Dharamshala: In the third match of the T-20 series played in Dharamshala, Team India defeated South Africa by 7 wickets. With this victory, Team India has taken a 2-1 lead in this five-match series. Everyone from bowlers to batsmen played an important role in this victory of Team India. In this match, South Africa, batting first, had set a target of 118 runs for India. Team India achieved this target with 7 wickets in 15.5 overs.
Aiden Markram scored a half century for South Africa
South Africa, who came to bat first after losing the toss, had a very bad start in this match. South Africa’s first three wickets had fallen for just seven runs. The team’s opening batsman Reeza Hendricks did not even open his account in this match. Eight players including Quinton de Kock (1) and Dewald Brevis (2) did not reach double figures. Captain Aiden Markram had scored a half-century while captaining the team. He scored 61 runs in 46 balls with the help of six fours and two sixes. Donovan Ferreira contributed 20 runs and Enrich Norkhia contributed 12 runs. For India, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakraborty took two wickets each. Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dubey took one wicket each.
Abhishek Sharma played a stormy innings for India
Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill gave a great start to Team India while chasing the target of 118 runs. There was a partnership of 60 runs between the two for the first wicket. Abhishek Sharma played a stormy innings in this match. He was out after scoring 35 runs in 18 balls with the help of three fours and three sixes. After his wicket fell, Tilak Verma came to bat at number 3. Shubman Gill was out in this match after scoring 28 runs at a strike rate of 100. Whereas Suryakumar Yadav scored 12 runs in 11 balls. Tilak Verma returned unbeaten after scoring 25 runs and Shivam Dubey scored 10 runs. For South Africa, Lungi Ngidi, Marco Jensen and Corbin Bosch took 1 wicket each.
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