India vs South Africa highlights, 3rd T20I: IND beats SA by 11 runs, leads series 2-1

Arshdeep. Single off the first ball but Jansen is back on strike. India has taken a review for LBW. Full toss ball but the impact is umpire’s call. Coetzee survives. Good review by India though. Jansen on strike. SIX!!! What a shot. Full ball and Jansen goes over deep cover fielder. Tilak Varma is hit his head on the ground and looked in pain. He’s having a concussion test. All okay. A shout for LBW by India but umpire doesn’t give it. India has reviewed again. OUT! Three reds. Jansen has to go. A brilliant innings comes to an end. 54 off 17 balls. 

18 needed off three balls. Simeline is the new man in. And he hits a four off his first ball! 14 needed off two balls. Single. 13 off one ball. Coetzee can only take a single. 

India wins by 11 runs and leads the series 2-1.

Pandya. Four! Jansen begins the over with a four over mid on. Back of the length ball and he slogs it over the fielder. SIX! He hits the next ball over fine leg! Terrific shot. Another boundary! Thick outside edge and the ball falls just before the deep point boundary. SIXX!! Jansen sends the ball over long on for a maximum Terrific hitting. Four to end the over!! Tries to pull the ball, gets a top edge for four towards fine leg. 26 runs from the over. 

Arshdeep Singh is back. Single off the first ball. Four! Jansen goes for a slog, gets an inside edge for four. OUT! Klaasen is gone. Tries to launch the ball over cover but gets caught in the deep. 

Gerald Coetzee at the crease. 

Bishnoi. Jansen takes a single off the first ball to bring Klaasen on strike. Inside edge and the ball runs away towards fine leg boundary. Good work in the deep to stop the ball. Umpires check if it’s a boundary. It is clean, so just three off that ball. SIX! Jansen hits an inside out shot for a maximum. Superb hit. SIX! Jansen ends the over with another maximum this time over long on. 

Hardik Pandya is back. Back of the length and Miller is hit right in the groin region. He pulls the next ball but just for a single. Klaasen takes a single. SIX! Full on the pads and Miller picks the ball over square leg. OUT! What a terrific catch at the deep midwicket. Miller timed his pull to perfection and Axar Patel timed his jump perfectly. A timely breakthrough for India. 

Marco Jansen is the new man in. He’s off the mark with a single. 

Bishnoi continues. Starts off with a dot to Klaasen. Bishnoi’s balls have been quicker through the air and that’s making things difficult for the batter. Wide outside off, Miller tries to hit through the line but mishits, but the ball falls safe from the long off fielder. Drifted down the pads, it takes a deflection off Miller’s thighs and runs away for a FOUR! Miller takes a single off the final delivery and will keep strike

Chakaravarthy is back. SIX! Short ball and Klaasen pulls him over midwicket. And another!! That’s huge six once again towards midwicket region. The ball went almost outside the stadium. Three in a row!! Same region. Three huge sixes in a row. DROPPED! Suryakumar Yadav drops Klaasen at the covers. Klaasen celebrates that with a four over covers. A single to end the over. 23 runs from the over. 

Bishnoi. 100-up for South Africa with a double. Two more singles added in that over. Four from it. 

Axar. Klaasen begins the over with a SIX over square leg region. Too short and punished. Axar switches back to a tight lines and only two more runs added in the over. 

Ravi Bishnoi into the attack. Quick and into the stumps. Klaasen goes on backfoot, hits straight but doesn’t time it well; only a single. Four! Miller goes on backfoot and punches the ball towards cover. 

Varun continues. Touch fuller and outside off, Markram smokes it over long on for a SIX! Markram is taking on India’s best bowler this series. Another full one, on the slot, Markram muscles it over long on for a huge SIX! BUT VARUN HAS THE LAST LAUGH! Varun goes short, Markram lofts it but picks one of the best fielders in the deep: Ramandeep Singh. David Miller is in at six

