South Africa Vs India 4th T20i 15 November 2024

4th T20I • The Wanderers Stadium • Johannesburg

India

283/1 (20)

South Africa

148 (18.2)

IND won by 135 runs

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Date & Time

15 Nov, 08:30 PM IST

Venue

The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Match

4th T20I,

India tour of South Africa

Umpires

Allahuddien Paleker (South Africa), Stephen Harris (South Africa), Lubabalo Gcuma (South Africa, TV)

Referee

Andy Pycroft (Zimbabwe)

Toss

India elected to bat

Pitch Report

It's been a slightly cooler day at Johannesburg compared to the last two weeks - 25 degrees high. 45 percent chance of rain. The game will be played at the center of the square - decent hit straight - 86 meters. 62 meters (leg-side) and 66 square (off-side for a right-hander). Bare surface usually, but there's a decent grass covering in between. No cracks to talk of, the ball will carry through nicely, and we're going to see a lot of pace and bounce. This one suits South Africa more - spinners have ruled the middle overs, pulled South Africa back. The kind of wicket where you go after a few and middle them, it'll put jitters among the bowlers, reports Natalie Germanos and Shaun Pollock.

1st Innings

174Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

146.76Avg SR

2nd Innings

147Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

142.94Avg SR

Weather Update

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

4- 6

IND

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

South Africa

India

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Tilak Varma

IND . BAT

160 Runs

3 Matches

Sanju Samson

IND . WK

107 Runs

3 Matches

Marco Jansen

SA . ALL

73 Runs

3 Matches

Top Bowlers

Varun Chakravarthy

IND . BOWL

10 Wkts

3 Matches

Arshdeep Singh

IND . BOWL

5 Wkts

3 Matches

Gerald Coetzee

SA . BOWL

4 Wkts

3 Matches

Player of the Match N. Tilak Varma

120(47)

Player of the Series N. Tilak Varma

IND

Info

India

283/1 (20)

Batters

Sanju Samson

109

194.64

Not out

Abhishek Sharma

200.00

c Klaasen b Sipamla

N. Tilak Varma

120

255.32

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 0, NB: 1, W: 17)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 14.15)

283/1

Did not Bat

Surya Kumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakaravarthy

Bowlers

EXT

Marco Jansen

10.50

Gerald Coetzee

14.33

Lutho Sipamla

14.50

Andile Simelane

15.67

Keshav Maharaj

14.00

Aiden Markram

15.00

Tristan Stubbs

21.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Abhishek Sharma

c Klaasen b Sipamla

1-73

5.5

South Africa

148/10 (18.2)

Batters

Ryan Rickelton

16.67

c Samson b Pandya

Reeza Hendricks

0.00

b Singh

Aiden Markram

100.00

c Bishnoi b Singh

Tristan Stubbs

148.28

lbw b Bishnoi

Heinrich Klaasen

0.00

lbw b Singh

David Miller

133.33

c Varma b Chakaravarthy

Marco Jansen

241.67

Not out

Andile Simelane

40.00

c Bishnoi b Chakaravarthy

Gerald Coetzee

150.00

c Samson b Patel

Keshav Maharaj

75.00

c Varma b Patel

Lutho Sipamla

75.00

c Patel b Singh

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 2, NB: 0, W: 6)

TOTAL

(18.2 Ov, RR: 8.07)

148/10

Bowlers

EXT

Arshdeep Singh

6.67

Hardik Pandya

2.67

Ramandeep Singh

3.2

12.60

Varun Chakaravarthy

10.50

Ravi Bishnoi

9.33

Axar Patel

3.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Reeza Hendricks

b Singh

1-1

0.3

Ryan Rickelton

c Samson b Pandya

2-1

1.5

Aiden Markram

c Bishnoi b Singh

3-10

2.5

Heinrich Klaasen

lbw b Singh

4-10

2.6

David Miller

c Varma b Chakaravarthy

5-96

11.6

Tristan Stubbs

lbw b Bishnoi

6-96

12.1

Andile Simelane

c Bishnoi b Chakaravarthy

7-105

13.2

Gerald Coetzee

c Samson b Patel

8-131

15.3

Keshav Maharaj

c Varma b Patel

9-141

17.1

Lutho Sipamla

c Patel b Singh

10-148

18.2

Match Info

Date & Time

15 Nov, 08:30 PM IST

Venue

The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Match

4th T20I,

India tour of South Africa

Umpires

Allahuddien Paleker (South Africa), Stephen Harris (South Africa), Lubabalo Gcuma (South Africa, TV)

Referee

Andy Pycroft (Zimbabwe)

Toss

India elected to bat

0 0 W 0 0 1

Over 16

Runs: 1

0 2 2 1 4 0

Over 17

Runs: 9

W 0 1 0 0 4

Over 18

Runs: 5

2 W

Over 19

Runs: 2

All Overs

Player of the Match N. Tilak Varma

120(47)

Player of the Series N. Tilak Varma

Commentary

That brings us to the end of our coverage for this series. It has been a pleasure to bring you all action. It is time for the duo of Darpan Tikiya and Rajarshi Das to sign off on the behalf of the entire team. Sayonara!

9:21pm local time [12:51am IST] - Suryakumar Yadav asks the trophy presenter to accompany him as he walks towards the team and the silverware is eventually handed over to Ramandeep Singh, who is standing in the middle of the group. The celebrations begin..!

