (1,789 runs) to become the third leading run scorer against South Africa in men’s ODIs; in fact, including their last clash, no batter has scored more tons (7) or 50+ scores (15) against the Proteas than Kohli.
- Nandre Burger (South Africa) has induced a false shot rate of 44.8% in men’s ODIs in 2025, the highest among full-member side player with at least 30 overs bowled; in fact, he has picked up at least one wicket in eight of his nine innings in the format this year.
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