India vs South Africa 2024: India vs South Africa Match Preview, India vs South Africa 2024

3rd T20I • SuperSport Park • Centurion

India

219/6 (20)

South Africa

208/7 (20)

IND won by 11 runs

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Stats

Playing XI

Date & Time

13 Nov, 08:30 PM IST

Venue

SuperSport Park, Centurion

TV/Streaming

JioCinema

Match

3rd T20I,

India vs South Africa 2024

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Allahuddien Paleker(South Africa), Arno Jacobs(South Africa), Stephen Harris(South Africa, TV)

Referee

Andy Pycroft(Zimbabwe)

Toss

South Africa elected to bowl

Pitch Report

There was a big rain-storm that came through, hopefully it's gone for good. Sunshine is out. Pitch looks an absolute belter as it usually does at the SuperSport Park. Looks a little bit on the drier side. The spinners might enjoy a bit of action. Little bit of movement in the soil if you push it quite hard. In general, it's a belter for the batters. Teams love chasing here, teams chase big totals here. Not surprising if the team winning the toss opts to chase. Boundary sizes are pretty small - the ball tends to fly 10-15 degrees further. late 70s down the ground. 59 meters on one side 64 the other, reports Shaun Pollock and Ashwell Prince.

1st Innings

180Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

161.04Avg SR

2nd Innings

160Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

155.05Avg SR

Playing XILineups Out

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

4- 5

IND

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

South Africa

India

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Sanju Samson

IND . WK

107 Runs

2 Matches

Tristan Stubbs

SA . BAT

58 Runs

2 Matches

Tilak Varma

IND . BAT

53 Runs

2 Matches

Top Bowlers

Varun Chakravarthy

IND . BOWL

8 Wkts

2 Matches

Gerald Coetzee

SA . BOWL

4 Wkts

2 Matches

Ravi Bishnoi

IND . BOWL

4 Wkts

2 Matches

Playing XILineups Out

Fantasy Top Picks

Expert Team 1

S Samson

V Chakravarthy

Expert Team 2

S Yadav

A Markram

Venue Details

SuperSport Park, Centurion

1st Innings

180Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

161.04Avg SR

2nd Innings

160Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

155.05Avg SR

Toss winners opt to

29%Bat First Bowl First71%

Team Batting First

50%Wins Losses50%

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SA 131/8 (11)

WI 132/7 (10.3)

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4th T20I • Apr 16 • Pakistan tour of South Africa 2021

SA 144/10 (19.3)

PAK 149/7 (19.5)

PAK won by 3 wickets

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3rd T20I • Apr 14 • Pakistan tour of South Africa 2021

SA 203/5 (20)

PAK 205/1 (18)

PAK won by 9 wickets

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3rd T20I • Feb 16 • England tour of South Africa

SA 222/6 (20)

ENG 226/5 (19.1)

ENG won by 5 wickets

2nd T20I • Mar 22 • Sri Lanka tour of South Africa

SA 180/3 (20)

SL 164/9 (20)

SA won by 16 runs

3rd T20I • Feb 6 • Pakistan tour of South Africa

SA 141/9 (20)

PAK 168/9 (20)

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2nd T20I • Feb 21 • India tour of South Africa

SA 189/4 (18.4)

IND 188/4 (20)

SA won by 6 wickets

1st T20I • Jan 20 • Sri Lanka tour of South Africa

SA 126/5 (10)

SL 107/6 (10)

SA won by 19 runs

Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

South Africa

India

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

4- 5

IND

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

141

Average Score

157

185/9

Highest Score

297/6

60/1

Lowest Score

81/3

Player of the Match Tilak Varma

107(56)

Player of the Series Tilak Varma

IND

Info

India

219/6 (20)

Batters

Sanju Samson

0.00

b M Jansen

Abhishek Sharma

200.00

st H Klaasen b K Maharaj

Tilak Varma

107

191.07

Not out

Suryakumar Yadav

(C)

