SA vs IND Highlights, 3rd T20I: Kuldeep’s fifer helps India beat South Africa by 106 runs

Kuldeep bowls googly and Burger doesn’t pick him. He’s trapped in front. South Africa is eight down now. Lizaad Williams is the new man in. He tries to reverse sweep, is hit on the body. Indians review it. It’s hitting! South Africa nine down now. Now Miller tries to sweep is bowled! South Africa loses the game by 106 runs.

Kuldeep registers his best T20I figures - 5/17 in 2.5 overs. That too on his birthday! 

Siraj for his third over. He’s bowling fast, getting the ball to grip off the surface. Tough for both: a well-set Miller and debutant Burger to play. Five off the over. 

Kuldeep continues. Miller sweeps and finds the fence for four! South Africa needs plenty of that from him now. Another ball that spins back into the right-handed Keshav Maharaj. He misses it and is clean bowled. Seven down now. 

Miller slashes Jadeja’s length ball hard, gets an outside edge and it goes for four. Another appeal by Jadeja, this time for LBW against Phehlukwayo. DRS is available but they don’t opt for it. OUT! On the next ball, Phehlukwayo gives an easy return catch to Jadeja. 

Finally, Kuldeep Yadav is into the attack. After four good balls, Ferreira dispatches the half-tracker for a SIX over the cow corner. OUT! Kuldeep gets his man on the next ball. Spun back in and Ferreira is bowled. 

Jadeja continues and Miller smacks him over square leg for a SIX on the first ball. A half volley and Miller this time hits it straight over long on for another six. Jadeja beats Miller and is very excited thinking he has got his man, but umpire isn’t interested. He can’t opt for DRS since it is not available at the moment. 

Tilak Varma with his off spin introduced into the attack. Decent first four balls, just one run off it. Miller runs a double on the fifth ball. Just four runs off it. 

Ravindra Jadeja comes and takes a wicket on the first ball! Markram tries to slog but gets a top edge. An easy catch for the fielder running from point. Donovan Ferreira is the new man in. Ball is turning for Jadeja. Five runs and a wicket in that over. 

Arshdeep to bowl the final over of the PowerPlay. Short and is punished by Heinrich Klaasen for four towards midwicket. Klaasen slog sweeps straight to the deep midwicket fielder! Arshdeep rolled over his wrist there. South Africa loses third wicket. David Miller at the crease now. Just four runs off it and a wicket. 

Mukesh Kumar is back. Three good balls, only a single coming halfway through the over. Followed by two dots. Can he finish the over well here? No he can’t. Full on the pads and Markram picks it over square leg for a SIX! 

Arshdeep Singh into the attack. Markram gets a single on the first ball. The batters try to steal a quick single and there’s a direct hit by Siraj fielding at mid on. Indians are happy. Replay shows Hendricks is short. OUT! Second down for South Africa. Short ball and Markram times his pull well towards midwicket to fence for four. Width and Markram smacks another boundary. 

Siraj continues, to beat Hendricks. On the third ball, Hendricks lofts and just good enough to go over mid off and get two runs. Suryakumar has twisted his ankle while fielding and looks in pain. He’s off the field for a moment. Hendricks finally manages to middle one, punches past the extra cover fielder for four. Another double over mid off to end the over. 

Mukesh Kumar begins with, guess what? Beating Breetzke on the drive. However, on the next ball, he finally gets to middle the ball and finds the boundary past point. On the third, Breetzke goes for another drive, gets an inside edge and chops on to the stumps! An early wicket for India. Aiden Markram joins and defends the first ball, aimed at his body on the length. Gets a half volley and lofts over mid-off for a SIX!? Umpires are checking. Yes, it is. An outside edge on the last ball past the first slip and a four to end the over. 

All set for the run chase. Reeza Hendricks and Matthew Breetzke open the innings. Mohammad Siraj to open the bowling for India. 

A jaffa to start with by Siraj. Nips away and Hendricks is left squared up. Three balls and three times he has beaten him. Another play and a miss on the fourth. He’s making him drive while nipping the ball away. Five in a row. A maiden to start with! What an over. 

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SA vs IND, 3rd T20I: Jitesh Sharma becomes fifth Indian to get out hit wicket

Jitesh Sharma joined the list of Indian batters who got out hit wicket in T20Is during the 3rd T20I against South Africa played at the New Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on Thursday.

SKY on strikes and he chips it to deep mid wicket and runs a double. That is his hundred!

But he falls immediately after that. Tries to clip it over square leg. But is caught there. 

Suryakumar Yadav c Breetzke b Williams 100 (56b 7x4 8x6)

Jadeja gets off the mark straight away with a four to the off side. But he is runout trying to sneak in a bye. 

Ravindra Jadeja run out (†Klaasen/Williams) 4 (2b 1x4 0x6)

Jitesh too departs next ball. HIT WICKET!

Jitesh Sharma hit wicket b Williams 4 (4b 1x4 0x6)

India ends with 201/7

Burger with the penultimate over. Rinku and SKY exchange singles to start the over with. Short from Burger Rinku guides it straight to the hands of deep fine. 

Rinku Singh c sub (T Stubbs) b Burger 14 (10b 0x4 1x6)

Jitesh is the new batter and he starts with a four over extra cover. 

IND 193/4 in 19 overs

Shamsi with his last over. Rinku with a single to start the over. Wide from Shamsi and SKY slams it to the fence on the off side. Full now against Rinku. Swung away for a six on the leg side. 

Full and wide from Williams and SKY slices it to the deep third fence for a four. Full toss from Williams and is chipped over extra cover for another four. This is effortless batting. 

