India vs South Africa Highlights, 3rd ODI: IND beat SA to clinch ...

22 Dec 2023

Dec 22, 2023 12:22 AM IST

India vs South Africa Highlights, 3rd ODI: IND defeated SA by 78 runs to clinch the series 2-1, in Paarl on Thursday. Here are the highlights.

India vs South Africa Highlights, 3rd ODI: India defeated South Africa by 78 runs in the third and final ODI of their three-match series, in Paarl on Thursday. The win helped India clinch the series 2-1. Chasing 297, South Africa were bowled out for 218 in 45.5 overs, despite a ...Read More knock of 81 runs off 87 balls by Tony de Zorzi. Meanwhile, Arshdeep Singh took four wickets for the visitors, Washington Sundar and Avesh Khan scalped two dismissals each.

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Initially, a ton from Sanju Samson saw India post 296/8 in 50 overs as the Rajasthan Royals captain hammered 108 off 114 balls, packed with six fours and three sixes. Meanwhile, Tilak Varma got a crucial half-century for India, slamming 52 off 77 deliveries. For South Africa's bowling department, Beuran Hendricks took three wickets and Nandre Burger scalped two dismissals.

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Dec 22, 2023 12:17 AM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: OUT! INDIA WIN!

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: A full length delivery by Avesh, on off. Hendricks guides it to Samson for a catch at short third man! India win by 78 runs and clinch the series 2-1!

Hendricks c Samson b Avesh 18 (26)

SA: 218 (45.5), Target: 297

Dec 22, 2023 12:08 AM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: FOUR WICKETS FOR ARSHDEEP! NINE DOWN!

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: A full toss by Arshdeep, and it was surging towards middle and leg. Williams fails to connect, hits him on the pad. The umpire gives lbw, he reviews! LBW! REVIEW CONFIRMS IT!

Williams lbw b Arshdeep 2 (3)

SA: 216/9 (44.1), Target: 297

Dec 22, 2023 12:01 AM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: The eighth wicket!

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: Short of a length delivery by Arshdeep, on middle. Maharaj pulls it away, and goes straight to deep square leg for a catch!

Maharaj c Rinku b Arshdeep 14 (27)

SA: 210/8 (43), Target: 297

Dec 21, 2023 11:57 PM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: Two fours in this over!

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: In the second delivery, Hendricks drove Mukesh to mid-off for a four! Then in the fifth ball, he smacked him to the midwicket boundary for a four!

SA: 208/7 (42), Target: 297

Dec 21, 2023 11:51 PM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: A very good over from Axar!

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: Only two runs in this over as IND tighten the loose ends! Time is running out for Maharaj (13*) and Hendricks (4*) here!

SA: 200/7 (41), Target: 297

Dec 21, 2023 11:38 PM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: EDGED AND GONE! IND ARE IN CHARGE NOW!

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: A full length delivery by Mukesh, outside off. Miller gets an edge to Rahul, who jumps to his left to take a catch!

Miller c Rahul b Mukesh 10 (20)

SA: 192/7 (38), Target: 297

Dec 21, 2023 11:27 PM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: Only a single off this over!

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: Good over by Sundar as he concedes only a single off this over! Miller (9*) and Maharaj (6*) need to stage a turnaround here for SA!

SA: 187/6 (36), Target: 297

Dec 21, 2023 11:17 PM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: SLIGHTEST OF EDGES! OUT!

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: A good length delivery by Sundar, outside off. Mulder gets an outside edge and Rahul catches it. He appeals right away but Sunder doesn't seem to be that interested! Rahul reviews it and it is the slighted of edges which sends the batter back to the dugout!

Mulder c Rahul b Sundar 1 (3)

SA: 177/6 (33.2), Target: 297

Dec 21, 2023 11:08 PM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: AVESH STRIKES!

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: AVESH STIKES!

A good delivery by Avesh, length and on off. Klaasen chips it in the air to mid-off where Sudharsan completes a brilliant catch!

