Dharamshala, 14 December. On Sunday night, on the fast bowling-friendly pitch of the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) Stadium, the host bowlers paved the way for the victory of Team India, which defeated South Africa by seven wickets with 25 balls to spare in the third T20 match and once again took a 2-1 lead in the five-match series.
India bowlers help the hosts register a clinical win in Dharamsala to take the lead in the five-match T20I series #INDvSA
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, Arshdeep and Harshit and company restricted Proteas to 117 runs.
After winning the coin toss, Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav, sensing the mood of the pitch, asked the Proteas to bat first and his bowlers did the rest. ‘Player of the Match’ Arshdeep Singh (2-13) and Harshit Rana (2-34), who was included in the eleven in place of Jasprit Bumrah, who was unavailable due to personal reasons, spoiled the start.
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Arshdeep Singh is named the Player of the Match
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Markram’s half-century effort also did not work
After this, Varun Chakraborty (2-11), Kuldeep Yadav (2-12), Hardik Pandya (1-23) and Shivam Dubey (1-21) together restricted South Africa to 117 runs in 20 overs. However, Aiden Markram, of course, made a half-century effort (61 runs, 46 balls, two sixes, six fours) with a determined batting. But apart from them, only Donovan Ferreira (20) and Enrich Norke (12) could reach double figures.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲
Presenting the #TeamIndia trio in the 1⃣0⃣0⃣ T20I wickets club (senior men’s)
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— BCCI (@BCCI) December 14, 2025
Fast half-century partnership between Abhishek and Gill
In response, India achieved an easy victory by scoring 120 runs for three wickets in 15.5 overs. In front of a weak target, explosive Abhishek Sharma (35 runs, 18 balls, three sixes, three fours) and Shubman Gill (28 runs, 28 balls, five fours) gave a good start to India with a quick partnership of 60 runs in 32 balls. Then Tilak Verma (26 runs not out, 34 balls, three fours) with the help of Surya (12 runs, 11 balls, two fours) and Shivam Dubey (10 runs not out, four balls, one six, one four) gave the hosts the victory.
Shivam Dube with the winning runs
#TeamIndia register a 7-wicket win in Dharamshala and lead the series 2⃣-1⃣
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— BCCI (@BCCI) December 14, 2025
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Talking about the South African innings, Arshdeep gave the first two blows to South Africa by LBW Reeza Hendricks (0) in the first over and Quinton de Kock (one run) in the second over for one run. In the fourth over, Harshit dismissed Dewald Brevis (two runs). However, Markram remained standing at one end. But on the other hand, wickets kept falling continuously and in the 16th over, seven batsmen had returned within 77 runs. After this, Markram made the biggest partnership of 36 runs with Enrich and became the second victim of Arshdeep in the 19th over. Kuldeep took the remaining two wickets in the last over.
The fourth match will be played in Lucknow on 17th December.
Both the teams will now play the fourth match in Lucknow on 17th December while the South Africa tour will conclude with the fifth and final match to be played in Ahmedabad on 19th December.
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