Both Sides want to end on a high as Capetown gears up for a decider

It's all gonna end where it all got started. The tour thus far has shown many up and downs, surprises, dominance, humiliating defeats and crunching victories. After, all they combined, India fairly takes the spotlight from the tour finisher as well, where for the time on this tour a Series is still alive to the end of it.

Although it wouldn't have been possible if Proteas failed to come back, while they did eventually with some sort of help from the rain gods and with some spirited performance from their batsman in the middle overs and from bowlers in early in the piece.

India, on the other hand, would have thought they were in the game after their comeback at the death overs with the bat, but Chahal’s worse off day couldn’t help their way with rain making it difficult for bowlers.

Now though, it's about finishing well for both sides with series on the line. A series win desperately needed for Proteas to compensate the one-way traffic in ODI series. While India too wants to finish on a high and would like to take another series from wants South Africa.

Bowlers and boundaries in spotlight as Eden Park gears up for final

Before the start of Tri-Series, Australia was the team in all sorts of questions hanging on them and England and, New Zealand were the teams with answers in T20 format. But now after a couple weeks later, Australia find themselves to be the first team to enter the final.

While that's not just the actual matter, it's been bigger in terms of results as Australia yet to lose a match in the series, which includes highest ever chase in T20 format till date. The ODI defeats haven’t affected them as Big Bash stars helped them in a great way with fresh energy and probably the way Aussies might go in T20 format.

On the other side, New Zealand and England won a game piece and New Zealand just stepped ahead into the finals with a touch higher run rate. But,  New Zealand involved close finishes even in their losses apart from the Tri- Series opener.

So it makes New Zealand a worthy opponent for Australia in the final and also gives the home crowd, to cheer a lot about it. Apart from that after a contrasting Ashes and ODIs, the final against Transman gives a different and much-needed contest for Australians.

However, on the final Day, it's about the pressure of the moment for either side and the team which outsmarts the opposition bowlers will come on top.

Pitch and Conditions

               On Friday Eden Park has seen highest ever score made by a team and also the highest chase in T20s. While for final it's gonna be the same high scoring affair.

Zimbabwe aims to make scoreline closer

Zimbabwe was flattened out rapidly after their win in the second ODI. The results are so frustrating, as they are unable to adopt Afghan spin challenge. They lost back to back games, in this process lost the Series.

Now it's about making the scoreline more a respectable one for them. But it's not going be as straightforward as it is said, as they need to find a way not only to battle against the Afghan spinners but should also make them unsettled.

On the other hand, Afghanistan so far dominated the Series excluding the second ODI. While their batsman hasn't been tested as they liked to be, as Zimbabwe bowled out pretty early and it's the area they want to test themselves out ahead of World Cup Qualifiers.

India eye on 3-0 as South Africa hope for a respite

When a team from subcontinent comes to South Africa, the focus lot would be on how the team cope up with the bounce and pace of these surfaces. It has been the story for years but this series is an exception of that, as Indian spinners turned the table around the clock.

That's where South African batsman struggled to cope up with the new found Indian wrist challenge. It's a known fact, South Africans struggle against spin, but this challenge of this quality in absence of their key players asking too much from their second string batsman.

India on the other hand, just away from two matches winning a Series in South Africa for the first time, and the prospect seems likely with the way things going for India. While India like this situation for sure but they want more fight from Proteas, to show their true potential.

Pitch and Conditions

      It will be interesting to see, what the surface at Cape Town offers as Johannesburg and Durban proved to be on slower side so far.

South Africa

                A lot of questions are waging in the Proteas dressing room, now the injury to Dekock makes them change things even more but it also gives younger players a chance to fulfil game time for Proteas ahead of their mission 2019.

Possible XI: 1 Hashim Amla 2 Aiden Markram (capt) 3 JP Duminy, 4 Khaya Zondo, 5 David Miller, 6 Farhaan Behardien/ Shamsi, 7 Heinrich Klaasen (wk), 8 Chris Morris 9 Kagiso Rabada, 10 Morne Morkel 11 Imran Tahir

India

       There is nothing for India to worry about as the wrist spinners winning the games for them, and the batsman's, and pacers doing the supporting roles well.

