3rd T20i : Excellent bowling followed by superb top order batting powered India to knees down Africa by 7 wickets and led series 2-1

3rd T20i match of five twenty20 match series between India vs South Africa at HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala on Sunday, December 14, 2025.

Putting into bat first by India, Africa with poor batting performances managed to set small target of 118 runs for India to get. Arsheedp and Harshit bowled well in power played and at one stage Africa were 4/30 in 7 overs. Arshdeep, Harshit, Varun and Kuldeep shared 2 wickets each for India. Aiden Markram with 61 runs was top scorer for Africa.

Following small target of 118 runs, India with top orders sensible batting made chase in 15.5 overs and won the match by 7 wickets. Abhishek smashed 18 balls 35 runs, Shubman gill contributed well 28 runs and Tilak with 26* runs were top scorers for India. Arshdeep declared man of the match for his important 2 wickets. India led the 5-match t20i series 2-1 as well.

Man of the match :- Arshdeep Singh (Ind)

Ind vs SA 3rd t20i scorecard Toss : India won and chose to field first Result : India won by 7 wickets Man of The Match : Arshdeep Singh (Ind) Series - India led the 5-match seris 2-1   South Africa 1st Inning     Batting   R B 4s 6s SR   Quinton de Kock (w) lbw b Harshit Rana 1 3 0 0 33.33   Reeza Hendricks lbw b Arshdeep Singh 0 3 0 0 0.00   Aiden Markram (c) c Sharma b Arshdeep Singh 61 46 6 2 132.60   Dewald Brevis b Harshit Rana 2 7 0 0 28.57   Tristan Stubbs c Sharma b Pandya 9 13 0 0 69.23   Corbin Bosch b Dube 4 9 0 0 44.44   Donovan Ferreira b Varun 20 15 1 1 133.33   Marco Jansen b Varun 2 7 0 0 28.57   Anrich Nortje st Sharma b Kuldeep Yadav 12 12 0 1 100.00   Lungi Ngidi not out 2 3 0 0 66.66   Ottneil Baartman c Yadav b Kuldeep Yadav 1 2 0 0 50.00                   Extras (b 1, lb 2) 3           Total (20.0 overs) 117/10 RR: 5.85   India       Bowler Ovrs Mdn Runs Wkts NB WB Econ   Arshdeep Singh 4 0 13 2 0 0 3.25   Harshit Rana 4 0 34 2 0 0 8.50   Hardik Pandya 3 0 23 1 0 0 7.66   Varun Chakravarthy 4 0 11 2 0 0 2.75   Shivam Dube 3 0 21 1 0 0 7.00   Kuldeep Yadav 2 0 12 2 0 0 6.00   India 2nd Inning     Batting   R B 4s 6s SR   Abhishek Sharma c Markram b Bosch 35 18 3 3 194.44   Shubman Gill b Jansen 28 28 5 0 100.00   Tilak Varma not out 26 34 3 0 76.47   Suryakumar Yadav (c) c Baartman b Ngidi 12 11 2 0 109.09   Shivam Dube not out 10 4 1 1 250.00   Hardik Pandya               Jitesh Sharma (w)               Harshit Rana               Varun Chakravarthy               Arshdeep Singh               Kuldeep Yadav                               Extras (lb 7, w 2) 9           Total (15.5 overs) 120/3 RR: 7.57   South Africa       Bowler Ovrs Mdn Runs Wkts NB WB Econ   Lungi Ngidi 3 0 23 1 0 0 7.66   Marco Jansen 3 0 24 1 0 1 8.00   Ottneil Baartman 3.5 0 34 0 0 0 8.86   Corbin Bosch 3 0 18 1 0 0 6.00   Anrich Nortje 3 0 14 0 0 1 4.66