25.00

c M Jansen b A Simelane

Hardik Pandya

112.50

lbw b K Maharaj

Rinku Singh

61.54

b A Simelane

Ramandeep Singh

250.00

runout (H Klaasen)

Axar Patel

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 6, NB: 3, W: 10)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 10.95)

219/6

Did not Bat

Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakravarthy

Bowlers

EXT

7.00

17.00

11.25

11.33

9.50

9.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Sanju Samson

b M Jansen

1-0

0.2

Abhishek Sharma

st H Klaasen b K Maharaj

2-107

8.4

Suryakumar Yadav

c M Jansen b A Simelane

3-110

9.4

Hardik Pandya

lbw b K Maharaj

4-132

12.5

Rinku Singh

b A Simelane

5-190

17.5

Ramandeep Singh

runout (H Klaasen)

6-218

19.5

South Africa

208/7 (20)

Batters

Ryan Rickelton

133.33

b A Singh

Reeza Hendricks

161.54

st S Samson b V Chakravarthy

Aiden Markram

(C)

161.11

c R Singh b V Chakravarthy

Tristan Stubbs

100.00

lbw b A Patel

Heinrich Klaasen

186.36

c T Varma b A Singh

David Miller

100.00

c A Patel b H Pandya

Marco Jansen

317.65

lbw b A Singh

Gerald Coetzee *

66.67

Not out

Andile Simelane

250.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 5, NB: 0, W: 1)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 10.4)

208/7

Did not Bat

Keshav Maharaj, Lutho Sipamla

Bowlers

EXT

9.25

12.50

7.25

13.50

8.25

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Ryan Rickelton

b A Singh

1-27

2.6

Reeza Hendricks

st S Samson b V Chakravarthy

2-47

5.3

Tristan Stubbs

lbw b A Patel

3-68

8.5

Aiden Markram

c R Singh b V Chakravarthy

4-84

9.6

David Miller

c A Patel b H Pandya

5-142

15.5

Heinrich Klaasen

c T Varma b A Singh

6-167

17.4

Marco Jansen

lbw b A Singh

7-202

19.3

Match Info

Date & Time

13 Nov, 08:30 PM IST

Venue

SuperSport Park, Centurion

TV/Streaming

JioCinema

Match

3rd T20I,

India vs South Africa 2024

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Allahuddien Paleker(South Africa), Arno Jacobs(South Africa), Stephen Harris(South Africa, TV)

Referee

Andy Pycroft(Zimbabwe)

Toss

South Africa elected to bowl

1 3 0 2 6 6

Over 17

Runs: 18

1 4 1 W 1 1

Over 18

Runs: 8

4 6 4 2 6 4

Over 19

Runs: 26

1lb 6 W 4 1 1

Over 20

Runs: 13

All Overs

Player of the Match Tilak Varma

107(56)

Player of the Series Tilak Varma

Commentary

So that's all we have for you from this high-scoring, thrilling third T20 International between these two sides. Riding on Abhishek Sharma's blitz at the top of the order, followed by Tilak Varma's maiden hundred in India colours and a handy cameo from Ramandeep Singh, India put up a total that is good enough on most days and on most decks. Heinrich Klaasen and Marco Jansen almost helped the Proteas pull off a heist, but the hosts had too much to do - this Indian bowling attack proved to be too good for them eventually. The best South Africa can do from here is level the series - they'll be looking to do just that when the two teams meet at the Wanderers on Friday. Join us right here on Sportskeeda for our coverage of that, and keep an eye on our page for a whole lot more! This is Rajarshi Das, signing off on behalf of Arya Sekhar Chakraborty. Good night!