Playing XI: 1 Rohit Sharma, 2 Shikhar Dhawan, 3 Virat Kohli (capt), 4 Ajinkya Rahane, 5 MS Dhoni (wk), 6 Kedar Jadav, 7 Hardik Pandya, 8 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 9 Kuldeep Yadav, 10 Jasprit Bumrah, 11 Yuzvendra Chahal

Depleted England hope to continue their limited overs form against Austraila

Australia started the Tri- Series with a bang with outplaying their neighbours in the opener. Now they face on their rivals England in the second match of series and it takes us to very interesting phase in the Series, as which team turns its head on the other after a contrasting Ashes and ODI Series.

While, both teams don't have a great T20 record of late, but it has been due to the absence of their key players being rested for this format. Although that didn't affect Australia in the opener, as Stanlake rapped the top order of New Zealand with his pace and control, which set the things going for them in absence of Starc and Cummins.

Meanwhile, it has to be seen whether England perform well in absence of their key Players, Woakes, Ali and Root. With this added absence, they were affected by injury concerns too, which England has to come over. The main thing for England is now to balance the squad in absence of all-rounders.

Australia tough like to take the confidence from the opener, where Warner showed his skills of Captaincy and which he rubbed on the players with his intensity and passion.

Pitch and Conditions

             The pitch at Hobart likely to be more flatter than of Sydney, and if it proves that, bowlers from either side will be tested.

Australia

        After their convincing victory in the opener, the hosts likely to stick with the same Playing XI even in the availability of Travis Head.

PlayingXI: 1 David Warner (capt), 2 D'Arcy Short, 3 Chris Lynn, 4 Glenn Maxwell, 5 Marcus Stoinis, 6 Alex Carey (wk), 7 Ashton Agar, 8 Andrew Tye, 9 Kane Richardson, 10 Adam Zampa, 11 Billy Stanlake

England

         While England hopes Hales, Roy and Plunkett to be available for selection, who were nursing from their respective hamstrings, and other concern for them is about picking an extra batsman or an all-rounder.

Playing XI:1 Jason Roy, 2 Alex Hales, 3 Dawid Malan, 4 Eoin Morgan (capt), 5 Jos Buttler (wk), 6 Sam Billings/Tom Curran/Sam Curran, 7 Liam Dawson, 8 David Willey, 9 Adil Rashid, 10 Chris Jordan/ Lian Plunkett, 11 Mark Wood

Depleted Proteas face yet another wrist test

After the first Test of the tour, India found to be the team with a lot of questions over their selection and performance with the bat. But after a few weeks with a change in format, South Africa find themselves in more trouble, than India had at that time.

The absence of De Villiers was the talking point prior to the first ODI and now it's about Duplessis as both are out due to finger injuries, the former will return to fourth ODI but the later likely to miss entire Series. So that means the batting only gonna be depleted even more.

The owns will be on De Kock and Amla at the top and, on Duminy and Miller in the middle order to tackle the Indian wrist spin, which has been the winning formula for India in recent times.

With the batsman looked conformable in the chase, there aren't many things to worry for India as Rahane played well at No.4. if India can pick few wickets upfront in the order, things gonna become even more difficult for the hosts. Meanwhile, it has to be the bowling for hosts to a give chance to their batting.

Pitch and Conditions

              There is nothing gonna be different throughout the Series, as batting friendly surfaces are to be dished out, in Centurion it won't be different, but the surface might produce more bounce than that of Durban.

South Africa

    The absence of Duplessis meant a surprise call from South Africa, as Markram gonna lead the side, while Behardien, who has been drafted into the side after first ODI likely to replace Duplessis ahead of Zondo.

Probable XI: 1 Hashim Amla, 2 Quinton de Kock (wk), 3 Aiden Markram, 4 Farhaan Behardien, 5 JP Duminy, 6 David Miller, 7 Chris Morris, 8 Andile Phehlukwayo, 9 Kagiso Rabada, 10 Morne Morkel, 11 Imran Tahir

India

       for the visitor's, everything as gone to the plan and they are likely to stick with it.

Probable XI: 1 Rohit Sharma, 2 Shikhar Dhawan, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Ajinkya Rahane, 5 MS Dhoni (wk), 6 Kedar Jadhav, 7 Hardik Pandya, 8 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 9 Jasprit Bumrah, 10 Kuldeep Yadav, 11 Yuzvendra Chahal