IND vs SA: On the basis of Sanju Samson and Tilak Verma's brilliant T20 centuries, India defeated South Africa by 135 runs in the last T20 match and won the series 3-1. Arshdeep Singh troubled the African batsmen a lot by taking 3 wickets.
IND vs SA: Arshdeep Singh celebrates wicket
IND vs SA: Team India has captured the 4-match T20 series 3-1 by defeating South Africa by 135 runs in the last T20 match. The last match was one-sided for India from every side. Suryakumar Yadav's army, who came to bat first, gave South Africa a target of 284 runs on the basis of centuries from Sanju Samson and Tilak Verma . But the Rainbow Nation team collapsed on a score of 148 on their own soil in 18.2 overs. Indian bowlers also performed brilliantly. Arshdeep Singh took the maximum 3 wickets. He shook the top order of South Africa. Earlier in the T20 match, India defeated South Africa in the final of the T20 World Cup 2024. Then the team led by Rohit Sharma snatched victory from South Africa.
IND vs SA: Two batsmen scored centuries in one match
This game of Team India will be counted among the best performances till date. In a T20 match, two batsmen of India not only scored centuries but also made a record partnership of 210 runs. Before this, such a partnership was not seen from India in T20I for any wicket. Opener Sanju Samson and Tilak Verma , who came at number three, scored brilliant centuries. Both of them scored unbeaten centuries and also made an unbeaten partnership of 210 runs. Together, both of them thrashed the South African bowlers. The bowlers of the host team kept yearning for wickets.
IND vs SA: Indian bowlers also took advantage of the opportunity
South Africa had not even recovered from the attack of the batsmen when the bowlers launched a fierce attack. Arshdeep gave 3 early blows to the team chasing the target of 284 runs and at one point South Africa's score became 10/4 on their home ground. After that Tristan Stubbs and David Miller took the responsibility of taking the team's score forward, but South Africa lost its fifth wicket at the score of 96. Miller was dismissed by Varun Chakraborty in the 12th over.
Hardik Pandya celebrates with teammates after the dismissal of South Africa's Ryan Rickelton
IND vs SA: South Africa's biggest defeat in terms of runs
Overall, South Africa has suffered its biggest defeat in terms of runs in T20. India defeated South Africa by 135 runs. Earlier in 2023, this team had to face defeat by 111 runs against Australia in Durban. This is also India's biggest T20 win on foreign soil and full credit for this is being given to Suryakumar Yadav. Surya used the young players very wisely and registered the biggest win in the Rainbow Nation with a B team.
