Sabkush Headlines: Depleted India seek series sweep
Depleted India seek series sweep
Meanwhile, South Africa have nothing but pride to play for in their third and final cricket one-dayer in Ahmedabad on Saturday. The home team will be without more than half a dozen key players in the dead rubber, some missing from action from the start of the series and others - including champion batsman Sachin Tendulkar - skipping the tie. Tendulkar, in particular, will be missed after his awe-inspiring and phenomenal knock of 200 not out at Gwalior that shattered the Proteas dreams of winning a one-day series in India for the first time ever. The batting great has obtained a break to recharge his batteries for the upcoming Indian Premier League after becoming the first player in the nearly four-decade-old one-day game to make a double ton at the international level with his unbeaten innings which came off just 147 balls. Tendulkars absence, the back problem to Virender Sehwag and the wrist injury to Gautam Gambhir, have necessitated the inclusion of the uncapped Murali Vijay of Tamil Nadu to open the batting with his state-mate Dinesh Karthik. Vijay, who has played four Tests in his fledgling career, thus gets a chance to show his worth in the 50-over format of the game by default at the Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium in Motera.
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