India has defeated South Africa by 7 wickets in the third T20 match. In this match played in Dharamshala, Team India won the toss and chose to bowl first. Indian bowlers all out the South African team for 117 runs. In response, the Indian batsmen achieved the target with 25 balls remaining. With this, India has gone ahead 2-1 in the five-match T20 series.

Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill gave a bright start to Team India, which came to chase the target of 118 runs. Gill-Abhishek together took India to 60 runs in 5 overs. While trying to play a big shot, Abhishek got caught by Aiden Markram. He scored 35 runs in 18 balls, in which 3 sixes and 3 fours came from his bat.

When Abhishek Sharma was out, India had scored 60 runs in 5.2 overs. After that the Indian batsmen scored runs like a tortoise. In the first 5 overs, Team India was moving the scoreboard forward at a run rate of 12. To score the next 40 runs i.e. to reach 60-100 runs, the Indian batsmen played 53 balls.

Questions will be raised again on Gill-Surya!

T20 team’s vice-captain Shubhman Gill scored 28 runs in the match, but for this he also played 28 balls. Even after 18 innings, Shubman Gill’s wait for a half-century in T20 continues. On the other hand, captain Suryakumar Yadav once again reached the 10-run mark, but this time too he could not score a big innings with his bat. Surya was out after scoring 12 runs.

havoc of indian bowlers

Earlier in Dharamsala, the Indian bowlers wreaked havoc and bundled out the South African team for 117 runs. Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakraborty and Kuldeep Yadav took two wickets each. Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dubey also managed to take one wicket each. In this match, Hardik Pandya has completed 100 wickets as a bowler in his T20 career.

India has defeated South Africa by 101 runs in the first T20 match. In this match, Jasprit Bumrah completed 100 wickets in his T20 International career. In this match played in Cuttack, India had scored 175 runs while playing first, in response to which the South African team got bundled out for 74 runs.

Till now, the Indian team had not been able to defeat South Africa at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack. Till now, South Africa had defeated India in both the matches here, but this time under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav, Team India has tasted a big defeat of 101 runs to Africa.

Hardik’s storm came first

No batsman failed to play a big innings for the Indian team. Suryakumar Yadav, Shubhman Gill and Abhishek Sharma also flopped. Wickets kept falling from one end, but Hardik Pandya played a stormy innings of unbeaten 59 runs in 28 balls. At one time Team India’s score was 80/4 in 12 overs, but from here Hardik’s bat wreaked such havoc that Team India scored 95 runs in the last 8 overs. In this way the Indian innings ended at 175 runs.

Jasprit Bumrah’s historic century

Jasprit Bumrah has become only the second Indian bowler to score a century of wickets in T20 International cricket. Before him, Arshdeep Singh has done this, who currently has 107 wickets. Bumrah has taken 78 innings to complete the century of wickets in International T20 cricket. Let us tell you that Hardik Pandya is also just one step away from completing a century of wickets in T20 International cricket.

Bad condition of South African team

The South African team, which came to chase the target of 175 runs, had a very bad start. The team’s account had not even been opened, then Quinton de Kock was out. The top scorer of the African team was Dewald Brevis, who scored 22 runs. Only four South African players were able to cross double figures in terms of runs. Now Team India is ahead 1-0 in the five-match T20 series.

Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakraborty and Axar Patel took two wickets each for India. Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dubey also managed to take one wicket each.