Overview
- South Africa were bowled out for 117 as Arshdeep Singh (2/13) and Harshit Rana (2/34) struck early, with Varun Chakravarthy (2/11), Hardik Pandya (1/23) and Shivam Dube (1/21) sharing the rest.
- India chased 118 with 25 balls to spare, led by Abhishek Sharma’s 35 off 18, Shubman Gill’s 28, and Tilak Varma’s unbeaten 26 as Shivam Dube sealed the finish.
- Hardik Pandya collected his 100th T20I wicket and Varun Chakravarthy reached 50 T20I wickets during the match.
- Suryakumar Yadav chose to bowl after winning the toss, citing early dew, and India’s seamers exploited swing-friendly conditions in Dharamsala.
- Jasprit Bumrah missed the game for personal reasons with his availability to be decided, Axar Patel was unwell, Harshit Rana and Kuldeep Yadav came in, and the fourth T20I is set for Dec 17 in Lucknow.