IND vs SA / India beat South Africa by 135 runs, won the series 3-1, Tilak-Samson scored centuries

India defeated South Africa by 135 runs in the fourth T20 and won the series 3-1. Batting first, India scored 283 runs, which is the highest score in T20 against South Africa. Sanju Samson and Tilak Verma scored centuries, while Arshdeep Singh took 3 wickets.

Vikrant Shekhawat : Nov 16, 2024, 12:32 AM

IND vs SA: India defeated South Africa by a huge margin of 135 runs in the fourth T20. This is South Africa's biggest defeat in T20. Tilak Verma and Sanju Samson from India scored centuries to take the score to 283 runs. This was also the highest T20 score against South Africa.

Facing a big target, the home team was all out for 148 runs in 18.2 overs. Tristan Stubbs scored 43, David Miller 36 and Marco Jansen 29 runs from the team. Arshdeep Singh took 3 and Varun Chakraborty 2 wickets from India. By winning the fourth T20, India also won the series 3-1.

India captured the series

After the brilliant innings of Sanju Samson and Tilak Verma, India defeated South Africa by 135 runs in the fourth T20 match due to the strong performance of the bowlers led by Arshdeep Singh. In this way, India won this four match series 3-1. India won the toss and batted first and scored 283 runs for the loss of one wicket in 20 overs. In reply, South Africa's entire team was all out for 148 runs in 18.2 overs.

India made a huge score

With the help of brilliant centuries from Sanju Samson and Tilak Verma, India has set a target of 284 runs for South Africa to win the fourth T20 match. India won the toss and decided to bat first in this match and Samson and Tilak troubled the South African bowlers a lot with their stormy batting. India scored 283 runs for the loss of one wicket in 20 overs on the basis of a 210-run partnership in 86 balls for the second wicket between these two batsmen. This is the second highest total in T20 international history.

Samson, who could not even open his account in the last two matches, scored a century once again, while Tilak scored a century for the second consecutive match. Tilak scored an unbeaten 120 off 47 balls with the help of nine fours and 10 sixes and Samson scored an unbeaten 109 off 56 balls with the help of six fours and nine sixes. Samson and Tilak also made the biggest partnership for India in T20. Apart from Samson and Tilak, Abhishek Sharma scored 36 runs in 18 balls with the help of two fours and four sixes. Lutho Sipamla took the only wicket for South Africa.

For the first time for India, 2 batsmen scored centuries together in a T20I match

This is the first time for the Indian team that two Indian batsmen have scored centuries in a T20 International match. This was not seen before. Abhishek Sharma came out to open with Sanju Samson against Africa. Abhishek also scored runs in a rapid manner. But he was out on a score of 36 runs. After this, Tilak Verma came out to bat at number three. He then batted with Sanju in such a way that it is history in itself. Tilak scored 120 runs and Sanju scored 109 runs.

West Indies record broken

By scoring 283 runs, the Indian team has become the team to score the highest score in T20 International against South Africa. Before the Indian team, no team was able to score such a big score against Africa. India has broken the record of West Indies, which it made in the year 2023. The Windies team had scored 258 runs in T20I against Africa in the year 2023.

Apart from this, the Indian team has made its second highest score in T20 International. Earlier, India had scored 297 runs in a T20I match against Bangladesh in the year 2024 itself. Then Team India missed out on scoring 300 runs.

Team India's highest scores in T20I: