India won the 3rd T20I  against South Africa: India defeated South Africa by 11 runs in the third T20 match of the T20 series and also took an unassailable 2-1 lead in the four-match series. With the help of Tilak Verma's century, India had scored 219 runs for six wickets in 20 overs. In reply, South Africa could score only 208 runs for seven wickets in 20 overs.

IND vs SA 3rd T20I Match Playing XIs

India: Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav (C), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Ramandeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakravarthy, Arshdeep Singh.

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

In the match Indian team, which came to bat first, had a very bad start. Sanju Samson once again returned to the pavilion without opening the account. After this there was a partnership of 107 runs between Abhishek Sharma and Tilak Verma. Abhishek was out after scoring 50 runs, while Tilak Verma scored his first T20I century.

Tilak Verma remained unbeaten after scoring 107 runs on 56 balls. Captain Surya scored 1 run. While Hardik Pandya contributed 18 runs. Rinku Singh scored 8 runs and debutant Ramandeep Singh played a cameo inning of 15 runs.

In response, South Africa had a good start. However, after this the team kept losing wickets continuously. Heinrich Klaasen scored 41 runs in 22 balls. Apart from him, Marco Jansen scored 54 runs in 17 balls. Aiden Markram played an innings of 29 runs. Arshdeep Singh took 3 wickets. Varun Chakraborty took 2 wickets. Also, Hardik and Axar got 1-1 wickets each.

Player of the Match: Tilak Varma (IND) 107* (56).

The 4th and last match of South Africa vs India T20I Series will be on November 15 Friday at 8.30 PM (IST).