This story is from July 1, 2007

India vs SA, 3rd ODI: Rain delays start

Mark Boucher gave a vital breakthrough to his side as he put an end to Dravid's innings with his direct throw at bowlers-end in the final ODI at Belfast.
India vs SA, 3rd ODI: Rain delays start
Mark Boucher gave a vital breakthrough to his side as he put an end to Dravid's innings with his direct throw at bowlers-end in the final ODI at Belfast.
NEW DELHI, July 1: India captain Rahul Dravid won the toss and invited his South Africa counterpart Jacques Kallis to bat first in the series decider ODI at Belfast on Sunday.
India made two changes from the last ODI, replacing Ramesh Powar and Ishant Sharma with Gautam Gambhir and Ajit Agarkar.
South Africa have also made two changes replacing Thandi Tshabalala and Charl Langeveldt by Dale Steyn and Justin Kemp.
Earlier, the match could not be started on time because of wet and soggy outfield.
After the wait of over four hours, umpires Aleem Dar and MR Benson decided that it would be of 31 overs per side match. A bowler can bowl maximum seven over while four can bowl six overs each.
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India squared the series on Friday when Sachin Tendulkar passed 15,000 One-day runs. Illness in the camp forced them to field an under-strength side, but today they will hope to have Ajit Agarkar in the XI. Rahul Dravid hoped the performances in the last game augured well for a long summer against England.
Teams:
India: Rahul Dravid (C), MS Dhoni, Sourav Ganguly, Dinesh Karthik, Zaheer Khan, Piyush Chawla, Gautam Gambhir, Ajit Agarkar, Rudra Pratap Singh, Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh.
South Africa: Jacques Kallis (C), Mark Boucher, AB de Villiers, Jean-Paul Duminy, Herschelle Gibbs, Andrew Hall, Dale Steyn, Justin Kemp, Andre Nel, Makhaya Ntini and Morne van Wyk.
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