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India - South Africa T20 series ends in a tie
India easily defeated South Africa on Thursday bringing the T20 series to a 1-1 conclusion.
India, South Africa emerged as joint winners / Image - X, BCCI
The Indian cricket team won the third T20 match against South Africa by 106 runs in Johannesburg to draw the series 1-1, as one match was abandoned.
The Men in Blue, defending 201, were far ahead of the game as they sent back half of the Proteas middle order along with openers Reeza Hendricks (8) and Matthew Breetzke (4), leaving South Africa in a precarious position.
After the powerplay concluded, the hosts were struggling at 42/3, and Heinrich Klaasen was unable to make much of an impact on the scoreboard either. He holed out to Rinku Singh in the deep off Arshdeep Singh.
Spinner Kuldeep Yadav claimed five wickets, while fellow spinner Ravindra Jadeja claimed two. Yadav selected Donovan Ferreira, while Jadeja signed Proteas captain Aiden Markram.
Jadeja took his second wicket of the game after removing Andile Phehlukwayo for a duck, while Yadav dismissed Keshav Maharaj to further disrupt the South African batting order. When Yadav trapped Nandre Burger, Lizaad Williams, and David Miller in the same over, he would claim his fifth wicket.
In the third T20 International between India and South Africa on Thursday, captain Suryakumar Yadav struck a quick century in 55 balls before being out in the very next delivery. India finished at 201/7.
Before he was dismissed for 61 after misfiring with his blade off Tabraiz Shamsi and holed out to Reeza Hendricks in the deep, Yashasvi Jaiswal also aided India's cause.
South African spinner Keshav Maharaj gave India an early fright by taking the wickets of Shubman Gill (12) and Tilak Varma (O) in consecutive deliveries. While Varma's poor luck persisted, Gill was caught leg before when he was tricked by Markram by thinking it was a golden duck.
Joint winners of the T20I series.
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