South Africa vs India HIGHLIGHTS, 3rd T20: Tilak, Abhishek shines as India beat Proteas by 11 runs

South Africa vs India 3rd T20 Highlights: Marco Jansen's fighting fifty goes in vain as South Africa goes down in the last over thriller

India heldf their nerves once again as they beat South Africa in the third T20 at Centurion by 11 runs to go 2-1 up in the series. Tilak Varma and Abhishek Sharma set the atage for the men in blue in first innings before spinners chocked the Proteas to win the match. Klaasen and Jansen put up a fight for the home team but the 220 target proved too much in the end.

 

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Earlier, South African skipper Aiden Markram won the toss and invited India to bat first.

India lost their first wicket on second ball as Sanju Samson was removed on his second consecutive duck by marco Jansen. However, Abhishek Sharma (50) and Tilak Varma (107 not out) added 107 runs for the second wicket to get India back on track.

South Africa with the help of Keshav Maharaj (2/36) tried to make a comeback but Tilak Varma en route to his century added 58 runs for the fifth wicket with Rinku Singh and 28 runs for the sixth wicket with Ramandeep Singh (15) to take India over 200 mark to 219 for 6 at the end of 20 overs.

In the chase, South Africa started strong with the help of Ryan Rickelton (20), Reeza Hendricks (21) and Aiden Markram (29) gave the start home team needed before Heinrich Klaase (41) and Marco Jansen (54) set the care in Indian dugout with this ruthless hittings. However, the Indian blowers kept the hold of thier nerves and took wickets on crucial moments to end the South African innings on 208 for 7 after 20 overs and win the game by 11 runs.

Scorecard

India:

India Inning
219-6 (20 ov) CRR:10.95
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Sanju Samson (WK)	b M Jansen	0	2	0	0	0
Abhishek Sharma	st H Klaasen b K Maharaj	50	25	3	5	200
Tilak Varma	Not out	107	56	8	7	191.07
Suryakumar Yadav (C)	c M Jansen b A Simelane	1	4	0	0	25
Hardik Pandya	lbw b K Maharaj	18	16	3	0	112.5
Rinku Singh	b A Simelane	8	13	0	0	61.54
Ramandeep Singh	runout (H Klaasen)	15	6	1	1	250
Axar Patel	Not out	1	1	0	0	100
Extras	19 (b 0, Ib 6, w 10, nb 3, p 0)
Total	219 (6 wkts, 20 Ov)
Bowler	O	M	R	W	NB	ECO
Marco Jansen	4	0	28	1	1	7
Gerald Coetzee	3	0	51	0	1	17
Lutho Sipamla	4	0	45	0	1	11.25
Andile Simelane	3	0	34	2	0	11.33
Aiden Markram	2	0	19	0	0	9.5
Keshav Maharaj	4	0	36	2	0	9

 

South Africa:

South Africa Inning
208-7 (20 ov) CRR:10.40
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Ryan Rickelton	b A Singh	20	15	2	1	133.33
Reeza Hendricks	st S Samson b V Chakravarthy	21	13	4	0	161.54
Aiden Markram (C)	c R Singh b V Chakravarthy	29	18	0	2	161.11
Tristan Stubbs	lbw b A Patel	12	12	2	0	100
Heinrich Klaasen (WK)	c T Varma b A Singh	41	22	1	4	186.36
David Miller	c A Patel b H Pandya	18	18	1	1	100
Marco Jansen	lbw b A Singh	54	17	4	5	317.65
Gerald Coetzee	Not out	2	3	0	0	66.67
Andile Simelane	Not out	5	2	1	0	250
Extras	6 (b 0, Ib 5, w 1, nb 0, p 0)
Total	208 (7 wkts, 20 O
Bowler	O	M	R	W	NB	ECO
Arshdeep Singh	4	0	37	3	0	9.25
Hardik Pandya	4	0	50	1	0	12.5
Axar Patel	4	0	29	1	0	7.25
Varun Chakravarthy	4	0	54	2	0	13.5
Ravi Bishnoi	4	0	33	0	0	8.25

 

12:44 AM

SA vs IND 3rd T20 Live Updates: IND beat SA

Over Summary: 1 6 W 4 1 1; South Africa 208/7 after 20 overs; Coetzee 2 (3), Simelane 5 (2) ; Arshdeep with the final over of the match

 

India beat South Africa by 11 runs

 

Ball 6- Coetzee takes a single to end the game but his team will go down by 11 runs. India goes 2-1 up in the series

 

Ball 5- Simelane takes a single to deep mid wicket. 

 

Ball 4- Simalane is off the mark with a boundary. Arshdeep only need two legal delivery to seal the win for India

 

Ball 3- WICKET. Arshdeep traps Jansen in front of the wicket to end SA's hopes.

