India vs South Africa Third T20I Highlights: The Indian team has created a sensation under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav. The team recorded a spectacular 11-run victory in the third match of the 4-match T20 series against South Africa. This match was played on Wednesday (November 13) at the SuperSport Park stadium in Centurion.
Batting first after losing the toss, the Indian team set a target of 220 runs. Tilak Verma completed a century in stormy fashion. In response, the African team could only score 208 runs after losing 7 wickets and losing the match. Thus, the Indian team has taken a 2-1 lead in the series. Now the last match will be played on Friday (November 15) in Johannesburg.
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Jansen scored the fastest fifty off 16 balls.
For Africa, Marco Jansen played the most innings with 54 runs off 17 balls. Jansen has become the second African cricketer to score the fastest fifty in 16 balls. The fastest fifty for Africa was scored by Quinton de Kock in 15 balls. This fifty came against the West Indies at Centurion in March 2023. In the current match, Heinrich Klaasen scored 41 runs off 22 balls.
They all played hard on behalf of the Indian team. Arshdeep Singh took 3 wickets and Varun Chakraborty took 2 wickets. While Hardik Pandya and Akshar Patel scored 1 hit each. Varun gave away 54 runs and Pandya gave away 50 runs in 4 overs.
Scorecard of the South African team:
| batter | bowler | runs scored | window fall | |
| ryan rickelton | bold | Arshdeep Singh | 20 | 1-27 |
| reeza hendricks | Stump- Sanju Samson | Varun Chakraborty | 21 | 2-47 |
| Tristan Stubbs | LBW out | Akshar Patel | 12 | 3-68 |
| Aiden Markram | Capture- Ramandeep Singh | Varun Chakraborty | 29 | 4-84 |
| david miller | Capture- Akshar Patel | hardik pandia | 18 | 5-142 |
| heinrich classen | Capture- Tilak Verma | Arshdeep Singh | 41 | 6-167 |
| Marco Jansen | LBW out | Arshdeep Singh | 54 | 7-202 |
Tilak created history by marking a century
The Indian team had a very bad start to the match. The team lost the first wicket in the second ball of the match. Sanju Samson was left out without opening the account. After this, Abhishek Sharma and Tilak Verma took charge of the team and put up a solid partnership of 107 runs in 52 balls to get the team out of trouble.
Abhishek scored a fifty off 24 balls. He became a victim of Keshav Maharaj after scoring 50 runs off the next ball. After this, Tilak Verma scored a fifty off 32 balls. Tilak then batted with nonchalance and brilliance and scored the first century of his international career. He scored this century in 51 balls. Tilak has become the youngest player to score a century in T20.
Tilak, 22, played an unbeaten innings of 107 runs off 56 balls. In his innings he hit 7 sixes and 8 fours. Ramandeep Singh, who was playing his debut match, was run out after scoring 15 runs in 6 balls. Thanks to this, the Indian team scored 219 runs for 6 wickets. Keshav Maharaj and Andile Simelane took 2-2 wickets for Africa.
Indian Team Scorecard: (219/6, 20 overs)
| batter | bowler | runs scored | wicket collapse | |
| sanju samson | clean bowling | Marco Jansen | 0 | 1-0 |
| Abhishek Sharma | Stump- Heinrich Klaasen | Keshav Maharaj | 50 | 2-107 |
| Suryakumar Yadav | Capture- Marco Jansen | andile simelane | 1 | 3-110 |
| hardik pandia | LBW out | Keshav Maharaj | 18 | 4-132 |
| Rinku Singh | clean bowling | Andile Simelane | 8 | 5-190 |
| Ramandeep Singh | Exhaustion (Heinrich Klaasen) | , | 15 | 6-218 |
India’s impressive record against South Africa
The Indian team’s record in the bilateral T20 series against South Africa is impressive. The Indian team has not lost in the last 5 series. During this period, India has won 2 series. While 3 T20 series ended in a draw. By winning this third match, the Indian team made sure that they do not lose this series as well.
So far 9 bilateral T20 series have been played between India and South Africa. During this period, India won 4 and Africa won 2. 3 series have been drawn. The last time the Indian team had to face defeat in the bilateral T20 series against South Africa was in October 2015. The team has not lost since then. Now the 10th bilateral T20 series is being played between India and South Africa.
Let us tell you that the Indian team has a good record in T20 matches both against South Africa and at home. So far 30 T20 matches have been played between the two teams, in which India won 17 and lost 12. While in South Africa, the Indian team played a total of 18 T20 matches, of which they won 12 and lost only 5. India He also won the T20 World Cup in this country in 2007.
Head to head in the T20 between India and Africa
Total T20 matches: 30
India won: 17
South Africa won: 12
Inconclusive: 1
Indian team’s T20 record in Africa
Total T20 matches: 18
Wins: 12
Losers: 5
Inconclusive: 1
India-South Africa plays 11
Indian team: Sanju Samson (Goalkeeper), Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav (Captain), Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi and Varun Chakraborty.
South African team: Reeza Hendricks, Ryan Rickelton (wk), Aiden Markram (c), Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Janssen, Andile Simelane, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj and Lutho Sipamla.
