In the third T20 played in Centurion, India defeated South Africa by 11 runs. Batting first, India scored 219 runs losing 6 wickets. Tilak Verma scored 107 runs. In reply, the Proteas team could score only 208 runs after losing 7 wickets in 20 overs.
Top 12 moments of Centurion T20
1. Debut of Ramandeep Singh
Ramandeep Singh scored 15 runs on 6 balls in his debut match.
All-rounder Ramandeep Singh got a chance to debut in the third T20 against South Africa. Before the match, former captain Hardik Pandya gave him his debut cap. Ramandeep got the benefit of good performance for IPL and India-A. He was included in the playing-11 of the third T20 in place of Avesh Khan.
2. Yanson's ball hit Tilak's helmet
Marco Janson's ball hit Tilak Verma's helmet and went for a four.
The fourth ball of the third over hit Tilak Verma's helmet. Here Yanson bowled a short length ball, which Tilak tried to pull. The ball hit his helmet and went over the keeper for four runs. After this the physio came to the field and examined Tilak. Tilak continued batting after some time.
3. Tilak's six on reverse sweep
Tilak Verma played a reverse sweep on the ball of African captain Markram.
Aidan Markram brought the seventh over of the Indian innings. On his fourth ball, Tilak Verma reverse swept and hit a six over third man. The African captain had bowled a ball of short length.
4. Tilak caught on free hit
The 8th over of the innings was eventful. Gerald Cootzie bowled 3 wides and 1 no ball in this over. Cootzie bowled the fifth ball on short length. Here Tilak hit a six over midwicket. The umpire declared this ball a no ball. Tilak played a big shot on the free hit, but he was caught at point. 16 runs came in this over.
5. Ramandeep hit a six on the debut ball
Ramandeep, playing his first match, hit a six on the first ball.
Ramandeep Singh, playing the first match of his international cricket career, hit a six on the first ball. He hit a six over long on on the last ball of the 18th over. Here Andile Simelane had bowled an overpitch ball. Ramandeep scored 15 runs by hitting 1 four and 1 six in 6 balls.
6. Tilak completed his century with fours
Tilak Verma scored his first century by hitting a four.
Tilak celebrating after scoring a century.
Tilak Verma completed his century by hitting a four on the last ball of the 19th over. Lutho Sipamala bowled a full length ball to Tilak, which he hit over mid-off for a four. Tilak played an inning of 107 runs. This was his first century in international cricket.
7. Game stopped due to insects
The game was stopped for about half an hour due to rain.
South Africa, chasing 220 runs, had batted one over. After which a lot of rain insects came into the stadium, due to which the game had to be stopped. The umpires felt that the insects were causing trouble to the batsmen. Because of this the match was stopped. The game was restarted after half an hour.
8. Akshar dropped the catch of Rickelton
Axar Patel dropped the catch of Ryan Rickelton near mid-off.
Rickelton was bowled by Arshdeep after the catch was dropped.
Ryan Rickelton got a lease of life in the second over. Axar Patel dropped his catch at mid-off position. After this Rickelton hit a six, but he was out in the very next over. He was bowled by Arshdeep Singh. Rickelton scored 20 runs on 15 balls, his innings included 2 fours and a six.
9. Clason hits a six outside the stadium
Heinrich Klaasen hit a hat-trick six to Varun Chakraborty.
Heinrich Klaasen hit a hat-trick six to Varun Chakraborty in the 14th over of the African innings. Here, Clausen's six hit on the second ball of the over went out of the stadium. He hit a six over deep-midwicket on a short of length ball. This six of Clason went 109 meters away.
10. Surya dropped the catch of Clausen
Suryakumar Yadav gave life to Clason on 29 runs.
After hitting a hat-trick six in the 14th over, captain Suryakumar Yadav gave life to Classen on the fourth ball. Here, on the off side, Clausen hit a short of length ball towards the cover, Suryakumar standing here dropped an easy catch. At this time Clason was batting on 29 runs.
11. Akshar's brilliant catch
Akshar jumped in the air and took a brilliant catch.
Akshar Patel took a brilliant catch of David Miller on the fifth ball of the 16th over. Here Miller played a pull shot on Hardik Pandya's ball. Akshar, standing at midwicket, took an excellent catch while jumping in the air. Miller was out after scoring 18 runs.
12. Tilak Verma got injured on Yanson's six.
Tilak Verma got hit on his head while trying to take a catch.
Marco Jansson kept Africa in the match. He completed his fifty in just 16 balls by hitting a six on Arshdeep's ball. Here, Yanson played a cover shot in the last over of the match. Tilak tried to catch it by jumping in the air, but his head hit the ground. Later the physio examined him.
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