South Africa vs India 3rd T20I, India beat South Africa by 7 runs, wins the T20 series

South Africa vs India 3rd T20I was played on today at 9:30 pm on Newlands, Capetown. This is the place where it all started. Team India began the African Tour on this ground by playing first test match of this tour. South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first, Rohit Sharma continued his poor performance. Batsman Shikhar Dhawan and Suresh Raina guided India to set a score of 173 at Cape Town. Junior Dala has been the most impressive bowler in this match; he picked three international wickets in this match. India’s limited-overs premier pacer Jasprit Bumrah back in the third game, which means no place for Jaydev Udanakat today, another side Proteas All-rounder Jonker joins the green army and get his first debut match. India beat South Africa by 7 runs and wins the limited overs series by 2-1. Proteas Skipper JP Duminy hits a faboulas half-century but it was not enough to win the series.

India vs South Africa Full Commentary

12:51 pm- Bhuvneshwar to Jonker, out Caught by Rohit!! Jonker c Rohit b Bhuvneshwar 49(24) [4s-5 6s-2]

12:49 pm- Bhuvneshwar to Jonker, 2 runs, to long-on

12:47 pm- Bhuvneshwar to Behardien, 1 run, to long-off

12:46 pm- Bhuvneshwar to Behardien, FOUR, to third man

12:45 pm- Bumrah to Jonker, 1 run, 145ks full toss, swatted to long-on

12:43 pm- Bumrah to Jonker, SIX, Boom!

12:41 pm- Bumrah to Behardien, FOUR,

Score after 18 Overs, RSA 138/5, Jonker-33*, Behardien-5*

12:40 pm- SN Thakur to Jonker, FOUR

12:38 pm- SN Thakur to Jonker, FOUR

12:37 pm- SN Thakur to Jonker, FOUR,

12:36 pm- SN Thakur to Jonker, SIX,

Score after 17 overs, RSA- 120/5, Jonker-15*, Behardien-5*

12:33 pm- Bumrah to Behardien, FOUR, brilliant.

12:32 pm- Bumrah to Chris Morris, out Bowled!! Bumrah is such a skiddy operator. Chris Morris b Bumrah 4(3) [4s-1]

12:31 pm- Bumrah to Chris Morris, FOUR

12:20 pm- SN Thakur to Duminy, out Caught by Rohit!! That shot is pressure and might well be India’s surge towards a convincing win (if it wasn’t until now). With 64 needed off 25, Duminy had to go for it. Tries to clout a boundary over mid-wicket but all he does is pop a simple miscue to Rohit Sharma at mid-off. Duminy c Rohit b SN Thakur 55(41) [4s-2 6s-3]

12:19 pm- Bumrah to Duminy, SIX,

Score after 14 overs, RSA 91/3, Duminy-40*, Jonker-11*

12:16 pm- Raina to Jonker, FOUR, to fine leg

12:15 pm- Raina to Jonker, FOUR, gets lower and sweeps that down to the fine leg fence.

Score after 13 overs, RSA 79/3, Duminy-39*, Jonker-0*

12:11 pm- Hardik Pandya to Klaasen, out Caught by Bhuvneshwar!! Pandya rags Klaasen with his smile. Klaasen c Bhuvneshwar b Hardik Pandya 7(10)

12:05 pm- Score after 12 overs, RSA 74/2, Duminy-35*, Klassen-6*

12:04 pm- Axar to Duminy, SIX, the skipper has come to the party once again

12:03 pm- Axar to Duminy, SIX,

Score after 11 overs, RSA 58/2, Klassen-3*, JP Duminy-22*

12:01 pm-Hardik Pandya to Duminy, 2 runs

12:00 pm- Hardik Pandya to Klaasen, 1 run

11:59 pm- Hardik Pandya to Klaasen, no run

Score after 10 over, RSA 52/2, Duminy-18*, Klassen-1*

11:54 pm- Raina to Duminy, FOUR, pulled away

11:53 pm- Raina to Miller, out Caught by Axar!! This was bound to happen. With the required run rate inching close to 12 the batsmen had to go for it. Short delivery around off, Miller goes for the pull in order to clear the mid-wicket fence but doesn’t middle it. It’s a skier and Axar is the man who takes it. Miller c Axar b Raina 24(23) [4s-2 6s-1]

11:52 pm- Score after 9 overs, RSA 45/2, Duminy-12*, Miller-24*

11:51 pm- Hardik Pandya to Miller, SIX, in the arc out of the park.

11:48 pm- Raina to Miller, FOUR, to deep extra cover,

Score after 6 overs, RSA 25/1, Duminy-6*, Miller-11*

11:41 pm- SN Thakur to Miller, no run

11:40 pm- SN Thakur to Duminy, 1 run,

Score after 4 overs, South Africa 18/1, Miller-9*, Duminy-1*

11:34 pm- SN Thakur to Duminy, no run,

11:31 pm- SN Thakur to Miller, FOUR,

11:27 pm- Bhuvneshwar to Hendricks, out Caught by Dhawan!! Hendricks c Dhawan b Bhuvneshwar 7(13) [4s-1]

11:21 pm- Score after 1 overs, RSA 5/0, Miller-0*, Hendricks-6*

11:20 pm- Bhuvneshwar to Hendricks, FOUR, to deep backward point

11:18 pm- Hendricks and Miller are at the crease. Hendricks is on strike. Bhuvneshwar will open the attack

Score after 20 overs, India 172/7, Junior Dala 4-0-35-3, Chris Morris 4-0-43-2, Dhawan 47*, Raina 43*

