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South Africa won the Test series in India after 25 years and also made a clean sweep by defeating it 2-0. Now the 3 ODI series between the two teams will start from October 30 in Ranchi. Here veterans Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will make a comeback, the team is getting stronger with their arrival. India will also have a chance to settle the score of the shameful defeat in the Test.

South Africa settles T-20 final score India won the title by defeating South Africa by 7 runs in the 2024 T-20 World Cup final. Team India won the Limited Overs World Cup for the fourth time, but deprived South Africa of the first title. About one and a half years after that match, both the teams faced each other. South Africa defeated India in the Test series in India and settled the score of its defeat.

South Africa’s last series win in India was in 2000. Since then the team has played 5 series here, lost 3 and drawn 2. India’s 25-year dominance was ended by the Proteas team. Now 3 matches of the ODI series will be played on 30 November, 3 December and 6 December. India can reduce the pain of the Test defeat to some extent by winning here 3-0.

India won the T-20 World Cup in 2024 by defeating South Africa in the final.

South Africa has the upper hand in ODI 58 matches were played between India and South Africa in ODI cricket. India won in 27 and South Africa won in 30. During this period one match remained inconclusive. India can now end South Africa’s dominance in head to head by winning 3-0. With a clean sweep, the win-loss records of both the teams in ODIs will be equal.

Team India definitely has the upper hand in the series. So far 15 ODI series have been played between the two. South Africa won in 6 and India won in 8. There was also a series draw in 2005. Both of them last played an ODI series in 2023, which was also won by India 2-1.

Last series won in India 10 years ago Both the teams played 24 ODIs in India, India won 14 and South Africa won 10. However, Team India is far ahead in series wins. Both played 7 series in India, India won 5 and South Africa won only 1. One series was drawn. South Africa’s only series win was in 2015, when the team won the 5 ODI series 3-2 under the captaincy of AB de Villiers.

India has been ruling the house for last 15 years Since January 2011, it has been very difficult to defeat Team India at home in any format. The situation in Tests has definitely worsened in the last one year, but dominance remains in ODI and T-20. In the last 15 years, India played 118 ODIs at home. Won 84 and lost only 31. During this period, 2 matches were tied and 1 also remained inconclusive. That means India has won 71% of ODIs on home ground.

Rohit-Kohli score a lot of runs at home also In the ODI series, Team India is going to go without regular captain Shubman Gill, vice-captain batsman Shreyas Iyer and fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah. However, with the presence of Rohit and Kohli, the team looks strong. Wicketkeeper KL Rahul will captain India. All three players score a lot of runs in India, and all are also in the top-20 of the ICC ODI Batsmen Rankings.

No other player in India has scored more ODI centuries than Virat Kohli, he is even ahead of Sachin Tendulkar with 24 centuries. Sachin has 20 centuries to his name. At third place in this record is former captain Rohit Sharma, who has 14 centuries to his name. Kohli is also the second top scorer in India, he is 652 runs away from breaking Sachin’s record.

South Africa series is preparation for ODI World Cup India started preparations for the World Cup to be held in 2027 with the ODI series against Australia this year. The team lost the series there 2-1, but Kohli and Rohit proved their form. Kohli scored a score fifty, while Rohit was the player of the series.

Including the South Africa series, India has to play 21 ODIs till the World Cup. From these the team also has to finalize its playing combination. Shubman, Shreyas and Bumrah are not in the squad. In such a situation, the team has a chance to prepare its backup players through the FM series.

India’s possible playing-11 Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad/Tilak Verma, KL Rahul (captain and wicketkeeper), Nitish Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna.