India vs South Africa, 3rd T20I
India vs South Africa 3rd T20I: With the help of the first international century of Tilak Verma (107 not out), India registered a thrilling win by 11 runs in the third T20 cricket match against South Africa. India scored 219 runs for six wickets when sent to bat first. In reply, after the dismissal of Heinrich Klaasen (41), South Africa's hopes almost ended when it had to score 53 runs in 14 balls. However, Marco Jansen had come with aggressive intentions and with the help of five sixes and four fours in 17 balls, he tried to bring the host team back into the match. Arshdeep Singh trapped Jansen LBW with three balls to spare, giving India a 2-match lead in the four-match series. Gave us an unbeatable lead of 1.
For South Africa, Klaasen scored 41 runs in 22 balls and Jansen scored an aggressive half-century. The South African team could score only 208 runs for seven wickets. Ricky Rickelton (20) failed once again. Reeza Hendricks (21) was also LBW by Varun Chakraborty. South African captain Aiden McCram (29) lost his wicket while trying to play a shot on the ball going outside the off stump. Whereas Tristan Stubbs was dismissed by Akshar Patel. Klaasen hit Chakraborty for three sixes. On the other hand, Hardik Pandya got David Miller (18) caught by Akshar.
Earlier in the Indian innings, Tilak got excellent support from Abhishek Verma who played an aggressive inning of 50 runs. Earlier, South African captain Aiden McCram won the toss and decided to bowl. Twenty-two year old Tilak hit seven sixes and eight fours in his innings of 57 runs. With the help of his innings, India made the second highest score in the T20 format against South Africa. Abhishek, recovering from poor form, scored 50 runs in 25 balls with the help of five sixes and three fours.
Tilak played with full confidence and made strokes all around the field. He added 107 runs with Abhishek for the second wicket. Earlier, Sanju Samson was out without opening the account. Keshav Maharaj controlled the run rate in the middle overs but Tilak gave India a big score by scoring 52 runs in 22 balls in the last six overs. Captain Suryakumar Yadav (1), Hardik Pandya (18) and Rinku Singh (8) failed.
Samson was dismissed by Marco Jansen on a downwards ball. Samson, who scored a century in the first match, could not open his account for the second consecutive match. After this, however, Abhishek and Tilak not only handled the innings but also put pressure on the South African bowlers. Abhishek played a good innings, saying goodbye to the bad form that had been going on for eight matches.
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