Onus on young guns
Third ODI at the Motera • India face SA without half a dozen key players • Chance for the Proteas to earn some pride back
AHMEDABAD, Feb 26: The series as well as the number two spot in ICC rankings in their grasp, India would aim for a rare clean sweep while South Africa have nothing but pride to play for in their third and final One-dayer 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.
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