Klaasen c Sudharsan b Avesh 21 (22)

SA: 174/5 (32.2), Target: 297

Dec 21, 2023 11:03 PM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: SA 169/4 (31), Target 297

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: 6 off this over by South Africa as Miller (6*) and Klaasen (16*) slowly rebuild in this chase!

SA: 169/4 (31), Target: 297

Dec 21, 2023 10:54 PM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: THE ALL-IMPORTANT WICKET!

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: An inswinging delivery by Arshdeep, and it hits De Zorzi on the pad as he tries to glance it away! Arshdeep is sure here! Ball-tracking shows it was hitting leg, three reds! LBW!

De Zorzi lbw b Arshdeep 81 (87)

SA: 161/4 (29.4), Target: 297

Dec 21, 2023 10:45 PM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: FOUR!

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: A flat delivery by Sundar, around off. Klaasen guides it through poiint and there is a misfield, where Arshdeep tries to go for a one-handed pick up and misses it! FOUR!

Dec 21, 2023 10:36 PM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: THAT'S A BIG WICKET!

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: Markram tries to reverse sweep Sundar, but ends up gloving it, it pops in the air and Rahul grabs it easily! The umpire raises his finger!

Markram c Rahul b Sundar 36 (41)

SA: 141/3 (25.5), Target: 297

Dec 21, 2023 10:33 PM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: EPIC DRAMA!

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: After a six in the first ball from Markram, De Zorzi gets dropp the third delivery as Mukesh can't hang on to the ball to the left of short third. Then in the final ball, he slog sweeps Axar for a six!

SA: 135/2 (25), Target: 297

Dec 21, 2023 10:32 PM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: SIX! SHOT!

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: A poor delivery by Axar and Markram clatters it down the ground for a 86-meter six!

Dec 21, 2023 10:25 PM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: Two fours in this over!

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: In the first ball, Markram hammers Mukesh for a four, through midwicket! In the final delivery, De Zorzi pulls him through midwicket for another four as SA get 11 in this over!

SA: 112/2 (22), Target: 297

Dec 21, 2023 10:15 PM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: SA get past 100!

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: 6 runs off this over as SA get past 100! Markram (14*) and De Zorzi (58*) are patiently building a partnership!

SA: 101/2 (21), Target: 297

Dec 21, 2023 10:10 PM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: Good over!

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: 4 off this over as Axar keeps Markram (9*) and De Zorzi (54*) alert. Good going by India, they are increasing the pressure here!

SA: 92/2 (19), Target: 297

Dec 21, 2023 09:58 PM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: Half-century!

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: A full delivery by Axar and De Zorzi sweeps it to deep square leg for a single and also gets his fifty!

SA: 82/2 (16.4), Target: 297

Dec 21, 2023 09:51 PM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: OUT! ANOTHER WICKET!

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: Van der Dussen didn't look like he really wanted to bat today! A good delivery by Axar, traps Van der Dussen and hits the leg stump!

Van der Dussen b Axar 2 (17)

SA: 76/2 (14.4), Target: 297

Dec 21, 2023 09:46 PM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: SIX! OVER DEEP MIDWICKET!

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: A full delivery by Axar, and De Zorzi goes down on one knee and launches it over deep midwicket for a sixxxxxxx! SHOT!

SA: 71/1 (12.1), Target: 297

Dec 21, 2023 09:42 PM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: Good over by Arshdeep!

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: Arshdeep is increasing the pressure here as India look for another wicket! Then the pressure will really mount on the home side! He leaks only two off this over as Van der Dussen (1*) and De Zorzi (36*) wait patiently.

SA: 64/1 (11), Target: 297

Dec 21, 2023 09:29 PM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: OUT! BREAKTHROUGH!

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: Excellent length delivery by Arshdeep, around middle, and it nips across. Hendricks gets a faint edge through to the wicketkeeper! OUT!

