13/11/2024 10:49 pm
Match halted
Interestingly, with a lot of insects flying around the SuperSport Park here in Centurion, the umpires have decided to temporarily halt the game.
13/11/2024 10:40 pm
South Africa begin their innings
The opening batters Ryan Rickelton and Reeza Hendricks have made their way out to the crease and it will be pacer Arshdeep Singh who will begin the proceedings for India.
13/11/2024 10:20 pm
India finish on 219/6
Star performer Tilak Varma finishes the innings unbeaten on 107 off 56 deliveries to carry India easily over the 200-run mark. Abhishek Sharma also played a great innings of 50 while Hardik and Ramandeep played decent cameos of 18 and 15 respectively as India finished off on a fantastic total.
13/11/2024 10:11 am
Tilak Varma reaches incredible ton
The left-handed batter has completed his first-ever T20I century and brings it up with a stunning boundary. He has so far scored 8 boundaries and 6 sixes and has only taken 51 deliveries to score the century.
13/11/2024 10:06 pm
Rinku gets dismissed
Left-handed batter Rinku Singh departs after playing a rather disappointing knock of 8 runs off 13 deliveries. Andile Simelane gets his second wicket of the day as India now stand at 190/5 after 17.5 overs.
13/11/2024 10:00 pm
Score update
Tilak Varma looks set to complete a maiden T20I century here as he is currently batting on 90 off 47 deliveries. In this fantastic knock, he has so far scored 6 boundaries and sixes each. Rinku Singh on the other hand, has supported him well so far with his 6 runs off 10 deliveries. India now 183/4 after 17 overs.
13/11/2024 9:38 pm
Maharaj dismisses Pandya
Keshav Maharaj gets his second scalp of the day in the form of Hardik Pandya, who departs after scoring 18 runs off 16 deliveries. India now 132/4 after 13 overs.
13/11/2024 9:37 pm
Varma reaches his fifty
Tilak Varma has now scored his third T20I fifty in 18 innings. He has brought up his half-century in 32 deliveries and has so far hit 3 boundaries and sixes each.
13/11/2024 9:33 pm
Score update
Varma is closing in on his fifty as he is currently batting on 49 while Hardik Pandya has started his innings well by scoring 17 runs in 12 deliveries. India now 130/3 after 12 overs.
13/11/2024 9:23 pm
Suryakumar departs
The Indian skipper could only manage to score a single run before getting dismissed by pacer Andile Simelane. Marco Jansen takes a great catch on the boundary rope. India now 110/3 after 9.2 overs.
13/11/2024 9:20 pm
Abhishek departs after playing a blistering knock
The Indian opener gets stumped by Heinrich Klaasen on Keshav Maharaj’s delivery after scoring 50 runs off 25 delievries. It’s skipper Suryakumar Yadav who will come out to bat next.
13/11/2024 9:17 pm
Abhishek reaches fifty
The left-handed batter reaches his fifty in just 24 delieveries. In his blistering knock, Abhishek has so far scored 3 boundaries and 5 enormous sixes. The 100-run partnership between Abhishek and Tilak has also come up.
13/11/2024 8:57 pm
50-run partnership comes up
50-run partnership comes up between Abhishek Sharma and Tilak Varma within the powerplay itself. India have raced to 60 runs in the first 5 overs. Abhishek is batting on 29 while Tilak is batting on 25.
13/11/2024 8:49 pm
Samson departs early, Abhishek and Tilak gives India a good start
Sanju Samson yet again lost his wicket for a duck. He got dismissed on the second ball of the match to pacer Marco Jansen. Both young batters Abhishek Sharma and Tilak Varma have looked good on the crease so far with the former batting on 15 and the latter batting on 14. India now 35/1 after 3 overs.
13/11/2024 2:41 pm
South Africa win the toss and elect to bowl first
South African skipper Aiden Markram has elected to bowl first in the third T20I of the 4-match series which will be played at the SuperSport Park in Centurion.