Axar to bowl his third. Markram moves away from the stumps and Axar follows him and bowls one down the leg. Markram tries to flick it but misses, Sanju completes a catch behind the stumps and lets out a huge appeal for caught behind but the umpire thinks otherwise. DRS TAKEN. Ultra Edge shows there was no contact between bat and ball, review lost! Stubbs is trapped leg before as he tries to reverse sweep and the umpire raises the finger without second thoughts! Stubbs goes for DRS. Ball tracking shows three reds and Stubbs has to walk back! Huge wicket this for India as Stubbs helped SA to a thrilling victory in the last match. Timeout taken

Varun continues. Two singles off the first three balls. Short and outside off, Markram hits it past the cover fielder to get a couple of runs. A tidy over comes to a close with a single

Axar continues. Three singles off as many balls. He follows it up with three dots as a superb over comes to a close. India is firmly on top 

Varun Chakravarthy is into the attack. He picked up his maiden T20 fifer last match and India will hope for a similar performance here after conceding a huge over. AND HE DOES EXACTLY THAT! Googly again, Hendricks comes down the track, misses and Samson makes no mistake behind and uproots the stumps! Tristan Stubbs, the player of the match last game, comes in at four. He starts off with a dot. Stubbs gets off the mark with a FOUR off a slog sweep. Another one, this time a cut through covers earns him a FOUR! He’s picking up where he left off last match

Axar Patel is into the attack. Starts off with a short one, Hendricks moves away from the pitch of the ball, slashes at it and it takes an outside edge and runs away for a FOUR past third man. Short and towards the leg stump this time, Hendricks gives himself room and hits it through the cover region for a FOUR! Axar continues to bowl short and gets punished again. It’s a replay of the first delivery! FOUR! 

Hardik continues. Two singles off the first two balls. Jaffa! Hardik pitches it on a length and moves it away from Hendricks, who tries to defend off the back foot but misses. A double to end the over

Arshdeep continues. Slightly back of a lenght and straight, Rickleton smashes it towards square leg for a FOUR! Similar delivery but this one nips into the batter, Rickleton goes for a similar shot but misses. Beaten all ends up. Pitched straight and moved slightly away from Rickleton as the ball misses the bat by a whisker. Arshdeep goes short, Rickleton plays a superb pull for a SIX! ARSHDEEP STRIKES! Back of a length and slightly outside off, Rickleton tried to sweep through covers but it takes an inside egde and crashes on to the stumps! The left-arm pacer becomes India’s joint second-most wicket taker in T20Is! Aiden Markram is in at three

IND vs SA: Arshdeep goes past Bumrah to become second joint-highest wicket taker for India in T20Is

Arshdeep Singh became India’s second joint-most successful bowler in terms of wickets taken in the T20Is, during the third match against South Africa at the SuperSport Park in Centurion on Wednesday. 

The game resumes. Hardik bowls full outside off Rickleton drives it past mid off for a FOUR! A CHANCE SQUANDERED! Full outside off again, Rickleton lofts it high, Axar got under the ball but fails to latch on to it. 

An inspection is scheduled in five minutes. The ground staff have resorted to using drones to spray pesticide as of now

Hardik Pandya to bowl the second over. Now wait a minute.. The match has come to a halt because of an insect infestation! 

South Africa vs India third T20I match stopped due to ‘flying ants’ problem

The third T20I between India and South Africa was stopped due to ‘flying ants’ around SuperSport Stadium in Centurion on Wednesday.

Ryan Rickelton and Reeza Hendricks open the chase for the Proteas while Arshdeep Singh will start off with the ball

Pitched straight and maintained the line first up as Rickleton is beaten. SA off the mark as Rickleton gets a single. Full and wide outside off, Hendricks slashes at it, it takes an outside egde and runs away for a FOUR! Rickleton gets a single as he cuts it to backward point and will retain the strike

Arshdeep Singh, who currently has 89 wickets in 58 matches, needs just one wicket to overtake Jasprit Bumrah and become India’s second-most successful bowler in T20Is! Yuzi Chahal currently tops the list with 96 wickets

Jansen to bowl the final over. Ramandeep takes a single off the first ball. Tilak takes a quick single off the next ball. Another single. Good over so far from Jansen. Back of the length and Tilak is beaten. Tilak misses the ball again, Ramandeep runs for a single anyway but the keeper throws the ball directly at stumps and he’s run out. Axar Patel to face the final ball. A single to end the over. 

