SA vs IND Ball by Ball Commentary

OUT! CAUGHT! A maiden T20I wicket for Ramandeep Singh and what a way to wrap up the game from India! Singh takes pace off and pitches the ball up a bit around off. Lutho Sipamla looks to heave across the line but is early in the shot and ends up slicing it high around backward point. Axar Patel takes a simple catch there and South Africa are bundled out for 148 runs. India win by 135 runs and take the series 3-1 as well!

Good length around off, Lutho Sipamla opens the bat face and pushes it away through covers for a couple of runs.

FOUR! Full and at the stumps, Marco Jansen gets down on one knee and sweeps it hard and flat past square leg for a boundary.

Bowled short over off and turning away, Jansen looks to cut but misses.

Well, that seemed like a prank almost! Held back on a length and angled in from outside off, Marco Jansen goes for the reverse sweep but ends up dabbing it down into the pitch and one bounce into the hands of Suryakumar Yadav at first slip. Sanju Samson goes up in appeal and the umpires, surprisingly do go upstairs to check whether that came right off the boot or not. The replays show that it was far away from the boot.

Flatter one, angled in with the arm towards the pads, tucked away past square leg for a single.

Beaten! Fired in quick and full outside off, Lutho Sipamla looks to cut off the back foot but misses.

OUT! TAKEN! Top catch from Tilak Varma. Axar Patel tosses the ball up on off stump, Keshav Maharaj makes room and lifts it over wide mid off. Varma comes charging in from the deep and dives in to his left to take a fine catch with both hands. India just a wicket away now from sealing the game and the series.

Swing and a miss! Full and quick, pushed wide outside off, Marco Jansen looks for the expansive drive but misses.

FOUR! Gets the placement correct. Slower one, dug in a bit at the body, Marco Jansen waits well and swings it away wide of deep square leg for a boundary.

Slower one, on a length and outside off, hit away wide of covers for one.

DROPPED! Ravi Bishnoi spills an easy chance and Ramandeep Singh has to wait for his maiden international wicket. Hard length around off, Keshav Maharaj stands tall and swings across the line but gets a top edge down to fine leg. Bishnoi there never settles under it and the ball ends up going through the hands and gets hit on the neck but thankfully, he is fine. Two taken! The physio has come out to have a look and it seems like Bishnoi's right ear is in pain but he is good to go.

Full and around off, Maharaj hangs back and chips it nicely over extra cover. Rinku Singh chases it down and flicks it back in to save a couple of runs.

Pitches it up full and angles it into the pads, Keshav Maharaj looks to flick but misses and gets hit on the pads.

In the air but in the gap as well! Flighted ball, full and outside off, Keshav Maharaj lofts it over the vacant cover region and picks up a single.

Tossed up around off, driven away straight to covers.

Appeal for stumping and it is sent upstairs! Nicely flighted, a bit full and around off, Keshav Maharaj leans forward to drive but is beaten and Sanju Samson dislodges the bails. The third umpire checks the replays and sees that Maharaj's back leg never left the crease. NOT OUT!

OUT! CAUGHT! Axar Patel gets into the wickets column on his third delivery and Gerald Coetzee has to depart here. Axar Patel bowls this one into the pitch and keeps it around off, Coetzee makes room to go big but ends up miscuing it right up and just behind the stumps. The keeper, Sanju Samson takes a simple catch and South Africa are now 8 down.

Flatter and around off, cut away in front of point for no run.

Axar comes into the attack now and starts off with a fullish delivery from around the wicket. This is pushed out on the off side.

SIX! Wow, that was almost a no-look shot from Marco Jansen. Floated up outside off, fuller too, Jansen sits down and swats the ball a mile over deep mid-wicket for another biggie.

Bowled into the pitch a bit and angled well into the pads from over the wicket. Marco Jansen swings across the line but misses.

SIX! Around the wicket, tossed up on the pads, Marco Jansen gets inside the line and flicks it over deep fine leg for a biggie.

Too full and around off, punched away down to long off for a single.

Fired in at the stumps, a tad full as well, Gerald Coetzee is late on the shot and gets an inside edge on the pads.

Flatter through the air and outside off, swung away off the inner half of the bat through square leg for one.

FOUR! Off the outside edge! Outside off. Coetzee slashes, it goes off the outside edge past the slip fielder and it races away.

SIX! Just over! On middle. This is hit over mid-wicket. The connection is good and it goes all the way.

On middle. This is swept through mid-wicket for one.

On off. This is pushed down to long off for one.

OUT! Taken! Varun has another one! On middle. Simelane looks to slog sweep. It goes off the top edge towards short fine leg. It is taken by Ravi Bishnoi.