Suryakumar Yadav, India captain: Very happy. We came out and played the brand of cricket we spoke about in the team meeting yesterday. The way they practice in the nets and play for the franchise, they need to do the same thing here and that's what they're doing. Really happy, the way they are clear in their mind and thoughts. They miss out at times, but the way they back themselves and their skills, very happy with that. Aggression and intent - it's not always about it all the time, even if you take that single first ball that counts as aggression too. It's made my job easier watching them bat like this from the dugout. The energy and intent from everyone, the way the boys were running on the field are notable, this is the first time I think we were six-seven minutes ahead when we were fielding. That's a collective thing we do on the field. I remember in Gqeberha he (Tilak) said give me that opportunity to bat at three, let me express myself. I said to him it was his day and to enjoy himself. The way he showed his skills was completely out of the box, I knew what he's capable of doing, very happy for him. He is batting at three going forward, he asked for it and delivered. He comes from that franchise where he gets to express himself on the field. Good to see him explore all his options.

Aiden Markram, South Africa captain: Proud to get that close with some special contributions from the top and middle order. Lot to take away from that, was a game of really small margins. Couple of key moments here and there, can tidy up on a couple of things at Joburg. Just about execution, don't go for boundaries with the ball. With the bat as well, get a bigger partnership, inject some momentum and the rest of the batters chip in. 220 is tough to chase at any day, we got nice and close at the end. Almost like an over-by-over game between bat and ball, winning more overs helps you stand a chance. Thought it was incredible with how Jansen got it close. We need to address areas where we can be better, take confidence from the good areas, batters got a bit of momentum tonight, bowlers executed their plans. We go again on Friday.

Tilak Varma is the Player of the Match, here is what he had to say: Yeah I am okay. It was just coming on the light so was a difficult catch but I am happy we have won it. I couldn't imagine that I achieved a hundred for the team. Under pressure, it was a good knock I feel. All credit to captain goes to captain Suryakumar Yadav. Before the game he said that I am capable of batting at No 3 and he will shift to No 4. I just wanted to express myself and back my basics. Whenever I was under pressure, I just kept following the basics. Wicket was slightly two paced at the start so it wasn't easy for the new batter after Abhishek got out. I just waited for one partnership. It worked well in the end and I am happy. I always believe in my basics. If you see the team management backs all the players. The positive approach has come from the management and the captain which has allowed me to express myself.

Match summary:

India win by 11 runs

Tilak Varma 107*(56) | Arshdeep Singh 3/37 (4)
Marco Jansen 54 (17)) | Andile Simelane 2/34 (3)

An invasion of flying ants delayed proceeedings at the start of the chase. Arshdeep Singh and Hardik Pandya played their part in keeping the runs under check in the powerplay, containing the opening duo of Ryan Rickelton and Reeza Hendricks. Having been beaten on numerous occasions, the latter looked to break free against Arshdeep Singh in the 3rd over, dispatching a short ball over deep square, but fell the next ball.

Pandya delivered another quiet over after that, maintaining the squeeze on the hosts. Varun Chakravarthy was then brought on, and he was in among the wickets straight away, deceiving Hendricks with a flatter length. Chakravarthy and Axar Patel kept a check on the runs over the course of the middle overs, Tristan Stubbs tried his best to throw them off their lengths, but perished trying to reverse-sweep the left-arm spinner.

Having struggled throughout the powerplay and beyond, Aiden Markram got hold of a couple of Chakravarthy in the 10th over, cleared the ropes and began showing signs of promise. That was cut short once he slapped the final delivery of the same over down the throat of Ramandeep Singh at mid-wicket. South Africa still had Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller in the middle, but the latter couldn't get bat on ball well enough to help his team's cause.

Klaasen, though, was always going to pose a threat, particularly against spin. Varun Chakravarthy looked helpless in his final over as Klaasen rocked back and obliterated his length deliveries, dispatching them deep into the stands at long-on. 23 came off the 14th, but South Africa still had a lot to do. Jansen got in on the act after Miller's departure in the 16th over, but the Proteas were dealt with a body blow when Arshdeep Singh accounted for Klaasen by going wide of the South African wicket-keeper batter.

