South Africa vs India 3rd T20I at Cape Town, 24 Feb, 2018

Toss: South Africa, who chose to bowl
India 172/7 (20)
South Africa 165/6 (20)
India won by 7 runs
Man of the Match: Suresh Raina
  • Farhaan Behardien 15 * (6)

Over 0.1 Bhuvneshwar Kumar good length delivery to RR Hendricks, no runs, gets forward and pushes it away on the off side.

Over 0.2 Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowls a pitched up delivery to RR Hendricks, no runs, gets forward and went for a drive through the off side, the ball beats the outside edge of the bat.

Over 0.3 Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowls a pitched up delivery to RR Hendricks, no runs, gets forward and knocks it back to the bowler.

Over 0.4 Bhuvneshwar Kumar good length delivery to RR Hendricks, Boundary! Gets forward and plays it late and cuts it towards point. The fielder there leaps in order to stop that but can't stop it completely and parries it away.

Over 0.5 Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowls a back of length delivery to RR Hendricks, no runs, gets forward and defends it back to the bowler.

Over 0.6 Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowls a pitched up delivery to RR Hendricks, 1 run, gets forward and  plays it towards mid-off and takes a quick run. Slight fumble there

Over 2.1 Bhuvneshwar Kumar good length delivery to RR Hendricks, no runs, gets across the line and flicks it towards mid wicket.

Over 2.2 Bhuvneshwar Kumar good length delivery to RR Hendricks, 1 run, goes deep in the crease and steers it down to backward point and moves over to the other end.

Over 2.3 Bhuvneshwar Kumar good length delivery to David Miller, 1 run, punch that off his back foot and ends up getting an inside edge to short third man. Calls for a single and his partner obliges.

Over 2.4 Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowls it short of length to RR Hendricks, no runs, goes deep in the crease and tries to play the hook but the ball beats him.

Over 2.5 Bhuvneshwar Kumar good length delivery to RR Hendricks,  out Caught by Dhawan!! Hendricks stays put and goes for it. Gets the elevation but not the distance against the knuckle ball. As the ball skies up towards wide mid-on, Dhawan calls for it and takes it. 

Over 2.6 Bhuvneshwar Kumar good length delivery to David Miller, 2 runs, moves across in the crease and works it down to long leg and picks up couple of runs.

Over 4.1 Bhuvneshwar Kumar good length delivery to David Miller, 1 run, gets forward and  nurdles it towards short mid-wicket and calls for a quick run

Over 4.2 Bhuvneshwar Kumar good length delivery to JP Duminy, no runs, gets forward and goes for an uppish drive and almost chips it to the diving fieler at extra-cover

Over 4.3 Bhuvneshwar Kumar good length delivery to JP Duminy, 1 run, backs away in the crease and slices it down to third man.

Over 4.4 Bhuvneshwar Kumar good length delivery to David Miller, no runs, gets cover the off stump line and blocks it from the crease.

Over 4.5 Bhuvneshwar Kumar good length delivery to David Miller, 1 run, gets forward and drives it wide of mid off and picks up a single.

Over 4.6 Bhuvneshwar Kumar good length delivery to JP Duminy, 1 run, gets forward and defends it to point and picks up a single.

Over 19.1 Bhuvneshwar Kumar good length delivery to Christiaan Jonker, 1 run, goes on to the back foot and cuts it through cover and gets a single.

Over 19.2 Bhuvneshwar Kumar good length delivery to Farhaan Behardien, Boundary! Backs away in the crease and  cleared short third man with that uppish forced edge. 

Over 19.3 Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowls a pitched up delivery to Farhaan Behardien, 1 run, gets forward and punches it down to long on and picks up just a single.

Over 19.4Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowls wideball to Christiaan Jonker, gets forward and leaves it outside off to the wicket keeper.Wide ball

Over 19.4Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowls good length delivery to Christiaan Jonker, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.Two runs

Over 19.5 Bhuvneshwar Kumar good length delivery to Christiaan Jonker, 2 runs, gets forward and works it round the corner and picks up couple of runs.

India won the match by 7 runs and won the series with 2-1

Duminy (SA): They bowled pretty well in the batting PP. We couldn't get the boundaries and the singles. We were 30 runs behind after that PP but in the end we were behind by only 7 runs. Their slower and knuckle balls worked. Jonker, in his first game, to get us that close was a great effort. In this format, guys get opportunity and they try and stake a claim. Great opportunity for guys to step up. We have learnt our lessons. Full credit to India. Outstanding white-ball tour. They gained a lot of confidence out of that win in the third Test.

Suresh Raina is the Man of the Match

Over 19.6 Bhuvneshwar Kumar slips in a full toss to Christiaan Jonker,  out Caught by Rohit Sharma!! Jonker comes on to the front foot and driven straight to the hands of Rohit Sharma at extra cover and who takes it simple.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar is the Man of the series

Rohit Sharma (IND): To be honest, I thought we were 15 runs short. How the first half went, I thought we lost our way towards the end. I mean these things happen and we learn from it. It was a decent score and once again, the bowlers did it for us. We know how crucial it is for our top three to stay as long as possible. It has happened throughout the series. Last match, it was pleasing to see our middle order perform. Hopefully we can move forward as a group in the coming games. We discussed certain plans and it worked. We tried to keep the ball on the stumps. Their batsmen like width. So it made them go after the bowling after 6 overs. It was a complete bowling unit performance. Throughout the series, we showed a lot of intensity, which helped us get those crucial wins. We never backed down from whatever situation we were thrown in.

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