IND vs SA / India defeated South Africa by 11 runs in a thrilling match, Tilak scored a century

IND vs SA: India defeated South Africa by 11 runs in the third T20. South Africa won the toss and chose to bowl at the Supersport Park Stadium in Centurion. India scored 219 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. Tilak Verma scored 107 and Abhishek Sharma scored 50 runs.

Facing a target of 220 runs, South Africa scored 208 runs for the loss of 7 wickets. Marco Jansen from the team scored a fifty in 16 balls. He was out after scoring 54 runs, but could not make the team win. India is now ahead 2-1 in the 4 T20 series. The last match will be played in Johannesburg tomorrow.

India won

The Indian team defeated South Africa by 11 runs in a thrilling match and took a 2-1 lead in the four-match T20 series. India had scored 219 runs for the loss of six wickets in 20 overs with the help of Tilak Verma's century. In response, South Africa could only score 208 runs for seven wickets in the stipulated overs and had to face defeat.

South Africa got a target of 220 runs

The Indian team set a target of 220 runs in front of South Africa in the third T20 match on the basis of Tilak Verma's century of 107 runs and Abhishek Sharma's half-century. South Africa won the toss and invited India to bat first. India scored 219 runs for six wickets in 20 overs. Tilak scored his first century of his T20 international career for India, due to which the Indian team was successful in crossing the 200-run mark. Andile Simlane and Keshav Maharaj took two wickets each for South Africa, while Marco Jansen got one wicket.

This is the eighth time this year that India has scored more than 200 in T20. The Indian team has become the first team to score 200+ the most number of times in the shortest format of the game in a calendar year. He left behind Birmingham Bears and Japan in this matter. Birmingham Bears have scored more than 200 in T20 seven times in 2022, while Japan has scored more than 200 seven times in T20 this year. India had scored more than 200 a total of seven times in T20 last year.

Batting first, India did not have a good start and lost the wicket of Sanju Samson in the opening over itself. Samson was dismissed without opening the account for the second match in a row. However, Abhishek and Tilak then took charge of the innings and both the batsmen shared a 107-run partnership for the second wicket. Abhishek was dismissed after scoring 50 runs off 25 balls after scoring a half-century. After Abhishek was dismissed, Tilak continued his innings and first scored a half-century and then also managed to score a century.

Tilak returned to the pavilion unbeaten after scoring 107 runs off 56 balls with the help of eight fours and seven sixes. For India, captain Suryakumar Yadav contributed one run, Hardik Pandya contributed 18 runs, Rinku Singh contributed eight runs and Ramandeep Singh contributed 15 runs. At the same time, Akshar Patel returned unbeaten after scoring one run.