Main points:
In the third T20I played in Dharamsala, India won the toss and bowled first and bowled out South Africa for 117 runs. Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Hardik Pandya and other bowlers performed brilliantly. The good line and length of the Indian bowlers kept the opposition team under pressure.
Delhi: The third match of the 5-match T20 series between India and South Africa is being played today at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamshala. In the match, India won the toss and decided to bowl first, which proved to be absolutely right. Indian bowlers kept the opposition batsmen under pressure with excellent line and length and bowled out the entire Proteas team for 117 runs.
South Africa’s mediocre batting
Arshdeep Singh gave a great start to India with the new ball. He quickly got the first advantage by dismissing Reeza Hendricks for zero. Harshit Rana also made a great start and sent Quinton de Kock (1) and Dewald Brace (2) to the pavilion. South African team could score only 25 runs in the powerplay.
Then Hardik Pandya increased the pressure on the opposition team by dismissing Tristan Stubbs after the powerplay. For South Africa, captain Aiden Markram scored the highest score of 61 runs, which included 6 fours and 2 sixes. Arshdeep got him caught by Jitesh Sharma and sent him to the pavilion. After this the Proteas completely failed to make a comeback.
The rest of the bowlers from India also performed brilliantly. Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakraborty took 2-2 wickets. At the same time, Shivam Dubey got a success.
In the entire match, the Indian bowlers did not give any chance to the opposition batsmen and with great restraint limited the opposition team’s innings to 117 runs.
