The third and final ODI match between South Africa and India will take place at Paarl on Thursday. With the three-match series now tied at one, both sides will be doing their hardest to win the series. In addition to fierce rivalry from both teams, Paarl’s weather will be the focus of attention. Throughout the two countries’ three-match T20I series, rain often got in the way of play. According to Paarl’s weather prediction, there won’t be any indications of rain.
Accuweather indicates that there is a 0% probability of rain throughout the day. Additionally, there is no cloud cover, and the humidity is at 26%.
Paarl’s Boland Park
India’s prospects of winning their second ODI series in South Africa will depend on a strong start from the openers since the previous two matches followed a similar narrative of a failing starting combination.
In the Rainbow country, India’s last ODI series victory was in 2018, and they need a strong start from both Ruturaj Gaikwad and B Sai Sudharsan to get another one.
Boland Park Pitch Report: In the previous ten games played at Boland Park, the side batting first has averaged a score of 254. At this venue, when the side batting first wins 60% of its matches, it should be the favored choice to bat first.
In terms of head-to-head matches, South Africa and India have played 93 One-Day Internationals (ODIs) against one another. Although South Africa has won 51 games, its opponents have won 39 of them. Three matches have ended in a draw in the interim.
India will start this match in the favored as they had defeated South Africa in four of the previous five face-offs.