Overview:
Kuldeep Yadav, who is celebrating his 31st birthday on December 14, had to wait till the 20th over to claim his two wickets. Anrich Nortje (12) and Ottneil Baartman (1) were dismissed by the spinner.
South Africa’s batters were unable to handle the Indian bowlers in the third T20I on Sunday. The visitors were restricted to 117 runs in the allotted 20 overs, with captain Aiden Markram scoring a fifty. He amassed 61 runs off 46 balls, laced with 6 boundaries and 2 sixes. Earlier, Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and elected to bowl first, a decision which was backed by the bowlers. The Proteas were never in the game and kept losing wickets from the start. They lost 2 wickets with just 1 run on the board.
Arshdeep Singh didn’t allow Reeza Hendricks to open the account. Quinton de Kock, who was the Player of the Match in the second game, managed just 1 run before Harshit Rana got rid of him.
Dewald Brevis posted 2 runs and became Rana’s second scalp of the day. Tristan Stubbs became Hardik Pandya’s 100th wicket in T20I. Shivam Dube also joined the wicket-takers list, sending back Corbin Bosch for four runs.
Varun Chakaravarthy got into a fine rhythm, and Donovan Ferreira (20) and Marco Jansen (2) had to answer to his brilliance. Markram was the eighth wicket to fall, with Arshdeep Singh taking his second wicket of the night.
Kuldeep Yadav, who is celebrating his 31st birthday on December 14, had to wait till the 20th over to claim his two wickets. Anrich Nortje (12) and Ottneil Baartman (1) were dismissed by the spinner.
The series is tied 1-1 in the five-match assignment. India won the series opener by 101 runs in Cuttack, while South Africa secured a 51-run win in the second game in New Chandigarh.