14/12Result
3rd T20I (N), South Africa tour of India at Dharamsala, Dec 14 2025
India won by 7 wkts (25b rem)
Player of the Match
Arshdeep Singh
Arshdeep SinghIndia
14/12Result
3rd T20I (N), South Africa tour of India at Dharamsala, Dec 14 2025
India won by 7 wkts (25b rem)
Player of the Match
Arshdeep Singh
Arshdeep SinghIndia

END OF OVER:
20 | 2 Runs 2 Wkts | SA: 117/10 | RR: 5.85

  • Lungi Ngidi2 (3b)
  • Kuldeep Yadav2-0-12-2
  • Arshdeep Singh4-0-13-2

There was dew from the start of the first innings, that is likely to get more. SA will need early wickets if they are to make a fist of this. Will be a challenge, India ahead currently.

KB: "only one bad over by Harshit & one bad ball that went for six from Hardik - otherwise Indian bowling was pretty much 10/10."

Prakash: "Varun - 2/11Kuldeep - 2/12Arshdeep - 2/13"

Reju: "What an innings from Markram under the circumstances"

8:43pm India bossed the innings. Starting with Arshdeep swinging and nipping it around early. So did Harshit. SA were 30 for 4 in seven overs and were never allowed to recover despite Markram's fifty. He, Ferreira (20) and Nortje (12) were the only ones to get to double figures. Hardik came on and did well. Dube got one to nip in and bowled better than his 1-21 suggests. Varun was brilliant, Kuldeep took two late wickets.

19.6
W
Kuldeep Yadav to Baartman, OUT, Closes the innings last ball of the allotted 120. Wide length ball at 83ks. Floated googly. Baartman swipes across the line and the edge balloons to cover

OEG Baartman c Yadav b Kuldeep Yadav 1 (2m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50

19.5
1
Kuldeep Yadav to Ngidi, 1 run, Plinks the slog sweep to deep square leg. No, he went for a proper slog in fact, with the feet not all that bent. Upper-body was bent though
19.4
1
Kuldeep Yadav to Baartman, 1 run, Fullish outside off, slashed along the ground to deep cover
19.3
W
Kuldeep Yadav to Nortje, OUT, Charges, misses and Jitesh cleanly stumps him. Gloves don't go back with the momentum upon collecting the ball which was impressive. Was a short of length ball around sixth stump. Nortje charged straight and looked to flat-bat it. Swung below the line

A Nortje st †Sharma b Kuldeep Yadav 12 (21m 12b 0x4 1x6) SR: 100

19.2
0
Kuldeep Yadav to Nortje, no run, Wide, flat on a length. Looks to carve it over the off side misses
19.1
0
Kuldeep Yadav to Nortje, no run, Goes for a reverse pull and misses. Bat almost hits the keeper as he didn't check the shot

Kuldeep, on his birthday, to close out the innings

END OF OVER:
19 | 4 Runs 1 Wkt | SA: 115/8 | RR: 6.05

  • Anrich Nortje12 (9b)
  • Lungi Ngidi1 (2b)
  • Arshdeep Singh4-0-13-2
  • Harshit Rana4-0-34-2

JisG Jose: "Appreciate SA Batting from 44/5 in 10 overs to 110/7 in 17/18 overs, Did not change Batting order Nor they Panicked. Just one Batsman Stuck around "

18.6
1
Arshdeep Singh to Nortje, 1 run, Makes room and smears the yorker over the bowler
18.5
1
Arshdeep Singh to Ngidi, 1 run, Full around fourth, chips a drive to long-off. 135ks
18.4
0
Arshdeep Singh to Ngidi, no run, Length on fourth, looks to run it to third and is beaten

Around

18.3
W
Arshdeep Singh to Markram, OUT, Anticlimactic end to Markram's excellent innings, he's on one knee looking at the pitch after nicking off. Seam slanted to first slip, full ball away with the angle outside off. Lofted extra cover drive on one knee was on. Like the last ball he faced, Markram got his front leg out the way to open his stance and make room. Works against him as he toes it to the keeper. Arshdeep's angle doing the trick

AK Markram c †Sharma b Arshdeep Singh 61 (88m 46b 6x4 2x6) SR: 132.6

18.2
1
Arshdeep Singh to Nortje, 1 run, High-ish full toss outside off, slapped to deep point. Nortje's done really well
18.1
1
Arshdeep Singh to Markram, 1 run, Wide, low full toss. 134ks. Yorker missed but it's outside the reach, especially with Markram clearing the front foot. The fifth-stump ball was sliced over point. Goes to deep point

END OF OVER:
18 | 19 Runs | SA: 111/7 | RR: 6.16

  • Aiden Markram60 (44b)
  • Anrich Nortje10 (7b)
  • Harshit Rana4-0-34-2
  • Hardik Pandya3-0-23-1

Manu: "Markram playing as opener, anchor and finisher"

17.6
1
Harshit Rana to Markram, 1 run, Full outside off, driven through to wide long-off
17.5
6
Harshit Rana to Markram, SIX, More flat-bat runs. Slower bouncer dug in outside off, sat up. Markram cleared up some space and bashed it from waist-height, over the bowler for an 83-metre six

Reju: "All the good work done in earlier overs is undone in last 2 overs" As Sid Monga says (given I recall it right), a lot of death bowling is lottery

17.4
1b
Harshit Rana to Nortje, 1 bye, Yorker. Perfect, 141ks, speared in just outside leg stump. Nortje looks to whip it through midwicket, gets the back leg out of the way. Keeper half-stops it
17.3
1
Harshit Rana to Markram, 1 run, Short, wide and slow. Climbs to shoulder-height, miscued cut goes to point
17.2
6
Harshit Rana to Markram, SIX, High six to bring up fifty. Pitched up, Markram made room and walked down to get under the ball. Launched an extra cover drive that cleared the boundary easily
17.1
4
Harshit Rana to Markram, FOUR, Bat flies, so does ball! Bat goes towards short leg after Markram went for a hard cover drive. Sliced it over the leaping short-third fielder

END OF OVER:
17 | 11 Runs | SA: 92/7 | RR: 5.41

  • Anrich Nortje10 (6b)
  • Aiden Markram42 (39b)
  • Hardik Pandya3-0-23-1
  • Varun Chakravarthy4-0-11-2
16.6
6
Pandya to Nortje, SIX, Pulled over square leg. Treated the last ball like an effective free hit. Saw the short ball early, 130ks ball didn't rise as much as he expected. Had to crouch a bit but the swing of the bat was smooth.
16.5
1lb
Pandya to Markram, 1 leg bye, Hard length over leg, looks to whip it through midwicket. Ball hits low on the thigh pad and pops off side. Plugs right in

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India 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st60Shubman GillAbhishek Sharma
2nd32Shubman GillNT Tilak Varma
3rd17SA YadavNT Tilak Varma
4th11S DubeNT Tilak Varma