Burger with the ball now for South Africa. Length ball and SKY guides it with a delicate cut. FOUR!! Back of a length onto the body. SKY scoops/hits it over deep fine for a six. He adds another four next ball with an easy hit to deep mid wicket. 

Maharaj back into the attack. Rinku Singh is the new batter for India. He starts off with a single. Good over for South Africa. Just two singles from it. 

Shamsi returns. Three singles to start the over with. Full from Shamsi and SKY carves it inside out for an elegant six. Jaiswal too attempts a big one. But all he can do is slice it straight up. Easy catch for Hendricks. 

Yashasvi Jaiswal c Hendricks b Shamsi 60 (41b 6x4 3x6)

IND 141/3 in 14 overs

Phehlukwayo pitches it up and is punished instantly. SKY launches it over the mid wicket fence. HUGE SIX!! Back of a length and SKY nudges it to the deep third fence. FOUR! Full now and SKY straight bats it for another six. Oh he isn’t done yet. On the off stump, but SKY manages to lift it over mid wicket for another six. 23 runs from the over. 

Jaiswal pushes one to the leg side for a single. That is his fifty. It has come in 34 balls. Short from Williams and Jaiswal pulls it in front of square. SIX!!

Maharaj returns. Full from him and Maharaj and SKY crashes it inside out for a massive six. Five singles from the over to add on. Good over for India. 

Second over for Shamsi. SKY with a sweep shot to take a single off the the first ball of the over. Jaiswal returns the strike with a single to long on. Another sweep shot. But SKY still can’t find the boundary. Good over from Shamsi. Just four runs from it. 

Phehlukwayo continues. Wide of the off stump and Jaiswal slashes it to the deep point fence. Further wide from Phehlukwayo and it is SKY with the cut shot this time. FOUR MORE!

Tabraiz Shamsi with his first over. Starts with one that stayed low. But Jaiswal manages to pick the bounce early and cuts it in front of point. FOUR MORE!!

Shamsi raps SKY on the pads with a quicker one. South Africa reviews it after the umpire refused to give it out. Pitching outside leg and SKY is saved. 

Phehlukwayo with the seventh over. He starts by holding Suryakumar down to three dot balls. SKY and Jaiswal trade singles for the next two balls. 

Slightly full from Burger. But it is full enough for Jaiswal to hit it straight back for a four. Burger responds with some fiery pace. Close to hitting 150s. Three dot balls follow. Jaiswal slashes one to the deep on the offside to get off the strike. 

Second over for Maharaj. Slower one on the off side. SKY tries to chip it over the infield. EDGE!! Flies just over the fielder at point and runs away for a four. Full on the leg side now and SKY times it over the fence. SIX!!

Lizaad Williams now for South Africa. SKY pushes one around the corner to take a single first ball of the over. Short from Williams and Jaiswal middles the pull shot well enough for a six. On the pads now and SKY employs the pick-up shot. SIX MORE!!

Maharaj gets one more. Looped one on the offside and Tilak Varma chips it straight to mid on for an easy catch. 

Tilak Varma c Markram b Maharaj 0 (1b 0x4 0x6)

IND 30/2 in 3 overs

Maharaj with the ball now for South Africa. Dot ball against Gill to start with. Pitches one on the stumps. Gill attempts a sweep, but the ball sneaks underneath the bat and hits the pad. The umpire gives it out immediately and Gill doesn’t take a review. 

Shubman Gill lbw b Maharaj 12 (6b 3x4 0x6)

Markram into the attack early on. Jaiswal greets him with a sweep shot. FOUR!! Markram goes short and Jaiswal cuts him behind point for another four. Full from Markram now and Jaiswal whacks it over long off for a six. Strong start from the Indian openers. 

Indian openers Jaiswal and Gill have made their way out to the middle. Nandre Burger with the ball for South Africa. Starts with a dot ball. Jaiswal nudges one to the offside to get off the mark. Full from Burger and Gill thumps it through covers for a four. Full again and Gill drives it straight back for another four. 

We are gonna bowl first again. Fresh wicket, happy with how we chased the other night. There’s room for improvement in all aspects. Opportunity tonight to fix that. It’s big (to win a series against India). Great occasion, hopefully the boys can express themselves. We’ve got three changes. Kesh comes back, Nandre Burger gets his debut and Donovan Ferreira comes in for Stubbs

We wanted to put runs on the board and defend. Looks a good track, don’t think it’ll change much. That’s the brand of play we want to play, guys want to be fearless. Lot of positives from the last game. Same playing XI.

South Africa: Reeza Hendricks, Matthew Breetzke, Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen(w), David Miller, Donovan Ferreira, Andile Phehlukwayo, Keshav Maharaj, Lizaad Williams, Tabraiz Shamsi, Nandre Burger

India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar

South Africa wins the toss and opts to bowl. 

Nandre Burger to make his debut for South Africa today. Three changes for the host. 

India plays the same playing XI. 

Pommie Mbangwa from the center says, “It is bone dry. It’s been very hot. There’ll be lots of runs on this, it looks pretty good. Expect a whole lot of runs and many sixes.”

Average first innings score here at the Wanderers Stadium is 173. An average of 12 sixes are hit at this venue due to high altitude. 

In the last T20I played at this venue earlier this year between West Indies and South Africa, a total of 433 runs were scored. 

Not raining. Partly cloudy but there’s no rain predicted in the afternoon. Expect a full game. 

The second T20I against the Proteas was a microcosm of the struggles these next-line Indian bowlers have gone through more often than not over the last three weeks.

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