India have been fighting the elements all the way through this three-match ODI series against South Africa , which sits at 1-1 ahead of the final game in Visakhapatnam on Saturday. Their bad luck with tosses has left them batting when conditions are better for bowling and bowling when conditions are better for batting.

"The dew factor is, we're actually trying to put a number on it and it varies between 10 and 20% [in terms of] what a big difference it makes [to the result]," India assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate said. "I think we're one in a million statistically at the moment [the probability of losing 20 straight tosses], so if we can go two million tomorrow, that'll be pretty impressive.

"But again, it's a bit of a joke, but the responsibility or the preparation is to beat wh

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