India vs South Africa Highlights, 3rd T20I: IND defeat SA by 7 wickets, take 2-1 lead

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd T20, IND vs SA: Stubbs (3*) and Markram (5*) will try to build a partnership now. But the Indian bowlers are charged up here!

SA - 11/3 (4)

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd T20, IND vs SA: GONE! INSIDE EDGED! RANA IS PUMPED! Rana pitches it up, Brevis goes for a drive, but inside edges it into his own stumps! OUT!

Brevis b Rana 2 (7)

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd T20, IND vs SA: South Africa look shaken here! They didn't expect De Kock to leave so early! Rana almost got Brevis (1*) in the final ball of this over, would have been two wickets in this over. Brevis hits it in the air, but it lands safely. He will look to rebuild with Markram (0*) now.

SA - 2/2 (2)

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd T20, IND vs SA: OUT! GIVEN! DE KOCK DOESN'T REVIEW!

Rana gets the big fish, De Kock is hit on the front pad! He sends it on length, and it beats De Kock, hitting him on the pad, lbw!

De Kock lbw b Rana 1 (3)

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd T20, IND vs SA: WHAT A DELIVERY!

He began the opening over with two outswinger and then the third one nips back in. It was on length, and around middle. It hits Hendricks' pads and India review! No bat involved, was hitting leg stump! LBW!

Hendricks lbw b Arshdeep 0 (3)

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd T20, IND vs SA: De Kock and Hendricks to open for SA, as they walk into the middle. Arshdeep to bowl the opening over with the new ball.

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd T20, IND vs SA: Axar is unavailable due to illness. Meanwhile, Bumrah has gone back home due to personal reasons. An update on him joining the squad for the remaining matches will be provided in due course.

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd T20, IND vs SA: IND - Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Jitesh Sharma(w), Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy

SA - Reeza Hendricks, Quinton de Kock(w), Aiden Markram(c), Dewald Brevis, Tristan Stubbs, Donovan Ferreira, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi, Ottneil Baartman

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd T20, IND vs SA: After winning the toss, IND skipper Suryakumar said, "We’re going to bowl first. It’s been a good wicket all weekend and I don’t think it’ll change much, but there is a little bit of dew already and we feel it might get heavier later on. So, we’re happy to bowl first. It’s a wonderful place, wonderful people, and a fantastic ground. Hopefully when we bat and bowl, we can give everyone some good entertainment. Every game is important. The way they played in the second game showed the beauty of this sport. What matters most is how you come back, and that’s what we want to do tonight, play our best game, enjoy ourselves, and be fearless. If we stay switched on for all three hours, that will be key for us. It looks like a good pitch. We’ve made two forced changes. Axar Patel misses out as he’s unwell, and Jasprit Bumrah misses out due to personal reasons back home. Harshit Rana comes in, and Kuldeep Yadav comes in."

Meanwhile, SA captain Markram said, "Very cold, it's a beautiful venue. It was a good response. It was nice to see that. Tonight it's important to perform. It's a challenge. We'll have to asses the condiitions up front. Hopefully we get a good score. We have played a couple of games here, the boys are pretty excited. We have three changes tonight."

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd T20, IND vs SA: India win toss and Suryakumar opts to bowl.

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd T20, IND vs SA: Both teams are gearing up before toss and the camera also shows Tilak inspecting the pitch.

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd T20, IND vs SA: Toss is scheduled for 6:30 PM folks! Meanwhile, the first innings will begin at 7:00 PM IST.

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd T20, IND vs SA: We could see another Bumrah vs Ferreira battle tonight! Bumrah had never been hit for four sixes in a single T20I inning. Ferreira smacked 17 off 6 vs Bumrah, the best strike rate for any batter vs the Indian pacer in a T20I, with six balls or more. He also smacked Bumrah for two sixes, the joint-highest for any batter in a single T20I.

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd T20, IND vs SA: SA's win vs IND in the 2nd T20I was huge as it was only India's third defeat out of 17 this year. It was also the first time India won the toss and lost since January. They had gone the whole last year with a single loss after winning toss.

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd T20, IND vs SA: Ngidi is only one wicket away from Kagiso Rabada and 13 behind SA's highest wicket-taker in T20Is, Shamsi. Ngidi has 76 T20I wickets.

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd T20, IND vs SA: Varun is only one wicket short of 50 T20I dismissals. Among cricketers from full member ICC teams, only Rashid, Kuldeep, Ajantha Mendis and Imran Tahir have 50 or more wickets at a better average than Varun's 15.38.

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd T20, IND vs SA: Speaking ahead of the match, India assistant coach Ten Doeschate said, "Towards the back end of the Australian tour, there were talks about freeing up a little bit, trying to not make the responsibility feel like that it is all about you, and relinquish such thoughts. We want him to play as freely as he does during the IPL."

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd T20, IND vs SA: The series has seen a win and loss for both teams. So both sides are still on equal footing, which makes it more intense and challenging tonight! The team which wins tonight, will be able to get a foothold!

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd T20, IND vs SA: The HPCA Stadium in Dharamshala hasn't hosted a men's interntional cricket match in over two years. The last T20I took place here on February 2022. In IPL, franchies have managed to cross the 180-run mark here!

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd T20, IND vs SA: Reeza Hendricks, Quinton de Kock(w), Aiden Markram(c), Dewald Brevis, David Miller, Donovan Ferreira, George Linde, Marco Jansen, Lutho Sipamla, Lungi Ngidi, Ottneil Baartman, Corbin Bosch, Keshav Maharaj, Tony de Zorzi, Kwena Maphaka, Anrich Nortje, Tristan Stubbs

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd T20, IND vs SA: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Axar Patel, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Jitesh Sharma(w), Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Sanju Samson, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Harshit Rana

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd T20, IND vs SA: Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the third T20I between India and South Africa, set to be played at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala. The game is of high importance as the series stands at level terms.

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