Hendricks c Rahul b Arshdeep 19 (24)

SA: 59/1 (8.2), Target: 297

Dec 21, 2023 09:26 PM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: Sundar makes it tight!

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: Sundar makes it tight and leaks only four runs in this over. De Zorzi tried finding the gaps, but good over by Sundar here!

SA: 58/0 (8), Target: 297

Dec 21, 2023 09:21 PM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: 10 off this over!

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: 10 off this over as De Zorzi also smacks a four and six in back-to-back deliveries. He smacks Mukesh in front of square for a pulled four, then he pull shim over fine leg for a six!

SA: 46/0 (6), Target: 297

Dec 21, 2023 09:06 PM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: FOUR!

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: Fifth ball of that over is short on middle, De Zorzi pulls it high up in the air, it lands just beyond the deep square leg fielder and goes to the boundary. A single off the next ball and De Zorzi is on 13 off 10, Hendricks on 3 off nine.

IND vs SA Live Sciore: South Africa 21/0 in 3 overs

Dec 21, 2023 09:02 PM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: FOUR! Unlucky for Mukesh

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: Third ball of the third over, Mukesh searches for the yorker, De Zorzi reaches out to drive and gets a thick inside edge. The ball evades the stumps and the wicketkeeper and off to the boundary she runs.

Dec 21, 2023 08:52 PM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: The players return

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: Allright then, Mukesh Kumar to bowl the first over for India, Reeza Hendricks facing up with Tony de Zorzi, the 2nd ODI centurion, at the other end.

Dec 21, 2023 08:44 PM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: The Samson-Varma stand

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: The pair put up 116 runs for the fourth wicket, which is the highest by an Indian pair for that wicket or below against South Africa in South Africa. Overall, it is the second highest for an India pair for the the fourth wicket or below against South Africa, only behind the 127 that Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina put up in Chennai in 2015.

Dec 21, 2023 08:39 PM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: Samson talks

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: “Feels really emotional, going through the emotions now. Very happy to achieve this. Have been putting in a lot of work physically and mentally, happy to see the results go my way now. They bowled really well with the new ball, and the older ball was getting slower and more difficult to bat. So after KL got out, they had the momentum where Maharaj was bowling very well. But me and Tilak stuck it out and went strong at the end. We were playing an extra all rounder today, so me and Tilak had decided that we have to go hard from the 40th over onwards,” he says on Star Sports

Dec 21, 2023 08:18 PM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: India 296/8 in 50 overs

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: That was an innings that ebbed and flowed and went everywhere. The highlight of it was certainy the stand between Samson and Varma. The latter especially got off to a sluggish start but picked up towards the end and scored his maiden half-century. Samson played the kind of innings that everyone wanted to see from him for so long. It is a good score and it remains to be seen if India can follow up the good work that their batters put up.

Dec 21, 2023 08:14 PM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: OUT! Rinku falls

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: And the party ends. Tries to smash it into the stands again but he holes at deep midwicket.

Dec 21, 2023 08:13 PM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: FOUR AND SIX! What a start to the last over

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: Rinku goes inside out over cover off the first ball of the last over from Burger. Then he picks the second over fine leg.

Dec 21, 2023 08:10 PM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: SIX! ARSHDEEP SINGH LETS FLY!

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: Well, well, well, why is a batter of his calibre playing at No.9 you'd ask if you saw this shot.

Dec 21, 2023 08:08 PM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: OUT! Good catch from Markram!

Dec 21, 2023 07:59 PM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: GONE!

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: Slower ball from Hendricks, Axar tries to go big and holes out at deep midwicket.

Patel c Mulder b B Hendricks 1 (3)

IND vs SA Live Score: India 255/6 in 46.3 overs

Dec 21, 2023 07:49 PM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: OUT! Samson's epic comes to an end

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: A number of South African players run up to him to shake hands as that incredible knock comes to an end. He ends up getting it off the toe-end of his bat and is caught at cover at the end of the ring. He gets a standing ovation from the crowd at Boland Park as he walks off.

