India defeated South Africa by 106 runs in the third Twenty20 International to level the three-match series at one. After being assigned to bat first, captain Suryakumar Yadav scored an incredible 100 runs off just 56 balls, his fourth T20I century, as India amassed 201 for 7.
Yashasvi Jaiswal, the opener, scored 60 off of 41 balls.Then, in 13.5 overs, India bowled South Africa out for 95.Ravindra Jadeja took two wickets while Kuldeep Yadav claimed five for 17 runs. Arshdeep Singh and Mukesh Kumar both claimed a wicket.
David Miller led South Africa in scoring with a 35 off 25 balls.
Rain forced the first match in Durban to be called off before a ball was bowled, and in Gqeberha, South Africa won the second game by a margin of five wickets.
Indian squad for 3rd T20I match: Playing XI:
India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma †, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar
South Africa: Reeza Hendricks, Matthew Breetzke, Aiden Markram (c), Heinrich Klaasen †, David Miller, Donovan Ferreira, Andile Phehlukwayo, Keshav Maharaj, Lizaad Williams, Nandre Burger, Tabraiz Shamsi
India’s 2023 South African Tour:
India will play two Test matches, three ODIs, and three T20 internationals during this tour of South Africa.
IND vs SA T20Is:
1st T20I – December 10, 2023, Durban
2nd T20I – December 12, 2023, Gqeberh
3rd T20I – December 14, 2023, Johannesburg
IND vs SA ODIs:
1st ODI – December 17, 2023, Johannesburg
2nd ODI – December 19, 2023, Gqeberha
3rd ODI – December 21, 2023, Paarl
IND vs SA Tests:
1st Test – December 26-30, 2023, Centurion
2nd Test – January 3-7, 2024, Cape Town
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Aiden Markram, the captain of South Africa, elected to bowl first after winning the toss.
After entering the attack, Keshav Maharaj gets rid of Shubman Gill (12) with an LBW on the second delivery. Shortly after, on the third delivery, he got rid of Tilak Verma for a golden duck.
In 4.2 overs (27 balls), India scores 50 runs.
Third wicket partnership (YBK Jaiswal 28, SA Yadav 21) of 50 runs in 35 balls is about to happen.
In 34 balls, Yashasvi Jaiswal scores his third half-century in Twenty20. (2 x 6)
In 11.2 overs (69 balls), India scores 100 runs.
Suryakumar Yadav took 32 balls to reach his half century, and it took 63 balls for him and Y Jaiswal to reach their 100-run partnership (3 wickets each).
On Tabraiz Shamsi’s final delivery of the 14th over, India lost Yashasvi Jaiswal (60), as Hendricks made a long-on catch.
Rinku Singh (14) leaves the field after Burger chose him for T Stubbs on the third delivery of the 19th over.
In just 56 balls, SKY (100) scores his fourth century in T20.
After that, Breetzke caught him, and he was dismissed by Williams on the second ball. Jadeja was also forced to leave after being run out by Klassen on Williams’ fourth delivery of the last over. Williams claimed Jitesh Sharma’s (4) wicket on the fifth delivery, and the wickets kept falling.
India scored 201/7 runs at the end of 20 overs, setting a target of 202 runs for the Proteas to pursue.
Nandre Burger and Tabraiz Shamsi each claimed one wicket, while Lizaad Williams and Keshav Maharaj shared two wickets apiece for South Africa.
- Phehlukwayo returned the spoon to bowler Jadeja, and India is currently on a roll.
- Ferreira stays back while Kuldeep delivers it in on a decent length. Ferreira’s feet are a jumble as he drifts out of bounds and then comes back in, taking his shin with it before it reaches the wicket.
- South Africa’s fate was decided when skipper Aiden Markram and big-hitting Heinrich Klaasen were removed from the game within the first seven overs, bringing them down to 42 for four.
- The rest of the line-up fell apart like a whole-meal cookie, unable to read Kuldeep off the pitch or off the hand.
