{"id":9905,"date":"2025-12-06T12:56:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T07:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=668236"},"modified":"2025-12-06T12:39:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T07:09:14","slug":"ind-vs-sa-3rd-odi-why-tony-de-zorzi-is-not-playing-today-reason-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ind-vs-sa-3rd-odi-why-tony-de-zorzi-is-not-playing-today-reason-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"IND vs SA 3rd ODI: Why Tony de Zorzi is not playing today? Reason explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"213\" data-end=\"519\">South Africa have suffered another major setback ahead of the <strong data-start=\"275\" data-end=\"300\">3rd ODI against India<\/strong>, with top-order batter <strong data-start=\"324\" data-end=\"351\">Tony de Zorzi ruled out<\/strong> of the match due to injury. The young left-hander, who has been impressive in recent months, sustained a <strong data-start=\"457\" data-end=\"483\">right hamstring injury<\/strong> during the second ODI on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"521\" data-end=\"562\"><strong data-start=\"525\" data-end=\"560\">What happened to Tony de Zorzi?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"563\" data-end=\"856\">De Zorzi experienced <strong data-start=\"584\" data-end=\"640\">sharp pain in the right hamstring area while batting<\/strong> during South Africa\u2019s run chase in the 2nd ODI. He was unable to continue his innings and walked off the field immediately. Medical assessments were conducted, and scans on Friday confirmed the extent of the injury.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 SQUAD UPDATE \ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n<p>Proteas Men\u2019s fast bowler Nandre Burger and batter Tony de Zorzi have been ruled out of the third One-Day International (ODI) against India on Saturday due to injury.<\/p>\n<p>Burger experienced right hamstring discomfort while bowling during the second ODI on\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zL7wLHReXb\">pic.twitter.com\/zL7wLHReXb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Proteas Men (@ProteasMenCSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProteasMenCSA\/status\/1997185755114766517?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 6, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"858\" data-end=\"892\"><strong data-start=\"862\" data-end=\"890\">How long will he be out?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"893\" data-end=\"1160\">The injury has not only ruled him out of the <strong data-start=\"938\" data-end=\"951\">third ODI<\/strong>, but also the <strong data-start=\"966\" data-end=\"999\">entire five-match T20I series<\/strong> against India, which begins on 9 December. Cricket South Africa has announced that <strong data-start=\"1083\" data-end=\"1112\">de Zorzi will return home<\/strong>, and <strong data-start=\"1118\" data-end=\"1136\">no replacement<\/strong> has been named for him.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1162\" data-end=\"1208\"><strong data-start=\"1166\" data-end=\"1206\">Other major updates for South Africa<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1209\" data-end=\"1254\">South Africa\u2019s injury list continues to grow:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1256\" data-end=\"1575\">\n<li data-start=\"1256\" data-end=\"1353\">\n<p data-start=\"1258\" data-end=\"1353\"><strong data-start=\"1258\" data-end=\"1275\">Nandre Burger<\/strong> is out of the 3rd ODI with a right hamstring strain suffered while bowling.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1354\" data-end=\"1492\">\n<p data-start=\"1356\" data-end=\"1492\"><strong data-start=\"1356\" data-end=\"1373\">Kwena Maphaka<\/strong>, recovering from a left hamstring injury, has been withdrawn from the T20I squad as he did not progress as expected.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1493\" data-end=\"1575\">\n<p data-start=\"1495\" data-end=\"1575\"><strong data-start=\"1495\" data-end=\"1512\">Lutho Sipamla<\/strong> has been added to the T20I squad as a replacement for Maphaka.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 data-start=\"1577\" data-end=\"1609\"><strong data-start=\"1581\" data-end=\"1607\">Impact on South Africa<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1610\" data-end=\"1884\">With both <strong data-start=\"1620\" data-end=\"1653\">Burger and de Zorzi ruled out<\/strong>, and <strong data-start=\"1659\" data-end=\"1692\">Rabada missing the ODI series<\/strong>, South Africa are suddenly thin in both pace depth and top-order batting. Replacement options such as Ryan Rickelton and Ottneil Baartman are expected to slot into the XI for the ODI decider.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1886\" data-end=\"2030\">India, meanwhile, go into the 3rd ODI with the same combination after strong performances from Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad and the spin attack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa have suffered another major setback ahead of the 3rd ODI against India, with top-order batter Tony de Zorzi\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":32431,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}