Suryakumar Yadav [India Captain]: There is no secret to adapting to the situation. Our plans were very clear as soon a we landed at Durban. Today, coming here, we were 2-1 up in the series but we wanted to continue the good habits. It is very difficult for me to choose one good knock from the two centuries. But they both played really well. It was amazing to see the skills put on display by Sanju, Tilak and Abhishek. When we toured here last year, the ball did a bit more once the lights were turned on and the temperatures dropped. It gives a big boost when you win an ICC tournament. The way we won that (final).. I can't tell you what was going through our minds. It gave us a lot of confidence. Today is another day which will stay with me for a long time.

Aiden Markram [South Africa Captain]: It is quite hard, to be honest. Ultimately, we were outplayed in all facets of the game. We were fizzed up to level the series but it did not happen. Credit goes to them. They put us under pressure in both the innings from the start. Time for some honest reflections. We have bowled extras. You cannot bowl stump to stump in this format all the time. You try to bowl towards the wide line and in that you can end up bowling some of them. But we want to execute them better. I suppose as a team we will have a good reflection. We can stuck into some work and come back as better players with better skills. It is upto each individual. Everyone knows what they need to do. Hopefully, we can get to 2026 as a well rounded side. Marco Jansen was a definite positive in the series.

Tilak Varma has been adjudged Player Of The Match for his 47-ball 120... and he also is the Player Of The Series! Here's what he has to say: I want to tell the funniest thing - last year when I played here, I got out the first ball. Was thinking about it, wanted to use it to good effect. This innings was good for the team and the series. I just wanted to hold my shape and back myself, follow the basic like the last match. (On back-to-back hundreds) It's an unbelievable feeling, can't imagine it right now, that too in challenging conditions in South Africa. Grateful to the captain for giving me number 3. I was injured the last couple of months, I believed in my process and God. So when I got my hundred I celebrated that way.

Varun Chakravarthy has been adjudged Game Changer Of The Series for his 12 wickets! Here's what he has to say: The last two matches have been challenging because of the small boundaries, we try and execute what we plan. Even though a few sixes were hit, one missed shot can get us a wicket. We went with three spinners throughout the series and it worked. Me and Bishnoi set up a partnership and it is coming good. The best approach was to stay away from the arc, avoid bowling full balls. That worked for me.

Time for the presentation ceremony. Let us see what the captains have to say. Any guesses for the Player of the Series?

India win by 136 runs and take the series 3-1.

Tilak Varma 120* (47) | Arshdeep Singh 3/20 (3)
Tristan Stubbs 43 (29) | Lutho Sipamla 1/58 (4)

It is probably a night that Tilak Varma and Sanju Samson will tell their grandchildren about. There are one-sided victories and then there is this. It is hard to think of a box that India did not tick tonight. They won the toss and to say that "they made the most of the batting-friendly conditions while the sun was out" would be an understatement.

What we witnessed was nothing less than a demolition job. For a brief moment, it seemed as if Samson and Tilak were playing a video game on easy mode. Most of what they connected with travelled to the ropes. What did not, fell in no-man's land. Questions can certainly be asked of the bowling for they were nowhere near their best. But what the two batters dished out was mauling in the truest sense.

Both scored their second century of the series respectively and helped India pile on a mammoth 283/1 in 20 overs. The partnership between the two was of 210 runs in 93 balls and it remained unbeaten.

And then, as if someone changed the settings when the Proteas batters came out to the middle. Suddenly, the ball was zipping around under lights, evading the outside edge and SA could not buy a run. The new ball duo of Arshdeep and Hardik reduced them to 10/4.

Following this, there was hardly anything left in the match. Stubbs and Jansen got some runs to add to their career statistics and Miller briefly entertained crowd with his three strikes of over 100m. But the result, by then, was pretty much a foregone conclusion.

18.2 Ramandeep Singh to Lutho Sipamla, in the air... this might be it... THIS IS IT! India complete an absolute trouncing at the Wanderers, claiming the contest and series by a brobdingnagian 135-run margin! Ramandeep ends the series with his first international wicket, and he does so by deceiving Sipamla with a slow, full delivery just outside the line of off stump. Sipamla has a free swing at it, skews it up towards short third, and Axar Patel completes the formalities!

Lutho Sipamla c Axar Patel b Ramandeep Singh 3 (4b, 0x4, 0x6)

18.1 Ramandeep Singh to Lutho Sipamla, on a good length just outside the line of off. Sipamla stands tall and slices this towards the sweeper cover region. The batters collect a brace

Ramandeep Singh [3-0-40-0] will bowl out.

Well, the game will go into the next over. India need one good ball to wrap it up. SA need... well....138 runs in 12 balls.

overs

146 /9 score

runs

Marco Jansen *

29 (12)

Lutho Sipamla

1 (2)

Axar Patel

2 /6

17.6 Axar Patel to Marco Jansen, FOUR! Fired in full and straight this time, Jansen gets into a good position to sweep, middles the ball and finds a wide gap behind square

17.5 Axar Patel to Marco Jansen, length and straight, Jansen looks to slash it away, doesn't get hold of it

Axar is flabbergasted that the umpire's have send that one upstairs. But such was the vehemence of the appeal.

17.4 Axar Patel to Marco Jansen, appeal... was a bump ball, someone says. Fired in on a length around off, Jansen goes for a reverse sweep, the ball bobbles up, and first slip grabs it. We'll have an umpire review for this...

Ah yes. The ball just about missed Jansen's foot after taking the bottom half of the bat. Not out!

17.3 Axar Patel to Lutho Sipamla, fired in on a length, angled into the batter. Sipalma tucks this towards the mid-wicket region and sprints across to the other end

17.2 Axar Patel to Lutho Sipamla, fired in on a length outside off. Sipamla looked to cut, was beaten for pace

That brings no. 11 Lutho Sipamla, RHB, to the crease.

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