India vs South Africa 3rd T20I Highlights: India defeated South Africa by 11 runs in the third T20I at SuperSport Park, Centurion. With the win, the visitors took a 2-1 lead in the four-match series. Getting an invitation to bat first, India posted a mammoth total of 219 for 6, thanks to Tilak Varma's maiden T20I century. The Suryakumar Yadav-led side lost Sanju Samson on the second ball of the innings, but Tilak and Abhishek Sharma (50 off 25) stitched a solid 107-run partnership to put India in a commanding position. While rest of the Indian batters failed to fire, Tilak dug in his heels and went on to score his hundred in 51 balls. He remained not out on 107 off 56 balls with the help of 8 fours and 7 sixes. In reply, the Proteas were restricted to 208 for 7. (Scorecard)
Here are the Highlights of India vs South Africa 3rd T20I -
- 00:48 (IST)India vs South Africa Live: India win!!!India have won the game by 11 runs. It didn't come as easy as India would have liked, but they eventually manage to win the contest. South Africa were there in the chase, but the always increasing asking rate meant that they remained 11 runs short despite a lot of effort.
- 23:51 (IST)IND vs SA Live: WICKET!Aiden Markram slammed Varun Chakaravarthy for two big sixes in the over but the Indian spinner had his man on the final delivery of the over. He bowled a short ball away from Markram and the right-handed batter ended up miscuing it into the hands of Ramandeep Singh at deep mid-wicket. South Africa need 136 runs in 60 balls.
- 23:31 (IST)IND vs SA Live: OUT!Here is the much-needed wicket for India! They get the wicket of dangerous looking Reeza Hendricks. And guess, who provides it? It is leg-spinner Varun Chakaravarthy, who claimed a five-wicket haul in the previous game. Hendricks came down the track but completely missed the ball. Sanju Samson did an easy stumping to provide India a second wicket.
- 22:44 (IST)India vs South Africa Live: Play stopped!There were a lot of flies there at the ground at the start of the innings. Now, the problem due to it has increased so much that the umpires are forced to stop the play. Hardik Pandya had come in to bowl the second over of the South African innings, but he has to wait a bit.
- 22:10 (IST)India vs South Africa Live: Century for Tilak Varma!A four and Tilak Varma races to his maiden T20I century with it. He gets there in 51 balls with the help of 8 fours and 6 sixes. What an innings this has been from the southpaw! Truly incredible. India have 7 balls left in the innings and they are heading towards a massive total.
- 21:15 (IST)India vs South Africa Live: Fifty for Abhishek!Abhishek Sharma has raced to his half-century in 24 balls. He gets there with a single, but his innings has just been contrary to that. Abhishek slammed three fours and five sixes to reach the milestone. He was having a lean patch, but what a comeback this is for the India southpaw!