IND vs SA 3rd T20I: India defeated South Africa by 11 runs in the 3rd T20I. Due to the strong batting of the batsmen, Team India managed to take a lead of 2-1. Tilak Verma mesmerized the fans with his explosive batting. There came a moment in this exciting match when the players had to leave the field and run towards the dressing room. After the start of South Africa’s innings, only one over had been completed when suddenly such an incident happened that all the players left the field and ran away. Let us know what happened…
The match was stopped in one over
Batting first, the Indian batsmen batted attractively and scored 219 runs losing 6 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Reeza Hendricks and Ryan Rickleton came to bat for the South African team. The opening pair scored 7 runs in the first over of Arshdeep. But as soon as the winged ants attacked the field, all the players left the field and ran away.
The Empire stopped the match when the Winged Ants suddenly appeared on the 22-yard pitch. After a brief conversation with the umpires, captain Suryakumar returned to the dressing room with his team. However, after some time the game resumed when the ants’ infestation subsided.
Tilak batted blindly
Tilak Verma batted indiscriminately for Team India, which benefited from the decision to select him as a young batsman. Tilak looked in good form from the beginning and made a partnership of 107 runs with Abhishek Sharma. After Abhishek returned to the pavilion, Tilak took charge and completed his half-century in 33 balls. Later Tej Gati scored 51 runs in the next 18 balls against Duandhar’s batting. With this, Tilak scored 107 runs in 56 balls. This includes eight fours and seven sixes. Abhishek Sharma also scored 50 runs in 25 balls.
Arshdeep took three wickets
India had given a target of 220 runs. However, the South African team could score only 208 runs for 7 wickets. In which bowler Arshdeep bowled in an attractive style and inspired the South African cricketers to score runs. Heinrich Klaasen scored 41 runs on 22 balls. Whereas Marco Johnson could score 54 runs in 17 balls. Apart from this, other batsmen could not score any significant runs. Indian bowler Varun Chakraborty took 2 wickets.