Dharamshala, December 14 (IANS). India won the toss and decided to bowl in the third match of the T20 series to be played at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium on Sunday. In this match Indian team entered with 2 changes. At the same time, South Africa made 3 changes in its team. During the toss, Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav said that Axar Patel is not healthy while Jasprit Bumrah is not playing in this match due to personal reasons. In their place, Harshit Rana and Kuldeep Yadav were selected in the playing eleven. On the other hand, Corbin Bosch, Anrich Nortje and Tristan Stubbs returned to the South African team. India won the first match of the series played in Cuttack by 101 runs. After this, South Africa won the second T20 match held in New Chandigarh by 51 runs. Both the teams are tied at 1-1 in the five-match series. In such a situation, both countries would love to get an edge by winning this match. Hardik Pandya is just one wicket away from completing ‘century of wickets’ in T20 international cricket. If Pandya does this, he will complete the ‘century of sixes’ along with the ‘century of wickets’ in this format. On the other hand, South African player Devald Brevis is just 4 steps away from completing a century of sixes in the T20 format this year. He will become the second South African to hit 100 or more sixes in a calendar year during the T20 format. Before him, Heinrich Klaasen achieved this feat in the year 2024. A total of 33 matches have been played so far between India and South Africa in T20 history, of which Team India has won 19 matches. South Africa won 13 matches at the same time. During this period, one match also remained undecided. In the last 5 IPL matches played in Dharamshala, the team that batted first won. India playing eleven: Abhishek Sharma, Shubhman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakraborty. South Africa’s eleven plays: Quinton de Kock (wk), Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram, Dewald Brewis, Tristan Stubbs, Donovan Ferreira, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi, Otniel Baartman. –IANS RSG