India rested KL Rahul, Arshdeep Singh, and Kuldeep Yadav for the third ODI against Afghanistan, held at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, according to TimesNowNews. The team made three changes to the playing XI, with Prasidh Krishna, Harsh Dubey, and Nitish Kumar Reddy added to the squad. Harsh Dubey and Nitish Kumar Reddy had both played in the first ODI but missed the second due to a swollen thigh, while Prasidh Krishna had also played in the first match. Shubman Gill confirmed the changes before the match. Afghanistan won the toss and chose to bat first. India entered the match with an unassailable 2-0 lead after victories in Dharamshala and Lucknow. KL Rahul scored an unbeaten 39 off 19 balls in the first ODI and was dismissed for a one-ball duck in the second, according to TimesNowNews. Dodda Ganesh criticized the team management's decision to rest Rahul, saying it made zero sense and questioned the need to rest him when he had faced only 20 balls in the series. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored an unbeaten century in the third ODI, and Prasidh Krishna took a five-wicket haul, according to TimesOfIndia. India won the match and completed a 3-0 series victory, marking its first ODI series triumph under captain Shubman Gill, as reported by TimesOfIndia. KL Rahul has not played a T20I since 2022, according to TimesNowNews.