SA Vs IND, 4th T20I HIGHLIGHTS: India Beat South Africa By 135 Runs
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India beat South Africa by 135 runs, as the hosts are bundled out for 148.
Gerald Coetzee's short cameo comes to an end, as Axar Patel strikes within his first 3 balls of the match.
Tristan Stubbs departs for 43, and South Africa are 96/6. Ravi Bishnoi gets his first wicket of the night.
After getting smahsed for few hits, the Indian spinner gets rid of the 'Killer-Miller', as the latter gets caught down the ground at the long-on region by Tilak Varma.
Finally the Proteas need less than 200 to win, as they are now 85/4 after 11.2 overs. David Miller smashes Varun Chakravarthy for a massive six (104m).
Arshdeep Singh is on a hat-trick. South Africa are staring at the barrel of a record defeat. The score is 10/4.
Aiden Markram continues his poor form, and Arshdeep Singh gets his second wicket of the night. Proteas are 10/3.
Hardik Pandya joins the party, as he sends Ryan Rickleton packing home. South Africa are 1/2 after 1.5 overs.
Reeza Hendricks... OH MAN, UNPLAYABLE! WHAT A BALL! Arshdeep Singh on fire. Reeza Hendricks departs for a duck.
South Africa need to chase 284 to win the match and level the series. It was a day that will be remembered for the Tilak Varma and Sanju Samson show.
WOW! JUST WOW! What a day to be an Indian Cricket Team fan... WHAT A DAY to be a fan of this sport. History created at Johannesburg.
The Indian wicket-keeper batsman joins an elite list of batters with 3 or more T20I tons.
India are 230/1 after 16 overs. Both the batters now sit less than 15 shy off their respective centuries. What a day for Indian Cricket, what an evening for Sanju Samson and Tilak Varma.
Tilak Varma reaches his third fifty in T20I's, and Aiden Markram concedes 22 runs off his second over.
Sanju Samson nears his third T20I century, and Tilak Varma is one shy off his fifty. Brilliant from Indian batters. South Africa are looking helpless out there.
Tilak Varma and Sanju Samson take India par the 150-score, as they are now 162/1 after 12 overs.
India are 129/1 after 10 overs, and look well-set to cross the 250-run mark.
Lutho Sipamla dismisses Abhishek Sharma on 36, as the Indian opener yet again throws away his wicket with a soft dismissal. India are 73/1 after 5.5 overs.
India are 68/0 after 5 overs, as Simelane gets smashed for 24 runs off his first over. Aiden Markram's bowling change completely backfires.
Over 4.2: Andile Simelane to Abhishek Sharma, SIX! There's no stopping that, into the crowd and there she goes...! Abhishek Sharma looks in dangerous touch today, alarming signs for Proteas.
Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma have already touched an opening stand of 50 in 4.1 overs, as South African bowlers are getting hammered.
A brilliant start from India, as Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma are scoring with a fine run rate.
Marco Jansen gives India a gift, as he bowls a wide that runs down to the boundary rope.
Over 1.2: Gerald Coetzee to Sanju Samson, SIX! Brilliant from the Indian opener. The wicket-keeper batsman launches the short ball over the mid-wicket region for the first maximum of the match.
Good start from Marco Jansen, as Sanju Samson survives two close-shaves.
Suryakumar Yadav ends his winless streak of losing tosses, and sends the hosts to bowl first.
Background
SA Vs IND, 4th T20I Live: Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the 4th T20I between South Africa and India at The Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. India are currently leading the series 2-1, as the Suryakumar Yadav-led side walk into the final T20I of the series with an unassailable lead.
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The Proteas, on the other hand, have endured a forgettable 2024. Barring from the near-successful ICC T20 World Cup 2024 campaign, the side have endured historical defeats in ODI’s to Afghanistan recently, and were outclassed by West Indies in the white-ball series.
India will be playing their final white-ball game of 2024, as the main team will be playing the all-elusive Border-Gavaskar Trophy series against Australia, and.
South Africa, on the other hand, will host Sri Lanka and Pakistan to end their 2024 cricketing action.
It has so far been a forgettable series for South Africa batters, as apart from Tristan Stubbs and Marco Janse, no other batter has managed to reach the half-century mark.
The Indian batters, on the other hand, have registered two tons, first by Sanju Samson, followed by Tilak Varma. The bowlers have also done pretty well, as Varun Chakravarthy is the leading wicket-taker with 10 wickets in 3 matches, followed by Arshdeep Singh with 5 wickets.
IND vs SA T20Is Squads
India Squad: Sanju Samson(w), Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Axar Patel, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakaravarthy, Avesh Khan, Jitesh Sharma, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Ramandeep Singh, Yash Dayal.
South Africa Squad: Ryan Rickelton, Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram(c), Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen(w), David Miller, Andile Simelane, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Nqabayomzi Peter, Patrick Kruger, Mihlali Mpongwana, Donovan Ferreira, Ottneil Baartman, Lutho Sipamla.
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