 

Ball 2- Jansen goes over deep extra cover for a six and he brings up his 50

 

Ball 1- 1 Leg byes

12:34 AM

SA vs IND 3rd T20 Live Updates: South Africa 195/6 after 19 overs

Over Summary: 4 6 4 2 6 4; South Africa 195/6 after 19 overs; Coetzee 1 (1), Jansen 48(15); Hardik back into the attack

 

SA need 25 from 6 balls

 

Ball 6- Jansen ends the over with a boundry to fine leg. Is there a twist in the tale

 

Ball 5- Jansen clubs the ball over long off for another six

 

Ball 4- Jansen gets a couple to long off

 

Ball 3- Jansen is keeping the crowd on toes as he gets another four to deep backward point

 

Ball 2- Jansen pulls the ball to backward square leg for a six

 

Ball 1- Jansen picks up a boundry to long on

12:28 AM

SA vs IND 3rd T20 Live Updates: South Africa 169/6 after 18 overs

Over Summary: 1 4 1 W 1 1 ; South Africa 169/6 after 18 overs; Coetzee 1 (1), Jansen 22 (9); Arshdeep back into the attack

 

SA need 51 from 12 balls

 

Ball 6- Jansen takes a single to long on

 

Ball 5- Coetzee takes a single to long on

 

Ball 4- WICKET. BIG fish gone. Klassen tried to clear the off side boundary bu only lofts the ball in the air and Tilak Varma completes the catch

 

Ball 3- Jansen takes a single to deep mid-wicket

 

Ball 2- Jansen edges the ball and gets a lucky four to fine leg

 

Ball 1- Klaasen takes a single to deep mid-wicket

12:23 AM

SA vs IND 3rd T20 Live Updates: South Africa 161/5 after 17 overs

Over Summary: 1 3 0 2 6 6 ; South Africa 161/5 after 17 overs; Klaasen 40 (20), Jansen 16 (6); Bishnoi to continue

 

SA need 59 from 18 balls

 

Ball 6- Amother one Jansen cluns another one this time over long on for six. SA is hanging on

 

Ball 5- Jansen clubs the ball to long off for a six

 

Ball 4- Jansen takes a couple to long on

 

Ball 3- Dot ball

 

Ball 2- Klaasen takes three runs from fine leg

 

Ball 1- Jansen takes a single to short fine leg

12:17 AM

SA vs IND 3rd T20 Live Updates: South Africa 143/5 after 16 overs

Over Summary: 0 1 1 6 W  ; South Africa 143/5 after 16 overs; Klaasen 37 (19), Jansen 1 (1); Hardik back into the attack

 

SA need 77 from 24 balls

 

Ball 6- Jansen off the mark with a single

 

Ball 5- WICKET. Hardik strikes. Miller tries to clear deep mid wicket but Azar completes a brilliant catch to remove him

 

Ball 4- Miller pulls the ball to backward square leg for a six

 

Ball 3- Klaasen takes a single to long on

 

Ball 2- Miller takes a single to deep mid-wicket

 

Ball 1- Dot ball

12:08 AM

SA vs IND 3rd T20 Live Updates: South Africa 134/4 after 15 overs

Over Summary: 0 1 1 1 4LB 1 ; South Africa 134/4 after 15 overs; Klaasen 36 (18), Miller 11 (14); Bishnoi to continue

 

SA need 86 from 30 balls

 

Ball 6- Miller takes a single to backward point

 

Ball 5- 4 Leg byes

 

Ball 4- Klaasen takes a single to long on

 

Ball 3- Miller takes a single to long off

 

Ball 2- Klassen takes a single to sweeper cover

 

Ball 1- Dot ball

12:05 AM

SA vs IND 3rd T20 Live Updates: Klassen brings SA back in the game

Over Summary: 6 6 6 0 4 1; South Africa 126/4 after 14 overs; Klaasen 34 (15), Miller 9 (11); Bishnoi to continue

 

SA need 94 from 36 balls

 

Ball 6- Klaasen takes a single to long off and will keep the strike

 

Ball 5- Klassen smashes the ball deep extra cover for a boundary

 

Ball 4- Dot ball

 

Ball 3- Three in three for Klaasen. He smacks this one to long on for a six. SA back in the chase

 

Ball 2- Another one Klaasen hits another huge hit to deep cover for a six

 

Ball 1- Klaasen launches the ball over deep mid-wicket for a six

12:00 AM

SA vs IND 3rd T20 Live Updates: 100 up for South Africa

Over Summary: 0 2 0 0 1 1; South Africa 103/4 after 13 overs; Klaasen 11 (9), Miller 9 (11); Bishnoi to continue

 

SA need 117 from 42 balls

 

Ball 6- Klaasen takes a single to mid-wicket

 

Ball 5- Miller takes a single to long on

 

