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Preview
On Thursday, December 14, at the New Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa will play India IND vs SA in the third Twenty20 International in the current three-match series. The series’ opening game was called off because of the weather.
South Africa chose to bowl after winning the toss in the second game. India scored just six runs off the first two wickets they lost. Tilak Varma and Suryakumar Yadav put up 49 runs for the third wicket before Varma was out for 29 runs off of 20 deliveries.
Rinku Singh and Suryakumar partnered for 70 runs for the fourth wicket in the midst of the bat. Including three sixes and five fours, Suryakumar scored 56 runs off of 36 deliveries. In Twenty20 Internationals, he became the quickest Indian batsman to reach 2000 runs. Rinku blasted two sixes and nine fours while scoring 68 runs off of 39 deliveries to stay undefeated. Before the rain stopped play in 19.3 overs, India had amassed 180 runs at a cost of seven wickets.
With three wickets for 32 runs in 3.3 overs, Gerald Coetzee was the Proteas’ most effective bowler. With the exception of Andile Phehlukwayo, each bowler took one wicket.
The game was shortened to 15 overs, and South Africa needed to win by chasing 152 runs. For the first wicket, Reeza Hendricks and Matthew Breetzke put up a strong partnership of 42 runs in just 2.5 overs. Breetzke was out after seven deliveries for sixteen runs. Hendricks and Aiden Markram partnered in the middle during the course of a second wicket partnership of 54 runs. In 13.5 overs, South Africa completed the target after losing three more wickets.
For 34 runs in three overs, Mukesh Kumar claimed two wickets. Kuldeep Yadav and Mohammed Siraj split the one wicket between them. The winner of Player of the Match went to Shamsi. In four overs, he conceded eighteen runs and removed Suryakumar from the game.
IND vs SA
Match Information
3rd T20I, Johannesburg, December 14, 2023, 08:30 PM
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India beat South Africa by 106 runs
Weather Report
The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Pitch Report
Team Form (Last 5 matches)
Players Stats in Series
![Dean Elgar](https://images.cricket.com/players/9793_headshot_safari.png)
Dean Elgar
SA
201 Runs
2 Matches
![Virat Kohli](https://images.cricket.com/players/3993_headshot_safari.png)
Virat Kohli
IND
172 Runs
2 Matches
![Aiden Markram](https://images.cricket.com/players/64219_headshot_safari.png)
113 Runs
2 Matches
![KL Rahul](https://images.cricket.com/players/60122_headshot_safari.png)
KL Rahul
IND
113 Runs
2 Matches
![Marco Jansen](https://images.cricket.com/players/69409_headshot_safari.png)
Marco Jansen
SA
95 Runs
2 Matches
![David Bedingham](https://images.cricket.com/players/63604_headshot_safari.png)
79 Runs
2 Matches
![Jasprit Bumrah](https://images.cricket.com/players/63755_headshot_safari.png)
Jasprit Bumrah
IND
12 Wkts
2 Matches
![Kagiso Rabada](https://images.cricket.com/players/63611_headshot_safari.png)
11 Wkts
2 Matches
![Nandre Burger](https://images.cricket.com/players/66195_headshot_safari.png)
11 Wkts
2 Matches
![Mohammed Siraj](https://images.cricket.com/players/65799_headshot_safari.png)
Mohammed Siraj
IND
9 Wkts
2 Matches
![Marco Jansen](https://images.cricket.com/players/69409_headshot_safari.png)
Marco Jansen
SA
5 Wkts
2 Matches
![Mukesh Kumar](https://images.cricket.com/players/65723_headshot_safari.png)
Mukesh Kumar
IND
4 Wkts
1 Match
![Dean Elgar](https://images.cricket.com/players/9793_headshot_safari.png)
Dean Elgar
SA
185 Runs
287 Balls Faced
![Aiden Markram](https://images.cricket.com/players/64219_headshot_safari.png)
106 Runs
103 Balls Faced
![KL Rahul](https://images.cricket.com/players/60122_headshot_safari.png)
KL Rahul
IND
101 Runs
137 Balls Faced
![Marco Jansen](https://images.cricket.com/players/69409_headshot_safari.png)
Marco Jansen
SA
84* Runs
147 Balls Faced
![Virat Kohli](https://images.cricket.com/players/3993_headshot_safari.png)
Virat Kohli
IND
76 Runs
82 Balls Faced
![David Bedingham](https://images.cricket.com/players/63604_headshot_safari.png)
56 Runs
87 Balls Faced
Probable Playing XI
Fantasy Sports Team
Injury and availability news
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