This lethal bowler became a hero for Team India in the last over, defeated Africa in a thrilling match
Arshdeep Singh
India vs South Africa 3rd T20: The Indian team defeated South Africa by 11 runs in the third T20 match and took a 2-1 lead in the series. The batsmen performed very well for Team India in the match. Tilak Verma scored an excellent century, while Arshdeep Singh bowled well in the death overs. South Africa needed 25 runs in the last over to win. But Arshdeep bowled patiently and gave only 13 runs and also took the wicket of Marco Janson who was batting well. After this wicket, South Africa’s defeat was almost certain. He gave only two runs in the last two balls and in the end the victory went to India.
Tilak Verma scored his first century in T20I
The Indian team had a very bad start in the second T20 match against South Africa. When Sanju Samson returned to the pavilion without opening the account. After this Abhishek Sharma and Tilak Verma took the responsibility of scoring runs. Tilak scored 107 runs in 56 balls, which included 8 fours and 7 sixes. Abhishek contributed 50 runs. Captain Suryakumar Yadav once again flopped and could score only one run. Hardik Pandya scored 18 runs and Ramandeep Singh scored 15 runs. It is because of these players that the Indian team was successful in scoring 219 runs. Keshav Maharaj took two wickets for Africa.
Marco Yanson scored a half century
Apart from Heinrich Klaasen, the South African batsmen made good starts but could not convert them into big innings. Opener Ryan Rickelton scored 20 runs and Reeza Hendricks scored 21 runs. Captain Aiden McCram after a good start once again returned to the pavilion and could score only 29 runs. Marque Yanson played an inning of 54 runs. Klaasen contributed 41 runs. But the African team fell 11 runs short of the target and could score only 208 runs in 20 overs.
Arshdeep’s strong bowling in death overs
Arshdeep Singh bowled amazingly for India in the match. He took 3 wickets in four overs. Arshdeep had given only 8 runs in the 18th over and then he also took the wicket of Heinrich Klaasen, who was batting brilliantly, which was very important for India at that time. After this, he gave 13 runs in the 20th over and sent Marco Janson to the pavilion. Varun Chakraborty took 2 wickets in his name. Hardik Pandya and Akshar Patel took one wicket each.
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