India vs South Africa 3rd T20I Highlights: Team India defeated South Africa by 48 runs in the third match of the five-match T20I series. Dr. Y.S. of Visakhapatnam Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, South Africa won the toss and elected to bowl first. Batting first, Team India scored 179 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. Set a target of 180 runs to South Africa. In reply, South Africa were all out for 131 runs in 19.1 overs. With this, the visiting team leads 2-1 in the series.
South Africa did not start well. The team got its first blow in the fourth over itself. Axar Patel sent Temba Bavuma to the pavilion for 8 runs. In the sixth over, Reeza Hendrix was dismissed by Harshal Patel for 23 runs. In the very next over, Rassie van der Dussen was dismissed for 1 run off Yuzvendra Chahal. Yuzvendra Chahal dismissed Dwayne Pretorius for 20 in the 9th over. In the 11th over, Harshal Patel dismissed David Miller for 3 runs. Yuzvendra Chahal dismissed Heinrich Klaasen for 29 in the 15th over. In the 17th over, Kagiso Rabada was dismissed by Harshal Patel for 9 runs. In the 19th over, Bhuvneshwar Kumar dismissed Keshav Maharaj for 11 runs. Wayne Parnell was run out after scoring 22 runs. The last wicket fell in the form of Tabrez Shamsi. He was dismissed by Harshal Patel for a duck.
Rituraj Gaikwad and Ishan Kishan’s pair gave Team India a quick start. The team scored 57 runs in the first six overs in the powerplay. The team got its first blow in the 10th over. Rituraj Gaikwad scored 57 off 35 balls and was dismissed by Keshav Maharaj. Shreyas Iyer was dismissed for 14 runs in the 13th over. In the 16th over, Rishabh Pant was dismissed for 6 runs by Dwayne Pretorius. Dinesh Karthik scored 6 runs in the 19th over off Kagiso Rabada. There was no change in the playing 11 of both the teams.
India vs South Africa 3rd T20I News Updates: South Africa’s team is leading 2-1 in the 5-match series. Team India registered victory in do or die match.
India vs South Africa 3rd T20I: In the second T20 between India and South Africa, South Africa won the toss and opted to bowl first. Opener Rituraj Gaikwad was dismissed for just 1 run in the very first over. After this, Ishan Kishan scored 34 runs for the team. Shreyas Iyer also added 40 runs. However, India cheaply lost the wickets of Rishabh Pant (5), Hardik Pandya (9), and Axar Patel (10). Dinesh Karthik’s 30-run knock in the deck overs helped India reach 148-6. Bhuvneshwar Kumar got off to a good start for the Indian bowlers with 3 wickets in the powerplay overs. South Africa were dealt a big blow early on, losing early to Reeza Hendrix (4), Dwayne Pretorius (4) and Rassie van der Dussen (1). However, Heinrich Klaasen played an innings of 81 runs to help South Africa win by 4 wickets.
India: Rishabh Pant (capt and wicketkeeper), Rishabh Pant, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Venkatesh Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik. South Africa: Temba Bavuma (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Reeza Hendrix, Henrik Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Enrique Norkhia, Wayne Parnell, Dwayne Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabrez Shamsi, Tristan Stubb , Rasi Van Der Dusen, Marco Yanson.