South Africa vs India 2018: India's probable playing XI for the third Test 

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The city of Johannesburg, easily the biggest in South Africa, is sometimes termed the modern-day El Dorado. For the visiting team India, the real version of the fabled 'city of gold', presents a chance to fight off the mythical demon-like South African pacers that have harried the golden Indian batting stars, turning them into fool's gold.

As the Test series enters its final leg, the Indian side will be hoping to pull one back, before the red ball turns into white for the limited-overs leg.

Here are the men who could line-up to accomplish the task in the third Test:

It's been a hugely disappointing tour for Murali Vijay: touted to be India's rock of Gibraltar at the top, the opener came a cropper, garnering a meager 69 runs in the first two games. A slow starter, Vijay has struggled to find his strokes, consistently nagging at deliveries outside off like an annoying professor during a viva voce.

After the Indian team decided to offload Shikhar Dhawan and bring in KL Rahul, it felt that Rahul's free-flowing strokeplay would help ease the stress on a misfiring Vijay. Yet, Rahul couldn't get going in the only Test he played, looking out of sorts as South Africa's pacers laid out their landmines on the pitch.

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