South Africa vs India, 3rd T20I: Suryakumar thrashes century as India level T20I series 1-1

Suryakumar Yadav hit a dazzling century and Kuldeep Yadav took 5-17, as India levelled the T20I series against South Africa , beating the hosts by 106 runs, in the third and final Twenty20 international at the Wanderers Stadium on Thursday.

Suryakumar made 100 in a total of 201 for seven after India were sent in to bat.

The Indian captain thrashed eight sixes and seven fours in making his fourth T20 international century off 55 balls.

But Suryakumar was then caught at deep square leg and India lost three wickets, including a run-out, in the final over, bowled by Lizaad Williams.

They needed a scrambled two by Mohammed Siraj off the last ball to top 200 on an excellent batting pitch.

Suryakumar said at the toss that he was happy to accept the challenge of putting runs on the board and defending a total.

A partnership of 112 off 70 balls between Suryakumar and Yashasvi Jaiswal (60) provided the bulk of India's total.

Suryakumar went out to bat after left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj took two wickets off successive balls in the third over.

He was relatively subdued and took 23 balls to make his first 25 runs but then unleashed his full array of strokes, including hits for leg-side sixes off good length balls.

In reply, South Africa were bundled out for just 95 - Kuldeep Yadav 5-17 the star with the ball for India.

Match Summary and Stats

India: 201-7 (20)

Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Shubman Gill, 2.2 ov), 2-29 (Tilak Varma, 2.3 ov), 3-141 (Yashasvi Jaiswal, 13.6 ov), 4-188 (Rinku Singh, 18.3 ov), 5-194 (Suryakumar Yadav, 19.2 ov), 6-199 (Ravindra Jadeja, 19.4 ov), 7-199 (Jitesh Sharma, 19.5 ov)

 

South Africa: 95-10 (13.5)

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Matthew Breetzke-1.3 ov), 2-23 (Reeza Hendricks-3.2 ov), 3-42 (Heinrich Klaasen-5.4 ov), 4-42 (Aiden Markram-6.1 ov), 5-75 (Donovan Ferreira-9.6 ov), 6-82 (Andile Phehlukwayo-10.6 ov), 7-89 (Keshav Maharaj-11.6 ov), 8-94 (Nandre Burger-13.1 ov), 9-94 (Lizaad Williams-13.3 ov), 10-95 (David Miller-13.5 ov)

Result – India won by 106 runs

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Match Details

Date - 2023-12-14 15:00:00

Venue - The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Toss - South Africa elected to bowl

Umpires - Allahudien Paleker (South Africa), Bongani Jele (South Africa), Lubabalo Gcuma (South Africa TV)

Match Referee - Chris Broad (England)    

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