India vs South Africa Live Score 3rd Test Day 1: India's first setback, Rabada dismissed Mayank Agarwal

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India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) Cricket Live Score, 3rd Test Day 1: The last match of the three-match Test series between India and South Africa is being played at JSCA Stadium in Ranchi.

The last match of the three-match Test series between India and South Africa is being played at JSCA Stadium in Ranchi. After winning the toss, Team India came out to bat first and scored 12 runs after losing 1 wicket. Rohit Sharma (2 runs) and Cheteshwar Pujara (0 runs) are at the crease.

India did not have a good start and got its first blow on the total score of 12 runs. Mayank Agarwal was caught by African bowler Kagiso Rabada in the slip at the hands of Dean Elgar. Aggarwal was dismissed after scoring 10 runs.

IND vs SA: LIVE score

Earlier, Team India won the toss and decided to bat first and handed the bowling to the visiting African team. There was a change in the playing eleven of the Indian team. Ishant Sharma exited. He was replaced by left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem.

Shahbaz Nadeem was given the opportunity as the third spinner at home ground in Ranchi. Apart from Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, Nadeem is on the field to show his spin. Shahbaz Nadeem was rewarded for his consistently good performance in domestic cricket. He was included in the Test team as India’s 296th player.

On the other hand, South Africa captain Faf du Plessis brought Temba Bavuma with him for the toss in this match, but Bavuma too could not reverse the fortunes of the visiting team. South Africa made a total of five changes for this match. In place of Aiden Markram, Vernon Philander, Theunis de Bruyn, Senuran Muthusamy, and Keshav Maharaj, Zubair Hamza, Henrik Klassen, George Linde, Lungi Nagidi and Dan Pete have been given the opportunity. Linde will play the first Test match of his career, while Markram is out of the team due to injury.

India has already won the series and has maintained an unassailable 2-0 lead in the Test series against the visiting team. India would like to win the third Test match and make a clean sweep of the African team 3–0. India will get 40 points on winning the match. India has dominated South Africa in every department in the first two Tests.

India’s 200 points in the World Championship

India won by 203 runs over South Africa in Visakhapatnam and then won the Freedom Trophy by defeating the African team by an innings and 137 runs in the Pune Test. India currently has 200 points in four matches at the World Championship and has a huge lead of 140 points over their closest rivals New Zealand and Sri Lanka. Kohli has already made it clear that a lot is at stake in the third Test match as well and his team will not be lax in any way.

Rohit and Aggarwal are in the form

There is no significant weakness in batting or bowling in the Indian team before the Ranchi Test match. Indian top order has performed well so far. Rohit Sharma has played his role as an opening batsman in a long format. He scored a century in both innings, opening the innings for the first time in the Pune Test match.