11:04 pm- Chris Morris to Axar, 1 run, widish yorker outside off stump, Axar digs it out towards mid-off

11:03 pm- Chris Morris to Karthik, out Lbw!! Karthik walks across and misses this inswinging yorker, wanted to flick, but got hit on the back leg, hit the boot in line with off stump. Karthik decided to review, but he knew he was gone, so marched off and waited near the boundary. Karthik lbw b Chris Morris 13(6) [4s-3]

11:02 pm- Chris Morris to Karthik, FOUR, low full toss and Karthik gets a fine little tickle on it to beat the keeper. Morris missed the inswinging yorker there

10:59 pm- Chris Morris to Hardik Pandya, out Caught by Klaasen!! Now then, how did that ball take the leading edge? Hardik Pandya c Klaasen b Chris Morris 21(17) [6s-1]

Score after 19 overs, India 162/5, Karthik-9*, Pandya-21*

10:56 pm- Junior Dala to Karthik, FOUR, to long-off

10:55 pm- Junior Dala to Karthik, FOUR

10:52 pm- Junior Dala to Dhoni, out Caught by Miller!! There’s more height on this than distance and Miller has another one on the rope. Dhoni c Miller b Junior Dala 12(11) [4s-1]

10:51 pm- Junior Dala to Dhoni, FOUR, low full toss

Score after 18 overs, India 147/4, Pandya- 20*, Dhoni-8*

10:48 pm- Chris Morris to Hardik Pandya, SIX, he’s hit this alright. Missed out on a full toss previous over, now he goes hard at it and hits it over long-on

Score after 16 overs, India 130/4, Dhoni-2*, Pandya-9*

10:40 pm- Shamsi to Hardik Pandya, 1 run,

10:37 pm- Shamsi to Dhawan, out Dhawan Run Out!! 1 run completed Dhawan run out (Junior Dala) 47(40) [4s-3]

Score after 15 overs, India 125/3, Dhawan-46*, Pandya-7*

10:33 pm- Phehlukwayo to Dhawan, 1 run, he’s missed a full toss

10:32 pm- Phehlukwayo to Hardik Pandya, 1 run, oh he pulled that ball without watching

Score after 14 overs, India 120/3, Dhawan-45*, Pandya-2*

10:26 pm- Junior Dala to Manish Pandey, out Caught by Miller!! Mistimed and Miller won’t drop those. Pandey was always looking to go bang, bang from the start. The runs were flowing, maybe could have chosen a better ball to hit. Manish Pandey c Miller b Junior Dala 13(10) [6s-1]

10:24 pm- Phangiso to Dhawan, FOUR, rubs it in, but down the ground. Oh Shamsi

Big over for Team India. Score after 12 overs, India 102/2, Dhawan-34*, Manish-11*

10:21 pm- Shamsi to Dhawan, FOUR,

10:18 pm- Shamsi to Dhawan, FOUR,

10:17 pm- Shamsi to Manish Pandey, SIX

Score after 10 overs, India 81/2, Dhawan-23*, Pandey-1*

10:12 pm- Shamsi to Raina, out Caught by Behardien at keeper!! Raina c Behardien b Shamsi 43(27) [4s-5 6s-1]

10:11 pm- Shamsi to Dhawan, 2 runs, goes reverse.

Score after 9 overs, India 75/1, Raina-42*, Dhawan-19*

10:09 pm- Duminy to Raina, 1 run, to long-off

10:08 pm- Duminy to Raina, FOUR, to sweeper cover

Score after 8 overs, India 65/1, Dhawan-17*, Raina-34*

10:05 pm- Shamsi to Dhawan, 1 run, to cover

10:04 pm- Shamsi to Raina, 1 run,

10;03 pm- Shamsi to Raina, no run

Score after 7 overs, India 62/1, Dhawan-15*, Raina-33*

10:01 pm- Duminy to Dhawan, 1 run, to backward square leg

Score after 6 overs, India 57/1, Raina 32*, Dhawan 11*

9:55 pm- Chris Morris to Raina, FOUR,

Score after 5 overs, India 47/1, Raina-24*, Dhawan-9*

9:51 pm- Phehlukwayo to Raina, FOUR, to deep extra cover

9:50 pm- Phehlukwayo to Raina, FOUR, to long-off

Score after 4 overs, India 35/1, Raina-14*, Dhawan-8*

9:48 pm- Junior Dala to Dhawan, no run

9:43 pm- Duminy to Raina, FOUR, to deep extra cover

Score After 2 overs, India 22/1, Dhawan-2*, Raina 8*

9:40 pm- Junior Dala to Raina, SIX, good start for Raina.

9:38 pm- Junior Dala to Rohit, out Lbw!! Rohit lbw b Junior Dala 11(8) [4s-2]

Score after 1 over, India 9/0, Rohit-11 *, Dhawan-1*

9:36 pm- Chris Morris to Rohit, FOUR, back to slanting down leg.

9:35 pm- Chris Morris to Rohit, FOUR, to long-on

9:34 pm- Chris Morris to Rohit, no run, that’s the line. 140kph

9:30 pm- Chris Morris to Rohit, no ball, 2 runs, nice gentle feeder on the legs.

India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina, Dinesh Karthik, Manish Pandey, MS Dhoni(w), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah

South Africa (Playing XI): Reeza Hendricks, David Miller, Jean-Paul Duminy(c), Heinrich Klaasen(w), Farhaan Behardien, Christiaan Jonker, Andile Phehlukwayo, Aaron Phangiso, Chris Morris, Junior Dala, Tabraiz Shamsi