India defeated South Africa by 11 runs in a thrilling match.

Centurion, 13 November (Hindustan Reporter). In the third match of the four T20 match series, India defeated South Africa by 11 runs. With this victory, the Indian team has taken an unassailable 2-1 lead in the series. The main factor in India’s victory was the excellent batting of middle-order batsman Tilak Verma, who scored his first century in 51 balls.

While chasing the target of 220 runs set by India, the South African team showed great spirit but could not achieve the target. For the host team, Henry Klaasen scored 41 runs, captain Aiden Markram scored 29 runs, Reza Hendricks scored 21 runs and Ryan Rickleton scored 20 runs. However, in the last over, Marco Janson took the team closer to victory by hitting a smashing shot. Yanson scored 54 runs in 17 balls but could not lead the team to victory. The South African team could score only 208 runs after losing seven wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and had to face defeat by 11 runs.

For India, Arshdeep Singh took three wickets and Varun Chakraborty took two wickets. At the same time, Hardik Pandya and Akshar Patel got one success each.

Earlier, after losing the toss once again, the Indian team batted and scored a huge score of 219 runs. Although the team did not have a good start. Opener Sanju Samson was out on the second ball of the innings without opening the account. After this, Tilak Verma, who came to bat, along with Abhishek Sharma took the innings forward and also scored runs at a fast pace. There was a partnership of 106 runs between the two for the second wicket. Abhishek was out after scoring 50 runs in 25 balls. After this, captain Suryakumar Yadav also returned to the pavilion after scoring one run. Whereas Hardik Pandya contributed 18 runs, Rinku Singh contributed 8 runs and Ramandeep Singh contributed 15 runs. Meanwhile, Tilak Verma scored the first century of his T20 career. Tilak remained unbeaten after scoring 107 runs in 56 balls. Keshav Maharaj and Andile Simelane took two wickets each for South Africa. While Marco Jansson got a breakthrough.