 "Ramandeep Singh received his maiden India cap ahead of the third T20I against South Africa in Centurion. Image credit: BCCI")
Ramandeep Singh was handed his maiden cap on Wednesday during the third T20I between India and South Africa in Centurion, with the Men in Blue making just one change to their lineup. Ramandeep replaced pacer Avesh Khan in the only change to the Indian lineup as South Africa won the toss and opted to field in the third T20I.
Ramandeep was handed his cap by senior all-rounder Hardik Pandya shortly before toss at the SuperSport Park.
Ramandeep had earned his maiden India call-up for the T20I tour of South Africa along with Vijaykumar Vyshak after starring in Kolkata Knight Riders’ triumph in the Indian Premier League as well as for India A in the Emerging Teams Asia Cup recently.
The Proteas, meanwhile, made one change of their own, bringing in seamer Lutho Sipamla in place of leg-spinner Nqabayomzi Peter. It was the third time in as many games in this series that South Africa won the toss, with skipper Aiden Markram opting to field on all three occasions.
Impact Shorts
More ShortsThe four-match series currently is tied at 1-1. India had thrashed South Africa in the series opener in Durban by 61 runs, only for the Proteas to fight back in Gqeberha with a thrilling three-wicket victory. Opener Sanju Samson had starred in India’s victory with a second consecutive T20I hundred while Varun Chakravarthy’s brilliant 5/17 in the second T20I went in vain thanks to Tristan Stubbs’ unbeaten 47.
Playing XIs:
India: Sanju Samson(wk), Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Ramandeep Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakaravarthy
South Africa: Ryan Rickelton, Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram(c), Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen(wk), David Miller, Marco Jansen, Andile Simelane, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Lutho Sipamla