Ball 4- Dot ball

 

Ball 3- Dot ball

 

Ball 2- Miller picks up a couple to deep square leg

 

Ball 1- Dot ball

11:57 PM

SA vs IND 3rd T20 Live Updates: South Africa 99/4 after 12 overs

Over Summary: 6 0 1 0 0 1; South Africa 99/4 after 12 overs; Klaasen 10 (8), Miller 6 (5); Axar back into the attack

 

SA need 121 from 48 balls

 

Ball 6- Miller collects a single to deep mid-wicket

 

Ball 5- Dot ball

 

Ball 4- Dot ball

 

Ball 3- Klaasen takes a single to square of the wicket

 

Ball 2- Dot ball

 

Ball 1- Klaasen pulls the ball to deep mid-wicket for a six

11:53 PM

SA vs IND 3rd T20 Live Updates: South Africa 91/4 after 11 overs

Over Summary: 1 1 0 1 4 0; South Africa 91/4 after 11 overs; Klaasen 3 (5), Miller 5 (3); Bishnoi into the attack

 

SA need 129 from 54 balls
 

Ball 6-Dot ball

 

Ball 5- Miller drives the ball to sweeper cover for a boundary

 

Ball 4- Klassen takes a single to long off

 

Ball 3- Dot ball

 

Ball 2- Miller takes a single to backward point

 

Ball 1- Klassen takes a single to deep square leg

11:50 PM

SA vs IND 3rd T20 Live Updates: South Africa 84/4 after 10 overs

Over Summary: 2 6 1 1 6 W; South Africa 84/4 after 10 overs; Klaasen 1 (2) ; Varun to continue

 

SA need 136 from 60 balls

 

Ball 6- WICKET. Markram mistimes it and Ramandeep Singh completes the catch at cow corner. Varun gets his man.

 

Ball 5- Markram goes over long on again for another six

 

Ball 4- Klaasen takes a single to long off

 

Ball 3- Markram takes a single to deep extra cover

 

Ball 2- Markram goes over long on for a six 

 

Ball 1- Markram picks up a couple to deep extra cover

11:46 PM

SA vs IND 3rd T20 Live Updates: South Africa in trouble

Over Summary: 1 2 0 1 W 0; South Africa 64/3 after 9 overs; Klaasen 0 (1), Markram 14 (13); Axar to continue

 

SA need 156 from 66 balls

 

Ball 6- Dot ball

 

Ball 5- WICKET. Axar appeals for LBW on Stubbs and umpire raises his finger. Stubbs goes upstairs. No bat involved and three reds on ball tracking. Axar strikes

 

Ball 4- Markram takes a single to backward point

 

Ball 3- Appeal for caught behind by Samson and he comvinces Surya to go upstairs. Nothing on ultraedge, markram survives. 

 

Ball 2- Markram picks up a couple to deep mid wicket

 

Ball 1- Stubbs takes a single towards cover

11:38 PM

SA vs IND 3rd T20 Live Updates: South Africa 64/2 after 8 overs

Over Summary: 1 0 1 2 1 1 ; South Africa 64/2 after 8 overs; Stubbs 11(10) , Markram 11 (10); Varun to continue

 

SA need 156 from 72 balls

 

Ball 6- Stubbs takes a single to backward point

 

Ball 5- Markram takes a single to long on

 

Ball 4- Markram picks up a couple from sweeper cover

 

Ball 3- Stubbs collects a single to deep mid-wicket

 

Ball 2- Dot ball 

 

Ball 1- Markram takes a single to deep point

11:34 PM

SA vs IND 3rd T20 Live Updates: South Africa 58/2 after 7 overs

Over Summary: 1 1 1 0 0 0 ; South Africa 58/2 after 7 overs; Stubbs 9(7) , Markram 7 (7); Axar to continue

 

SA need 162 from 78 balls

 

Ball 6- Dot ball

 

Ball 5-Dot ball

 

Ball 4- Dot ball

 

Ball 3- Markram changes the strike with a single

 

Ball 2- Stubbs takes a single to sweper cover

 

Ball 1- Markram takes a single to deep mid-wicket

11:32 PM

SA vs IND 3rd T20 Live Updates: South Africa 55/2 after 6 overs

Over Summary: 0 1 W 0 4 4; South Africa 55/2 after 6 overs; Stubbs 8 (3) , Markram 5 (5); Varun comes into the attack

 

SA need 174 from 84 balls

 

Ball 6- Stubbs cuts the ball sweeper cover for another boundary

 

Ball 5- Stubbs off the mark with a boundary to backward square leg

 

Ball 4- Dot ball

 

Ball 3- WICKET. Reeze goes down the leg and misses the ball. Samson does the rest. Varun strikes

 

Ball 2- Markram takes a single to short fine leg

 

Ball 1- Dot ball