In the India vs South Africa match, India defeated South Africa in the third T20 on the basis of Tilak Verma’s first T20 century and Arshdeep Singh’s excellent bowling in the death overs. South Africa chose to bowl in Centurion. India scored 219 runs losing 6 wickets. South Africa also fought, but the team could only score 208 runs losing 7 wickets and India won the match by 11 runs.
For India, Tilak Verma scored 107 and Abhishek Sharma scored 50 runs. Keshav Maharaj and Andile Simelane took 2-2 wickets from South Africa. Marco Jansen scored a fifty in 16 balls. At the same time, Henrik Klaasen was out after scoring 41 and Aiden Markram 29 runs. From India, Arshdeep Singh took 3 wickets and Varun Chakraborty took 2 wickets.
The photo that turned the match between India vs South Africa
Match analysis in 5 points…of India vs South Africa match
Player of the match in India vs South Africa match
India lost the wicket of Sanju Samson in the very first over. Tilak Verma came to bat in place of Suryakumar Yadav at number three. He made a century partnership with Abhishek Sharma. Then he made small partnerships with Rinku Singh and Ramandeep Singh to take India to 219 runs. Tilak scored the first T20 century of his career, he returned not out after scoring 107 runs. He received the Player of the Match award for this performance.
Hero of victory in India and South Africa match
- Abhishek Sharma: Abhishek, who flopped in the first 2 T20s, batted fast in the third T20. He scored a fifty in 24 balls and took India past the century mark in 9 overs.
- Varun Chakraborty: Chakraborty took 2 wickets in the third match. He sent Reeza Hendricks and Aiden Markram to the pavilion. However, they proved to be a bit expensive.
- Arshdeep Singh: Fast bowler Arshdeep sent Ryan Rickelton to the pavilion in the powerplay. He then bowled brilliantly in the death overs and defended 25 runs in the last over. He also sent Henrik Klaasen and Marco Jansen to the pavilion.
Fighter of the Match: Marco Jansen
Marco Jansen bowled brilliantly in the death overs for South Africa. He conceded only 13 runs in the 19th over and 4 runs in the 20th over. He also sent Sanju Samson to the pavilion in the first over of the innings. After bowling, he also did well in batting. He scored a fifty off 16 balls and kept South Africa in the match, but could not make the team win. He scored 54 runs by hitting 4 fours and 5 sixes.
Turning point of India vs South Africa: Akshar Patel’s catch, Miller out
South Africa needed 86 runs in the last 5 overs. Here Hardik Pandya came to bowl, David Miller hit a six against him on the fourth ball. The next ball Hardik bowled short pitch, Miller played a pull shot and the ball started going out of the boundary. Here Axar Patel, standing at deep mid-wicket position, jumped in the air and took a brilliant catch and Miller was out.
Klasson was also present at the crease with Miller. If Axar had not caught the catch and the ball had gone for 6 runs, India would have had great difficulty in winning the match. In the end, Arshdeep also won the match for India by taking 2 big wickets of Klasson and Jansen.
India vs South Africa match report:
Abhishek-Tilak made a century partnership After losing the toss and batting first, Team India lost the wicket of Samson in the very first over. After him Tilak and Abhishek made a century partnership. Abhishek was out after scoring 50 runs. Tilak then shared a 58-run partnership with Rinku and a 28-run partnership with Ramandeep.
Tilak hit a century in 51 balls and took the team past 200. He remained not out after scoring 107 runs and the team scored 219 runs. Andile Simelane and Keshav Maharaj took 2-2 wickets from South Africa.
Jansson-Klaasen’s innings went down the drain
Facing a target of 220 runs, South Africa lost 2 wickets in the powerplay. Ryan Rickelton got out after scoring 20 and Reeza Hendricks after scoring 21 runs. Tristan Stubbs returned to the pavilion after scoring 12 and Aiden Markram after scoring 29 runs. From here, Klaasen and Miller took over the innings, both shared a 58-run partnership and took the team past the century mark.
Miller got out after scoring 18 and Klaasen after scoring 41 runs. In the end, Jansen stuck to one end, he also scored a fifty in 16 balls, but got out in the last over. After his wicket, South Africa could score only 208 runs after losing 7 wickets. From India, Arshdeep Singh took 3 wickets and Varun Chakraborty took 2 wickets.