On middle. This is worked to mid-wicket.

SIX! This time he connects. On middle. He slams it over mid-wicket. It goes all the way.

Around off. This is pushed past cover for one.

Down the leg side. Andile looks to sweep but misses.

On middle. The sweep comes out. It goes through mid-wicket for one.

On off. This is pushed down to long off for one.

OUT! LBW! Given but reviews! Looks out! It is out! On middle. Stubbs looks to sweep but misses. He's hit on the pads. He's hit right in front. That's out. Could have gone either way! It is clipping the top of middle.

OUT! Taken! Miller falls. Varun gets his revenge! On middle. This is lofted down to long on. It is taken safely by Tilak Varma.

SIX! That's massive! On middle. The slog sweep is out again and it sails over the mid-wicket fence for a biggie.

Very wide outside off. Left alone.

Shortish and outside off. Miller chips it behind for no run.

FOUR! Hammered! A little too full and this is thumped down the ground to the long off fence.

SIX! That's massive! On middle. This is slog swept over the mid-wicket fence for a 104-meter behemoth.

Fuller and outside off. This is driven to cover for one.

Outside off. This is guided past point. Three taken.

On middle. This is pulled through mid-wicket for one.

Shorter and outside off. Miller looks to cut but misses.

The googly, this turns away. Miller is beaten as he looks to defend.

Around off. This is guided to point for one.!

On off. Stubbs looks to cut but gets an inside edge towards short fine leg.

A dot to finish with the changed ball. Flighted up, fuller and outside off, David Miller looks to reverse it fine but misses and the keeper spills the ball as well.

SIX! Finally, David Miller gets one right off the screws and that's gone out of the ground. Tossed up right in the slot on off, Miller clears the front leg and clobbers the ball a long way over deep mid-wicket for a biggie. New ball, please!

On the shorter side around middle, Stubbs rocks back and pulls it flat and on the bounce to long on for one more.

Quicker one around off, sliding back on quite a bit, Tristan Stubbs backs away and cuts it off the stumps straight to backward point.

Full again and around off, right on the money, Miller heaves it down to long on for one and punches his bat in frustration.

Bowls it well full and in the blockhole around off, Stubbs clears the front leg but can't get under it and drives it down to long off for a single.

Good length around off, swinging away, Stubbs lifts it down to wide long off and picks up a single.

SIX! 20 off the over with one ball to go, finally something to cheer for the home crowd. Dug in a bit short and angled into the body, Stubbs hangs back and picks it up off the hips, flicking it high over deep backward square leg for another biggie.

WIDE! Pitches it up on the pads but this one slides down the leg side for a wide.

SIX! The first one of the chase! Too short and outside off, Tristan Stubbs fetches the ball and flat-bats it well in front of deep mid-wicket for a biggie.

FOUR! Too full and angled into the pads, Stubbs picks it up and whips it down to fine leg for a boundary. The 50 is finally up for South Africa.

WIDE! Full and wide outside off, Tristan Stubbs sets up for the big heave but is well beaten by the away movement. Wide called.

Bowled into the pitch and hard over middle, Miller steps out and shanks the pull wide of long on for one more.

Slower ball, floated up on a shorter length on off, begging to be put away but this is swatted away straight to deep mid-wicket for just a single.

Fuller in length and Miller brings out the reverse but hits it straight to the fielder at short third.

Quick and flat on off, Tristan Stubbs goes hard at it but gets an inside edge past leg stump for just a single.

Didn't pick that one at all! Expecting the googly but this is bowled full and outside off, turning away. Stubbs goes for the slog but misses.

Nagging length at the stumps, straightening down the line, Stubbs plays it off the back foot to mid0wicket.

Oh, just short! Around the wicket to the left-hander, bowled shorter and on off, David Miller gets bamboozled as he tries to fend off the back foot but gets a leading edge that falls short of the diving Ravi Bishnoi at short third. They get a single.

Starts off with a flatter one, bowled short on off, Tristan Stubbs backs away and pulls it down to deep mid-wicket for a run.

Full again and around middle, Tristan Stubbs advances and drives the ball to the left of long on for one more.

Keeps the length full and attacks the stumps, Miller pushes it back past the bowler for a quick single.

Oh, that almost cleaned Miller up! Floated up a touch fuller around off, David Miller doesn't get to the pitch and looks to just hit on the up but the ball swings in and beats the inside edge, zipping past the off stump.

FOUR! Gets that one through! Short and wide, almost too wide, Miller reaches for it and slaps it off the toe end of the bat through extra cover for a boundary.

