Overview
- Virat Kohli enters the third ODI on back-to-back hundreds after scores of 135 in Ranchi and 102 in Raipur.
- South Africa chased 358 in the second match to square the series, setting up a winner-takes-all finale.
- Kohli can equal Sourav Ganguly’s 308 ODI appearances for India if he plays the decider, with Sachin Tendulkar leading at 463.
- The former captain has 587 runs in seven ODIs at Visakhapatnam for a venue average of 97.83, a form guide rather than a prediction.
- A third straight hundred would be Kohli’s second such streak, following his 2018 trio against West Indies, as the tour shifts to T20Is from December 9 in Cuttack.