India beat South Africa by 106 runs in the third T20I on Thursday (Dec. 14) to end the three-match series with a 1-1 scoreline. South Africa had won the second T20I after the first match was washed out but failed to chase 202 on Thursday in Johannesburg. The win for India was set up by skipper Suryakumar Yadav’s ton and a five-wicket haul by Kuldeep Yadav.

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Chasing 202, South Africa kept losing wickets at regular intervals and were five wickets down for 75 runs at the halfway mark. Such was the dominance of Indian bowlers that only three Proteas batters could score in double figures. For the hosts, David Miller top scored with 35 runs while skipper Aiden Markram scored 25 runs. Apart from them, Donovan Ferreira managed 12 runs.

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For India, Kuldeep was clearly the star with the ball, taking 5/17 in just 2.5 overs with his first wicket coming on the last ball of the 10th over. Apart from him, Ravindra Jadeja took two wickets while Mukesh Kumar and Arshdeep Singh chipped in with one each.

Earlier, South Africa won the toss and elected to field first. The hosts made early inroads by taking two early wickets but Surya and Yashasvi Jaiswal (60 off 41) then added 112 runs for the third wicket. After Jaiswal’s wicket, Surya kept going and scored his fourth ton in T20Is – joint most in the shortest format along with Rohit Sharma and Australia’s Glenn Maxwell.

Thanks to Surya’s blitzkrieg, India posted a huge total of 201/7 in their quota of 20 overs. Apart from Surya, Yashasvi Jaiswal also scored 60 runs off 41 balls. Apart from these two, only Rinku Singh scored in double figures – 14 runs – as the rest of the India batters faltered.

For South Africa, Keshav Maharaj was the pick of the bowlers with 2/26 in his four overs. Apart from him, Lizzad Williams also took 2/46 while debutant Nandre Burger and Tabraiz Shamsi took one wicket each.

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