Sipamla is here. Ramandeep goes for another slog, gets a thick outside edge but it lands safely. FOUR! Full ball and Ramandeep just muscles it straight down the ground. Tilak smacks the ball straight for four!!! Century in 51 balls. Brilliant innings. The last ball was a no ball. Tilak sweeps the ball towards fine leg off the free hit delivery. Terrific way to end the over. 

Simelane is back. Full ball and Tilak gets on his knees and slogs the ball towards long on for a four. Low full toss and Rinku hits it straight. The fielder at mid on dives but isn’t able to grab it. Two runs. OUT! Rinku is gone. Slow ball yorker beats Rinku and cleans him up. 

Ramandeep Singh at the crease and he begins his T20I career with a six off his first ball!! What a start. 

Jansen is back. Rinku tries to slog towards leg side is hit at the abdomen area. Tilak flicks the ball fine towards fine leg and a good fielding the in deep cuts it down to a double. Plenty of running between the wickets in that over. Eight runs off it. 

Coetzee is back into the attack and Tilak welcomes him with a SIX! Full ball and Tilak slogs over long on. Another! What a shot that. Full ball on pads and Tilak slogs it over square leg. Terrific hitting this. Coetzee comes around the wicket and bowls a wide. He takes a single off the next legal delivery. Bouncer and over Rinku’s head: a wide. FOUR! Terrific shot by Tilak as he ramps the ball over the keeper’s head. 21 runs off that over. 

Maharaj for his final over. Too wide and Tilak smacks the ball over cover and gets a four. A much needed boundary for India. Tilak smacks a SIX off the next ball! Slog sweeps over square leg. And another four! Slog sweep towards midwicket. Good over for India, 16 off it. 

Rinku Singh is the new man in. 

Aiden Markram for his second over. Rinku is off the mark with a single. Boundaries have dried up. A tight over, just six runs off it. 

Maharaj. Tilak sweeps to take a single and gets to his fifty in 32 balls. A terrific knock by Tilak. OUT! Pandya is gone. He attempted to sweep, missed the ball and is struck in front. He has reviewed the decision. Three reds and he has to go. 

Sipamla. SHOT! Full ball and Pandya plays a classical straight drive for four. Coetzee dives to save the boundary but the ball ends up touching the rope. A ball later, Pandya chips the ball towards mid on and gets a double. A quick single to end the over. 

Maharaj continues. Hardik is off the mark with a four! He sweeps the ball towards square leg, a misfield gets him a boundary. Another boundary! Pandya goes back and cuts the ball past backward point. 10 runs from the over. 

Simelane back into the attack, replaces Coetzee. Three singles off as many deliveries. SURYA DEPARTS! Simelane bowls wide outside off, Surya slashes at it and lofted it straight into the hands of Jansen at deep point! Two huge wickets in a short span! Hardik Pandya is in at five. Simelane goes short, Hardik tries to come down the track and flat bat it but it takes an inside edge, dot. Hardik misses to capitalise on a full toss and the over comes to an end with a dot

Keshav Maharaj is introduced and Abhishek welcomes him with a SIX over the bowler’s head! It was on the slot and Abhishek used it to the fullest. 100 up for India! Abhishek gets to his half century with a single! MAHARAJ PROVIDES THE MUCH NEEDED BREAKTHROUGH FOR THE PROTEAS! Abhishek tried to come down the track, Maharaj pushed it wide outside off, the batter missed it and it was an easy stumping for Klaasen behind the stumps! Skipper Suryakumar Yadav is the next batter in. The over comes to an end with a couple of dots

Coetzee is back into the attack, replaces Simpala. Slower one, towards the pads and that’s flicked for a single. Wide down the legside. Wide again and this time it’s over the batter’s head. Another wide! Down the legside again as Tilak swings at it and misses. Coetzee continues to target the hip and cramps Tilak for room, but the batter steals a single. Short and slow, wide outside off, Tilak rocks back and pulls it deep for a huge SIX!

Aiden Markram replaces Simelane. Angled away from Abhishek and he comes down the track and hits it through the line for a FOUR! Another one but this time it’s Tilak. Full delivery and Tilak gets down on one knee and slog sweeps it for a SIX over backward point! 

