The ongoing ODI series between India and South Africa is nicely poised at 1-1 as both Team India and South Africa arrived in Vishakapatnam on Thursday for the crucial series decider match which will be played on December 6. Team India arrived on a special chartered flight from Raipur on Thursday around 6pm. The practice sessions and pre match press conference are scheduled on Friday. Both teams will reach the ACA- VDCA Stadium for practice sessions on Friday. Craze for Kohli has gone a level up as the third batch of tickets which were released by the Andhra Cricket Association on Wednesday evening was sold out within 15 mins.

The stadium will be in full capacity come the series decider and there is no one who has impact it more than Virat Kohli. Fans will be eager to watch him in action as he has showed great form throughout the series scoring consecutive centuries. The first phase response wasn’t good,” confirmed Y. Venkatesh from ACA’s Media and Operations department to The Indian Express. “After Kohli’s hundred at Ranchi, the second and third phases vanished in minutes. Nothing was left unsold.”

Virat Kohli’s numbers in Vizag is phenomenal, an average of 97.83 in seven ODIs, featuring three centuries and a 99. Even ticket prices ranging from Rs 1,200 to Rs 18,000 were sold out in quick time. Few hours before Team India landed, Hundreds gathered at the airport, waiting through repeated to get a chance to watch Virat Kohli and Team India.

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Team South Africa also arrived in a chartered flight and they will be sweating over the fitness of Tony De Zorzi. Nandre Burger is also expected to miss the game due to injury. India have no injury concerns but after the loss in the previous match they might be tempted to make a few changes especially in the bowling department with Prasidh Krishna coming under scanner. There is also a debate if Washington Sundar should be replaced by Pant but it remains to seen what the management will do. The series is set up nicely and we can expect plenty of fire works in Vizag come Saturday.