India beats South Africa by 78 runs, wins series 2-1
The Proteas lost all of their wickets in 45.5 overs while chasing a target of 297 runs. Tony de Zorzi (81) scored the most runs for South Africa, while Aiden Markram scored 36 crucial runs. Aside from that, no other batter shone in the third match. Arshdeep Singh grabbed four wickets for India, while Avesh Khan and Washington Sundar both took two. Mukesh Kumar and Axar Patel each took one wicket. Arshdeep Singh is named Player of the Match after taking 10 wickets in the series. Meanwhile, Sanju Samson is named Player of the Match after scoring 108 runs in 114 balls. Sanju Samson scored a century to lead India to 296 for eight in the third and final ODI against South Africa. Sent into bat, India lost both openers early before Samson (108 off 114 balls), his maiden ODI century, and Tilak Varma (52 off 77 balls) contributed to India's progress.For the visitors, Rinku Singh (38 off 27) also contributed.Beuran Hendricks (3/63) was South Africa's standout bowler, while Nandre Burger (2/64) also took two wickets.Earlier, South Africa won the toss and chose to bowl in the third and final One-Day International against India. Rajat Patidar made his first ODI appearance for India, replacing opener Ruturaj Gaikwad. Gaikwad received a finger injury while fielding in the second ODI."Ruturaj Gaikwad hasn't fully recovered from the blow to his ring finger while fielding in the second ODI." "He remains under the supervision of the BCCI Medical Team," according to an earlier BCCI report. Washington Sundar was also named to the starting eleven in lieu of Kuldeep Yadav.Tilak Varma (52) helped Sanju Samson score 108 runs in 114 balls. Rinku Singh (38) hit some crucial runs to help India reach 296/8 in 50 overs.