Overview:
India are leading the series 2-1, having won the series opener and the third T20I. South Africa secured a victory in the second contest while the fourth game was a abandoned due to dense fog.
Indian batters showed their class and talent in the fifth T20I against South Africa at the Narendra Modi Stadium. Tilak Varma and Hardik Pandya were unstoppable in the death overs and took the total to 231/5 in the allotted 20 overs.
Tilak scored 73 runs off 42 balls, laced with 10 fours and 1 six. On the other hand, Hardik was sensational with the bat, amassed 63 runs off 25 balls, packed with 5 sixes and 5 boundaries.
The two added over 100 runs for the fourth wicket. Earlier, India replaced injured Shubman Gill with Sanju Samson. The right-handed batter managed 37 runs off 22 deliveries, including 4 fours and 2 sixes.
His opening patner Abhishek Sharma faced 21 balls to post 34 runs and hit 6 fours and 1 six. The two stitched a 63-run stand in 5.4 overs.
However, captain Suryakumar Yadav recorded another failure in the shortest format of the game. He scored 5 runs off 7 balls. Corbin Bosch (2 wickets) and George Linde (1 wicket) achieved success for the Proteas. Lungi Ngidi was the most economical bowler of the visiting team, conceding 29 runs from his 4 overs.
India are leading the series 2-1, having won the series opener and the third T20I. South Africa secured a victory in the second contest while the fourth game was a abandoned due to dense fog.