Tilak Varma smashed a second successive T20 century and Sanju Samson his third in five innings as India smashed a mammoth 283-1 en route to a 3-1 win over South Africa.
In the third match at Centurion on Wednesday, Tilak’s unbeaten 107 from 56 balls led to an unbeaten 120 from 47 in Friday’s final in Johannesburg as India cruised to a 135-run win after dismissing South Africa for 148 later.
Tilak and Samson (109 not out from 56 balls) put on a second-wicket stand of 210 off 86 balls after Samson shared 73 off 35 with opening partner Abhishek Sharma (36 off 18) to stun Wanderers to
The 23 sixes from Tilak (10), Samson (9) and Abhishek (4) in Johannesburg were the third-most in a T20 international innings combined, behind only the 27 Zimbabwe amassed when they posted a total of 344 against Gambia. on October and Nepal struck against Mongolia on 26th.
A hundred, a hundred, a duck, a duck, a hundred.
Samson’s last T20 international was extraordinary.
The 30-year-old hit a back-to-back hundred in the last game of the series at home to Bangladesh in October and the opening T20 against South Africa in Durban.
But he then recorded back-to-back ducks against the Proteas at Gqeberha and Centurion, conceding the first and second balls respectively, before smoking a ton on Friday.
South Africa retreated to 10-4 in three overs in reply as seamer Arshdeep Singh struck three and moved to the bottom of off-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal’s record 96 T20 scalps for India.
Left-armer Riza Hendricks (1) bowled a beauty and then caught umpire Aiden Markram (8) before trapping the dangerous Henrich Klaasen lbw for a golden duck next ball.
Tristan Stubbs (43 off 29) and David Miller (36 off 27) rescued South Africa from total embarrassment with a 54-ball 86-run stand, while Marco Jansen added 29 not out from 12.
Focus switches to Test cricket for India and South Africa
India had won the first match of the series in Durban by 61 runs before the hosts equalized with victory in a low-scoring thriller in Gkeberha two days later.
The tourists then cruised to an 11-run victory in Centurion as they defended South Africa’s chase of 220 for victory.
India’s next action is a five-Test series in Australia starting in Perth on November 22, while South Africa will now host Sri Lanka for a two-Test series starting in Durban on November 27.
South Africa vs Sri Lanka live streaming Sky Sportsand so too their three T20s, three one-day internationals and two Tests at home to Pakistan during December and January.