The Proteas were still in with a chance - Marco Jansen provided them with a glimmer of hope with an exhibition of tremendous ball-striking against Hardik Pandya in the penultimate over. Twenty-six runs came off it, South Africa were in need of 25 in the final over against Arshdeep, but the left-armer held his nerve, even after conceding a six off his second delivery. He did for Jansen with one that tailed away from the all-rounder, and that pretty much was the game. Presentations to follow...

9:13 P.M. Local Time, 12:43 P.M. IST: Arshdeep Singh bails India out of trouble! He was under the pump after the first couple of deliveries, but he held his nerve, kept it full and straight, and India will have a 2-1 lead going into the final game!

overs

208 /7 score

1lb

runs

Gerald Coetzee *

2 (3)

Andile Simelane

5 (2)

Arshdeep Singh

3 /37

19.6 Arshdeep Singh to Gerald Coetzee, India win by 11 runs and take an unbeatable 2-1 lead in the 4 match series. Pace-on delivery on a fuller-length a shade outside off, clofted down the ground towards long-on.

19.5 Arshdeep Singh to Andile Simelane, fuller-length around middle coming from around the wicket, swung away towards the deep midwicket region for a single.

19.4 Arshdeep Singh to Andile Simelane, FOUR! Simelane gets under way with a boundary but India has sealed the match if there is no wide or no ball here. A low full toss a shade outside off, sliced away aerially over the cover fielder, valiant effort from Tilak Varma in the deep but skips away to the fence.

Andile Simelane, RHB, strides to the middle

This seemed to pitch just outside the line of leg stump initially. Ball-tracking says otherwise - Jansen departs having played a truly heroic knock, we'll have a new batter on strike now, and... surely, surely that might be the game for South Africa?

19.3 Arshdeep Singh to Marco Jansen, WICKET! That looked pretty adjacent to the naked eye and yet again the review has been taken. The only question is whether it was pitching outside line, looked like pitching in line to be honest.

A pace-on delivery rapping into the pads of Jansen as he tried to work it towards the on side. Arshdeep was right, the ball was indeed pitching in line and would have rattled middle and off.

Incredible! Simply incredible from Marco Jansen - Arshdeep tries the wide yorker, ends up being a half-volley for the all-rounder. A half-century off 16 deliveries for Marco Jansen! Tilak Varma banged the back of his head trying to take a catch - he's undergoing a concussion check.

19.2 Arshdeep Singh to Marco Jansen, SIX! Tilak Varma seems to have done a bit of a damage while landing. What an exquisite shot from Jansen. On a fuller-length a shade outside off, Jansen opens the bat face and the ball pinned off his bat, bursts through the hands of Tilak and clears the fence. A 16 ball fifty for Marco Jansen.

Matter of margins! Right then - here's the contest to decide the game.

19.1 Arshdeep Singh to Gerald Coetzee, that looked pretty much leg sidish but SKY has taken the review. Maybe worth it at this stage of the game. That was a pace-on low full toss and Coetzee misses out on the swipe across the line, it was very very close, the impact remains umpire's call which saves Coetzee. 24 needed off 5 now.

Now then! Who saw this coming? Marco Jansen has been prolific with the bat at times in the SA20, slamming a quickfire knock or two at times, but this might well be his best batting performance so far. South Africa need 25 off the final over... Jansen's off-strike, Arshdeep has to deliver another tight over - a fairly decent one will help India clinch this game.

overs

195 /6 score

runs

Marco Jansen *

48 (15)

Gerald Coetzee

1 (1)

Hardik Pandya

1 /50

18.6 Hardik Pandya to Marco Jansen, FOUR! Wow wow, the game is not over yet folks. Short of a length delivery around the chest height, Jansen goes for the pull and the top edge flies over the keeper's head, skips away to the long-leg fence.

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