India delivered a performance for the ages at The Wanderers Stadium, crushing South Africa by 135 runs in the fourth and final T20I. Sanju Samson and Tilak Varma were the stars of the show, putting on a batting display that left fans in awe and sealed a 3-1 series victory for the visitors.
Captain Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and chose to bat first, setting the tone for what would be a record-breaking innings. Tilak Varma blazed his way to an unbeaten 120 off just 47 balls, while Sanju Samson crafted a stunning 109* from 56 balls. Together, they added a jaw-dropping 210 runs for the second wicket in just 86 deliveries, rewriting the T20I record books. Samson also became the first player ever to score three T20I centuries in a single year.
India’s massive total of 283/1 was always going to be hard to chase. South Africa crumbled under pressure as Arshdeep Singh delivered a fiery spell, taking 3 for 20. The Proteas were bundled out for 148 in 18.2 overs, sealing a convincing win for India.
Match Details
India (20 ovs maximum)
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanju Samson † | not out | 109 | 56 | 104 | 6 | 9 | 194.64 | ||
| Abhishek Sharma | c †Klaasen b Sipamla | 36 | 18 | 33 | 2 | 4 | 200.00 | ||
| Tilak Varma | not out | 120 | 47 | 69 | 9 | 10 | 255.31 | ||
| Extras | (nb 1, w 17) | 18 | |||||||
| Total | 20 Ov (RR: 14.15) | 283/1 | |||||||
| Did not bat: Suryakumar Yadav (c), Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakravarthy | |||||||||
| Fall of wickets: 1-73 (Abhishek Sharma, 5.5 ov) • DRS | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marco Jansen | 4 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 10.50 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Gerald Coetzee | 3 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 14.33 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Lutho Sipamla | 4 | 0 | 58 | 1 | 14.50 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Andile Simelane | 3 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 15.66 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Keshav Maharaj | 3 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 14.00 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Aiden Markram | 2 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 15.00 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Tristan Stubbs | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 21.00 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
South Africa (T: 284 runs from 20 ovs)
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Rickelton | c †Samson b Pandya | 1 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | ||
| Reeza Hendricks | b Arshdeep Singh | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Aiden Markram (c) | c Ravi Bishnoi b Arshdeep Singh | 8 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | ||
| Tristan Stubbs | lbw b Ravi Bishnoi | 43 | 29 | 59 | 3 | 2 | 148.27 | ||
| Heinrich Klaasen † | lbw b Arshdeep Singh | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| David Miller | c Tilak Varma b Varun | 36 | 27 | 45 | 2 | 3 | 133.33 | ||
| Marco Jansen | not out | 29 | 12 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 241.66 | ||
| Andile Simelane | c Ravi Bishnoi b Varun | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | ||
| Gerald Coetzee | c †Samson b Patel | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 150.00 | ||
| Keshav Maharaj | c Tilak Varma b Patel | 6 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 | ||
| Lutho Sipamla | c Patel b Ramandeep Singh | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 | ||
| Extras | (lb 2, w 6) | 8 | |||||||
| Total | 18.2 Ov (RR: 8.07) | 148 | |||||||
| Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Reeza Hendricks, 0.3 ov), 2-1 (Ryan Rickelton, 1.5 ov), 3-10 (Aiden Markram, 2.5 ov), 4-10 (Heinrich Klaasen, 2.6 ov), 5-96 (David Miller, 11.6 ov), 6-96 (Tristan Stubbs, 12.1 ov), 7-105 (Andile Simelane, 13.2 ov), 8-131 (Gerald Coetzee, 15.3 ov), 9-141 (Keshav Maharaj, 17.1 ov), 10-148 (Lutho Sipamla, 18.2 ov) • DRS | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arshdeep Singh | 3 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 6.66 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Hardik Pandya | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2.66 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ramandeep Singh | 3.2 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 12.60 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Varun Chakravarthy | 4 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 10.50 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Ravi Bishnoi | 3 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 9.33 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Axar Patel | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3.00 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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