3rd T20i : Tilak Varma's superb 56 balls 107* runs helped India to set 220 runs target for South Africa and won by 11 runs

3rd twenty20 match of four t20i match series played between South Africa vs India at SuperSport Park, Centurion on Wednesday, November 13, 2024.

Putting into bat first by South Africa, India with Abhishek Sharma's firing 25 balls 50 runs and Tilak Varma's superb 56 balls 107 unbeaten runs set huge target of 220 runs for Africa to get. Andile Simelane and Keshav Maharaj shared 2 wickets each for Africa.

Following huge target of 220 runs, South Africa with Heinrich Klaasen's 22 balls 41 runs and Marco Jansen's super quick 17 balls 54 runs fought hard but managed to score 208/7 runs in 20 overs and lost the match by 11 runs. Arshdeep Singh took 3 wickets for India. Tilak Varma declared man of the mat h for his maiden hundred in t20is. India led 4-match series 2-1 as well.

Man of the match :- Tilak Varma (Ind)

South Africa vs India 3rd t20 scorecard Toss : South Africa, elected to field first Result : India won by 11 runs Man of The Match : Tilak Varma (Ind) Series - India led 4-match series 2-1   India 1st Inning     Batting   R B 4s 6s SR   Sanju Samson (w) b Jansen 0 2 0 0 0.00   Abhishek Sharma st Klaasen b Maharaj 50 25 3 5 200.00   Tilak Varma not out 107 56 8 7 191.07   Suryakumar Yadav (c) c Jansen b Simelane 1 4 0 0 25.00   Hardik Pandya lbw b Maharaj 18 16 3 0 112.50   Rinku Singh b Simelane 8 13 0 0 61.53   Ramandeep Singh run out (Klaasen) 15 6 1 1 250.00   Axar Patel not out 1 1 0 0 100.00   Arshdeep Singh               Ravi Bishnoi               Varun Chakravarthy                               Extras (lb 6, nb 3, w 10) 19           Total (20.0 overs) 219/6 RR: 10.95   South Africa       Bowling O M R W NB WB Eco   Marco Jansen 4 0 28 1 1 2 7.00   Gerald Coetzee 3 0 51 0 1 7 17.00   Lutho Sipamla 4 0 45 0 1 1 11.25   Andile Simelane 3 0 34 2 0 0 11.33   Aiden Markram 2 0 19 0 0 0 9.50   Keshav Maharaj 4 0 36 2 0 0 9.00   South Africa 2nd Inning     Batting   R B 4s 6s SR   Ryan Rickelton b Arshdeep Singh 20 15 2 1 133.33   Reeza Hendricks st Samson b Varun 21 13 4 0 161.53   Aiden Markram (c) c Ramandeep Singh b Varun 29 18 0 2 161.11   Tristan Stubbs lbw b Patel 12 12 2 0 100.00   Heinrich Klaasen (w) c Tilak Varma b Arshdeep Singh 41 22 1 4 186.36   David Miller c Patel b Pandya 18 18 1 1 100.00   Marco Jansen lbw b Arshdeep Singh 54 17 4 5 317.64   Gerald Coetzee not out 2 3 0 0 66.66   Andile Simelane not out 5 2 1 0 250.00   Keshav Maharaj               Lutho Sipamla                               Extras (lb 5, w 1) 6           Total (20.0 overs) 208/7 RR: 10.40   India       Bowling O M R W NB WB Eco   Arshdeep Singh 4 0 37 3 0 0 9.25   Hardik Pandya 4 0 50 1 0 1 12.50   Axar Patel 4 0 29 1 0 0 7.25   Varun Chakravarthy 4 0 54 2 0 0 13.50   Ravi Bishnoi 4 0 33 0 0 0 8.25