Samson c R Hendricks b Williams 108 (114)

IND vs SA Live Score: India 246/5 in 45.3 overs

Dec 21, 2023 07:42 PM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: CENTURY FOR SAMSON!

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: He eases the last delivery of the 44th from Maharaj to long off and brings up his maiden international century. This is exactly the kind of innings that his fans would have been hoping to see for such a long time. Samson given a chance to play in the top order and he delivers. He has brought this century up in just 110 balls. What a player, what a knock.

IND vs SA Live Score: India 235/4 in 44 overs

Dec 21, 2023 07:36 PM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: SIX! More Rinku!

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: Second ball of the 43rd and Rinku pulls it over fine leg for a six. It was short and angling into him and he just helps it along the way.

Dec 21, 2023 07:34 PM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: FOUR! Rinku!

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: Of course he smashes the second ball he faces in the match to the wide long-on fence. Rinku Singh off the mark in style. Just a run after that and Rinku is on 5 off 4, Samson on 96 off 105.

IND vs SA Live Score: India 222/4 in 42 overs

Dec 21, 2023 07:31 PM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: OUT! Varma falls!

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: Tilak was looking to accelarate, it is time to do that, and he perishes. Goes for a slog sweep off the second ball of the 42nd from Maharaj, picks out the man at deep square leg.

Varma c Mulder b Maharaj 52 (77)

IND vs SA Live Score: India 217/4 in 41.2 overs

Dec 21, 2023 07:28 PM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: FOUR! 50 for Tilak Varma

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: Fantastic wristwork there from Varma to pull the fifth ball of the 41st behind square to the fence. That brings up his maiden ODI fifty. He has really had to fight in this innings but is starting to look good, as is Samson at the other end. Varma on 52 off 76 at the end of that over, Samson on 95 off 104.

IND vs SA Live Score: India 216/3 in 41 overs

Dec 21, 2023 07:25 PM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: SIX! Samson into the 90s

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: Oh that's smashed! Burger returns for the 41st, the first ball is walloped by Samson into those grass stands beyond deep midwicket. He moves to 90 off 102 with that.

IND vs SA Live Score: India 209/3 in 40.1 overs

Dec 21, 2023 07:19 PM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: SIX!

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: Sensational from Samson. He pulls Williams over the longer boundary and clears it with aplomb. That is a no ball as well and so a free hit delivery comes. Williams does well and gives just one run off it. Two dot balls after that. Samson is on 83 off 97, Varma on 46 off 71.

IND vs SA Live Score: India 198/3 in 39 overs

Dec 21, 2023 07:15 PM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: FOUR! All class from Samson

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: Last ball of the 38th from Maharaj, Samson steps out and strikes it over cover to the boundary.

Dec 21, 2023 07:12 PM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: 13 runs off the 37th over

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: A good over at last for India and it has come as soon as Markram brought Williams back. He now brings Maharaj from the other end. Varma on 39 off 63, Samson on 71 off 92.

IND vs SA Live Score: India 178/3 in 37 overs

Dec 21, 2023 07:11 PM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: FOUR! 2 boundaries in 3 balls

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: The third ball is sent in at a good length outside off, Samson stays still and pulls it in front of square powerfully.

Dec 21, 2023 07:09 PM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: MISFIELD AND FOUR!

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: A bonus boundary for Varma and India. First ball of the 37th from Lizaad Williams, Varma hits it to mid off where Markram is there for a routine pick up. But it just goes right through his hands and runs away to the boundary. That should've been a dot ball.

Dec 21, 2023 07:06 PM IST

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: End of the 36th over

India vs South Africa Live Score, 3rd ODI: Samson and Varma have now put up 62 runs for the fourth wicket but it has come in as many as 103 balls. It continues to be hard work for India to find the boundary. Samson on 64 off 90, Varma is on 33 off 59.

IND vs SA Live Score: India 165/3 in 36 overs

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