Live now | IND vs SA 3rd T20I: India beat South Africa by 11 runs, take lead in the series

India beat South Africa by 11 runs, taking a 2-1 lead in the series. 

South Africa needs 25 runs to win in the last over. 4 wickets in hand. 

Akshar took a brilliant catch of David Miller by flying in the air. With this, the team suffered the 5th big blow. 

In 15 overs, South Africa has put 134 runs on the scoreboard after losing 4 wickets. Now the team is 86 runs away from victory but only 5 overs are left. 

South Africa suffered another blow, Varun Chakravarthy got his second success. Aiden Markram was caught out after scoring 29 runs while trying to hit a big shot. 

Akshar Patel gave the third blow to South Africa. Tristan Stubbs was shown the way to the pavilion. Stubbs was out after scoring 12 runs. 

After Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy gave success to India. Reeza Hendricks returned to the pavilion after scoring 21 runs. 

Arshdeep Singh gave India its first breakthrough. Arshdeep sent Ryan Rickelton to the pavilion. 

The match will resume at 11:10. South Africa’s score is currently 7 runs in 1 over. 

The match has been stopped because of insects. Due to the floodlights, a lot of insects are hovering over the field. 

South African team came out to chase India’s score. 7 runs were scored in the first over.

India scored 219 runs in 20 overs for the loss of 6 wickets, thanks to Tilak Verma’s century. Tilak played an unbeaten innings of 107 runs. 

India’s score has crossed 200 in 19 overs. Meanwhile, Tilak Verma scored his first century of his career in 51 balls. 

Rinku Singh got clean bowled. With this half of the Indian team has returned to the pavilion. 

Tilak Verma’s four took India’s score past 150 in 15 overs. Tilak is playing after scoring 70 runs. Rinku Singh has opened his account.

Tilak Verma has scored a brilliant half-century. He completed his fifty in 32 balls. The Indian team is moving towards a big score. But what is this? The fourth blow has also come. Hardik Pandya became the victim of Keshav Maharaj on a score of 18 runs.

Suryakumar Yadav returned to the pavilion cheaply. He got out after scoring just 1 run. India 110 runs for 3 wickets after 10 overs. 

Abhishek Sharma has returned to the pavilion after scoring a half-century. India suffered another big blow in the 9th over at 107 runs. 

India has had a blast in the powerplay. Tilak and Abhishek have put 70 runs on the scoreboard. Abhishek is playing after scoring 37 runs and Tilak is playing after scoring 26 runs. 

The Indian team’s score has reached 60 runs in 5 overs. Tilak Verma is at the crease with 25 runs and Abhishek Sharma is at 29 runs. 

Despite losing the first wicket, India blazingly started the innings. 35 runs have been put on the scoreboard in just 3 overs. Tilak is playing after scoring 14 runs and Abhishek is playing after scoring 15 runs. 

The second over proved to be costly. Tilak and Abhishek together scored 15 runs. Gerald had a very bad start. 

Tilak Verma hit a four and a six after playing the first dot ball as soon as he came in. The Indian innings did not start well. 

Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma came on the field to start the Indian innings. But on the second ball itself, Marco Jansen sent Sanju Samson to the pavilion on a duck. After 2 consecutive centuries, Sanju had to face 2 consecutive ducks. 

Today the Indian team is playing with three spinners again. Now we have to see what wonders these spinners can do. Today the Indian batsmen will have to perform better otherwise Team India may fall behind in the series. 

South Africa (Playing XI): Ryan Rickelton, Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (c), Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), David Miller, Marco Jansen, Andile Simelane, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Lutho Sipamla.

India (Playing XI): Sanju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakravarthy.

The captains of India and South Africa have come to the field for the toss. South African captain Aiden Markram won the toss and decided to bowl first.

Ramandeep Singh has been given the debut cap. That means today he is playing his first match for India. KKR had recently retained Ramandeep. 

The third match of the 4-match T20I series between India and South Africa is to be played today. Both teams will be looking to gain a lead today. Currently, the series is tied at 1-1.