WIDE! Good length on the pads, swinging down leg for a wide.

Dug into the pitch and pushed well across the off stump, Stubbs fetches the ball and toe-ends the pull down to long on for a single.

Ramandeep Singh comes on to bowl now and begins from over the wicket. This is bowled full and wide, Stubbs makes room and slashes it away wide of deep third for a couple of runs.

Overthrows! Pitched up on off, Stubbs lets the ball swing and bunts it down wide of covers for a quick single. The throw at the bowler's end is just wide and there's no one backing up. Stubbs goes for the second run but Rinku Singh fumbles the ball in the deep and eventually, they get 3 runs. South Africa 30/4 at the end of the Powerplay!

Swing and a miss! Hard length on off, seaming away from the right-hander, Tristan Stubbs steps out and swings across the line but only connects with thin air.

The inside edge saves Stubbs! Nagging length on off, this one nips back in and once again Stubbs is late on the block, gets an inside edge onto the back leg.

Pitched up on middle, seaming away, Miller tucks it away around the corner for a single.

Dug in a bit short on off, doesn't rise up high, David Miller looks to pull but ends up toe-ending it down towards mid on.

Still some swing on offer! Back of a length and around off, leaves the left-hander, David Miller looks to ease it away through point but misses.

FOUR! That's audacious! Plays the reverse sweep. Full toss outside off. He hits it over short third for a boundary.

FOUR! Off the leading edge! On off. Stubbs looks to flick against the angle. It goes over point for a boundary.

On the pads. Miller looks to flick but misses. It hits the pad. A leg bye taken.

Beaten! Length and on off. This lands and moves away. Miller is beaten as he tries to defend.

Around off. Shaping away. Left alone.

No hat-trick! Full and on middle. This is worked through mid-wicket for two.

On the stumps. This lands and moves away. Stubbs is beaten as he looks to defend.

Length and around off. Kept out.

On the pads. Miller misses the flick and is hit on the pads. It rolls on the off side. A leg bye taken.

Down the leg side. Wided.

Length and outside off. Left alone.

Two! Around off. This is pushed past cover for two.

Around off. This is pushed past cover for one.

OUT! LBW! Or is it? Klaasen reviews but that looks out. Three reds. Number 4 down. It's getting embarrassing for the hosts now! This lands around off and jags back in sharply. Klaasen looks to defend but misses and is hit on the pad. Singh on a hat trick now.

OUT! Taken! On the second attempt. It is all falling apart way too quickly for the hosts! On middle. A slower one. Markram looks to loft it down the ground. He's through the shot early. Hits it a mile up in the air and Bishnoi at cover latches on.

FOUR! First real shot of authority! They need a lot more of these! On middle. Fuller. This is lofted over mid-wicket and it races away.

This lands safe! Two more! Shortish and on middle. Markram looks to pull. It goes off the splice but lands ahead of mid-wicket. Two taken.

WIDE! Now the one that shapes away but it is well wide outside off. Markram throws his bat at it. He misses.

A lot of movement again! This lands on middle and jags back in. Markram looks to defend but gets an inside edge onto the pads.!

Fuller and on middle. Markram works it wide of mid-wicket for two.

Close but not close enough! A wicket-maiden though from Hardik Pandya and India are in total control here. Nagging length in the channel around off, this one keeps a shade low and angles back in. Tristan Stubbs gets pegged back looking to block but is beaten past the outside edge. Half a shout for caught behind but the keeper feels there is an edge on it and eventually the review is taken. UltraEdge shows that the ball went past the inside edge and there's no spike so it stays NOT OUT.

OUT! Edged and taken! Length and outside off. Rickelton looks to pull but this shapes away late. It tore off the top edge to the keeper. Both the openers back in the hut.

Back of a length and on off. Defended.

Fuller this time! Around off. This one shapes away. Ryan looks to go over mid off but misses.

Gets bat on ball this time! Around off. Length. This is guided to point.

Unplayable stuff! Length and around off. This lands and angles away. Ryan looks to push at it but is beaten.

That's a top class first over! Good length and on middle. This is worked to mid-wicket.

On middle. Good length. This is played back to the bowler.

Beaten! Length and outside it. Extra bounce. Markram pushes at it but is beaten.

OUT! Absolute beauty! The last one went away. This one comes back in. This lands around off and nips back in. Reeza looks to defend. It sneaks between bat and pad and hits the top of off. Early strike for India.

That's a beauty! Length and on middle. It shapes away late. Hendricks is beaten all ends up.

They're underway straightaway! Shorter and on off. This is guided to point for one.