New Delhi. In the third match played between India and South Africa, India defeated South Africa by 48 runs on the basis of excellent performance by the bowlers. With this, India registered their first win in the 5-match T20I series and kept their hopes alive of winning the series. South Africa had a target of 180 runs to win but the visiting team was all out after scoring only 131 runs. For India, Harshal Patel took 4 and Yuzvendra Chahal took 3 wickets. Wicket-keeper batsman Klaasen played the highest innings of 29 runs for South Africa. Chahal was given the Player of the Match title for his excellent bowling.
South Africa’s innings, Klaasen’s highest 29 runs
Chasing the target of 180 runs, South Africa did not have a good start and the team got the first blow on the score of only 23. Captain Bavuma was caught by Axar Patel at the hands of Avesh Khan on the personal score of 8 runs. For the second wicket, Hendricks was caught by Harshal Patel at the hands of Chahal. He played a short innings of 23 runs. Dusen was out on a personal score of 1 run as the third wicket and he was caught by Chahal at the hands of Pant. Chahal got Pretorius caught by Pant at the score of 20 runs.
David Miller played an innings of just 3 runs and became the victim of Harshal Patel. Klaasen was out as the team’s last hope for the sixth wicket. He was caught by Chahal at the hands of Axar on a personal score of 29 runs. The 7th blow came in the form of Rabada. He was dismissed by Harshal Patel at the hands of Chahal on the personal score of 9 runs. Maharaj was out as the 8th wicket. Bhuvneshwar got him out at the hands of Karthik on the score of 11. Narkhia was run out as the 9th wicket. Harshal Patel gave the last blow by dismissing Shamsi. Harshal Patel was the most successful bowler for India and took four wickets while Chahal took three wickets.
India’s innings, Ruturaj Gaikwad’s half-century
Indian opener batsman Ruturaj Gaikwad completed his fifty in 30 balls. During this innings, he hit 2 sixes and 6 fours. This was his first fifty in T20 International cricket. The first blow to India came in the form of Gaikwad. He was dismissed by Maharaj on his own ball on a personal score of 57. Shreyas Iyer got out after scoring 14 runs for the second wicket. He was caught by Shamsi at the hands of Nartje. Ishan Kishan was dismissed as the third wicket and he was dismissed by Pretorius at the hands of Hendricks on a personal score of 54. Captain Rishabh Pant was dismissed as the fourth wicket, who was caught by Pretorius at the hands of Bavuma on the personal score of 6 runs. The Indian team got the fifth blow in the form of Karthik. He became the victim of Rabada on the score of 6 runs.
No change in any team’s playing XI
India and South Africa did not make any changes in their playing XI for the third T20 match.
India’s playing XI
Ishan Kishan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (captain and wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Avesh Khan.
South Africa’s playing XI
Temba Bavuma (c), Reeza Hendrix, Dwayne Pretorius, van der Dusen, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), David Miller, Wayne Parnell, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Enrique Nortje, Tabrez Shamsi.
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