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Virat Kohli and Co end South Africa tour on high by clinching T20I series - See Pics

India defeated South Africa by seven runs in the third Twenty20 International to win the series 2-1, here on Saturday (February 24).

Virat Kohli and Co end South Africa tour on high by clinching T20I series - See Pics

Cape Town, Feb 25: India defeated South Africa by seven runs in the third Twenty20 International to win the series 2-1, here on Saturday (February 24) and ended the tour on a high by winning two series and losing just one.

Match Scorecard

Shikhar Dhawan top-scored for India with his 47-run knock while Suresh Raina contributed 43 as the hosts scored 172 for seven.

Paceman Junior Dala took three wickets while Chris Morris accounted for two batsmen for the hosts as no other batsman could score quickly for the visitors in the death overs.

Having set a decent total of 173 for the hosts to chase, India then restricted them for 165 for six and won the match by 7 runs. Skipper JP Duminy (55) and debutant Christiaan Jonker (49) were the top-scorers for their side.

The latter almost took the hosts home but it was the experience of seasoned-campaigner Bhuvneshwar Kumar that got the better of the two and India won the deciding game of the three-match series.

India's challenging tour had started at this very ground on January 5 and it culminated with a convincing win, which came in the absence of skipper Virat Kohli who did not play the third T20I due to a stiff back.

His deputy Rohit Sharma led the team in Kohli's absence and secured the fourth successive T20I win as a captain. However, Rohit couldn't do much with the bat as he was dismissed for just 11 by Junior Dala.

Here are the images from the 3rd T20I:

Dhawan top scores for India

Dhawan top scores for India

The opener wasn't timing the ball well all through his innings and couldn't make a tall score despite gaining two lives.

Shamsi had dropped him twice, on nine in the sixth over off Morris at short third man and then at 34 in the 13th over off Aaron Phangiso (0/13).

Dhawan departed for 46 off 40 deliveries as he was run-out off Dala.

Dala is scalps Rohit for the third time in the series

Dala is scalps Rohit for the third time in the series

Junior Dala (3/35) got Rohit Sharma out for the third time in three matches, trapping him leg-before on the third ball of his first over. The batsman chose not to review even as the umpire did check for a no ball.

The youngster, who was the biggest positive for the Proteas in this series, bagged the wickets of Rohit, Manish Pandey and MS Dhoni.

Raina plays another aggressive knock

Raina plays another aggressive knock

Raina upped the tempo immediately after coming to the crease in the second over. With a flurry of boundaries, he and Dhawan took India to 57/1 in the first six overs and their 50-partnership came off 37 balls.

The southpaw scored 43 off 27 before getting dismissed while trying to amass runs quickly.

He also picked up a wicket as skipper Rohit Sharma asked him to bowl in the middle overs. Raina was named the man of the match for his all round performance.

Manish Pandey departs cheaply

Manish Pandey departs cheaply

The highest-scorer in the last game Manish Pandey was promoted at No. 3 but he couldn't make the most of it this time. He was caught in the deep off Dala in the 14th over after adding just 13 runs to his name.

Dhoni scores just 12

Dhoni scores just 12

The veteran batsman scored a breezy half-century in the last T20I and team expected a similar effort from the senior-most player in the side. Dhoni started things his trademark style and quickly added runs by taking ones and twos but couldn't last long.

He was dismissed for just 12 by Dala while trying to accelarate the innings.

Dhoni, Pandya and Dinesh Karthik (13) fell in the space of 8 balls as South Africa topped up a controlled display with the ball.

Shikhar takes Hendricks' catch

Shikhar takes Hendricks' catch

Chasing a target of 173, the hosts didn't get off to a great start though, with in-form Reeza Hendricks (7) skying a catch off Bhuvneshwar Kumar (2-24) and Shikhar Dhawan taking a simple catch.

The Gabbar took the catch and celebrated in his trademark style.

Miller's poor show continues

Miller's poor show continues

David Miller's poor run with the bat against India continued as he was dismissed by part-timer Raina for 24. The left-handed batsman opened up, as did Duminy at the other end as they added 35 runs for the second wicket but consumed 38 balls in doing so.

Raina picked up the wicket of Miller just before the half-way mark, as the batsman was caught slogging in the deep. Axar Patel took a well-judged catch near the boundary ropes.

Bumrah castles Morris' stumps

Bumrah castles Morris' stumps

Jasprit Bumrah, who looked a little rusty, bowled Chris Morris (4) to further hurt the Protea chase.

But the debutant Jonker had other plans as he launched a measured attack on the Indian bowling. With 53 needed off 18 balls, he took 18 runs off Thakur's 18th over and then smacked Bumrah for another 16 in the penultimate over, putting up 51 runs off just 22 balls with Ferhaan Behardien (15 not out).

India win another limited overs series

India win another limited overs series

Team India recorded yet another series win as they defeated South Africa first in the ODIs and later in the T20Is and wraped up the tour on a high.

Story first published: Sunday, February 25, 2018, 3:38 [IST]
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