Sipamla continues. Back of a length slower delivery, angled away from Abhishek, who swings and it takes an outside edge. It was in the air for a while but falls safe of the backward point fielder. Abhishek advances down the track yet again and smashes it over covers for a SIX! The PowerPlay comes to an end with a dot. India 70/1 despite losing Samson for a duck! 

Simelane replaces Jansen. Short ball and that’s pulled over fine leg for a SIX! Much straighter this time, Abhishek comes down the track, gives himself room and smokes it for a SIX over covers! That’s the 50 up for India. Low full toss and slightly outside off, Tilak times it to perfection as the ball blazes past the mid on fielder for a FOUR! 

Lutho Sipamla is in to bowl the fourth, replaces Coetzee. Starts off with a dot. Down the legside, Tilak swivels at the ball and hits it through the square region for a FOUR, courtesy of a misfield by Jansen in the deep.

Jansen beats the outside edge of Tilak first ball but he’s over stepped, no ball and a free hit. He follows it up with a wide yorker and gets away with just a single off the free hit. Jansen surprises Tilak with a bouncer, but it takes a deflection off the helmet and goes over the keeper’s head for a FOUR leg-bye. The physio rushes in to check Tilak as part of the mandatory concussion protocol. Tilak moves away from the stumps in an attempt to create room but Jansen follows the batter to perfection and cramps him, dot. Single to end the over 

Gerald Coetzee to bowl the second over. Swing and a miss off the first delivery. Coetzee goes short and opts for a slower one, Abhishek takes his time, and pulls it for a FOUR! Fuller delivery this time, directed towards the leg stump, Abhishek gives himself room and slashes it through covers for a FOUR! Coetzee gets the yorker wrong, Abhishek converts into a half volley and drives it through covers for a FOUR! 

Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma are in the middle to open the innings for India. Marco Jansen will bowl the first over. 

Starts off with a shortish delivery directed towards the ribs, Samson flicks it, dot. JANSEN STRIKES! Timber! Jansen bowls just short, pitched straight and nipping slightly away from Samson, who tried to defend on the back foot but missed. The ball held it’s line and clipped the top of off. That’s two ducks in a row for Samson. Tilak Varma gets a promotion, comes in at three. Short and wide outside off, Tilak cuts it for a FOUR! First runs on the board for India. Slightly short again, Tilak charges down the track and lofts it over the third man region for a SIX! 12 runs and a wicket came off that over 

India has secured 21 wins in 23 T20Is in 2024 and will look to top it off with a series win here. However, there’s still a lot of time left for that

India: Sanju Samson(w), Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakaravarthy

South Africa: Ryan Rickelton, Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram(c), Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen(w), David Miller, Marco Jansen, Andile Simelane, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Lutho Sipamla

South Africa has won the toss and opts to bowl. 

Ramandeep Singh makes his debut. He replaces Avesh Khan in the playing XI. 

Ramandeep Singh has been handed his T20I cap by Hardik Pandya. 

Pace bowling all-rounder Ramandeep Singh, and fast bowlers Vijaykumar Vyshak and Yash Dayal are three players who are part of the squad and are awaiting their debuts. 

Wicketkeeper - Sanju Samson

Batters - Tristan Stubbs, Suryakumar Yadav, David Miller 

All-rounders - Marco Jansen, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel 

Bowlers - Varun Chakravarthy, Gerald Coetzee, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh 

India: Sanju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan

South Africa: Ryan Rickelton, Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (c), Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Heinrich Klaasen, Patrick Kruger/ Lutho Sipamla, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Ottneil Baartman, Gerald Coetzee

India: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Rinku Singh, Tilak Varma, Jitesh Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Avesh Khan, Yash Dayal. 

South Africa: Aiden Markram (captain), Ottneil Baartman, Gerald Coetzee, Donovan Ferreira, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Patrick Kruger, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Mihlali Mpongwana, Nqaba Peter, Ryan Rickelton, Andile Simelane, Tristan Stubbs, Lutho Sipamla (3rd and 4th T20Is)

Where will the third T20I between India and South Africa be telecast live in India?

The third T20I between India and South Africa will be telecast live on the Sports18 channel in India.

Where will the third T20I between India and South Africa be streamed live in India?

Live streaming of the third T20I between India and South Africa will be on JioCinema