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Tilak Varma’s maiden century gives India unbeatable lead in South Africa T20 series
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CENTURION: Tilak Varma hit a maiden international century as India beat South Africa by 11 runs in the third Twenty20 International here at the SuperSport Park on Wednesday. The 22-year-old left-hander smashed an unbeaten 107 off 56 balls in an Indian total of 219-6. South Africa were restricted to 208-7, giving India an unbeatable 2-1 lead in the four-match series. “I was waiting for this for a long time, coming back after injury,” Varma told host broadcaster , referring to a hand injury which restricted his playing time in 2024. Varma epitomised the “fearless cricket” espoused by captain Suryakumar Yadav. Promoted to number three in the batting order, he faced the third ball of the match after Sanju Samson was bowled for a second successive duck by Marco Jansen. He immediately went on the attack, hitting the second and third balls he faced from Jansen for four and six as he launched an innings which included eight fours and seven sixes. “I was just thinking I have got an opportunity to bat at number three and I just wanted to express myself,” he said. “We played the brand of cricket we wanted to play,” said Suryakumar, who revealed that Varma had requested a promotion up the batting order. “He asked for it and he responded.” Fellow left-hander Abhishek Sharma was similarly aggressive, hitting 50 off 25 balls with three fours and five sixes in a second-wicket stand of 107 off 52 deliveries with Varma. South Africa were never up with the required run-rate but some big hitting by Heinrich Klaasen (41) and Jansen (54) enabled the hosts to score 105 runs off the last seven overs. Klaasen hit three sixes off successive balls from leg-spinner Varun Chakravarthy, India’s most successful bowler in the first two matches. Jansen thrashed a 16-ball half-century before falling leg before wicket to left-arm opening bowler Arshdeep Singh off the third ball of the final over. Put under pressure by Abhishek and Varma, South Africa bowled three no-balls and 10 wides, which ultimately proved the difference between the two teams, with India bowling only one wide. S. Samson b Jansen0 A. Sharma st Klaasen b Maharaj50 T. Varma not out107 S. Yadav c Jansen b Simelane1 H. Pandya lbw Maharaj18 R. Singh b Simelane8 R. Singh run out15 Axar Patel not out1 EXTRAS (LB-6, NB-3, W-10)19 TOTAL (for six wickets, 20 overs)219 FALL OF WICKETS: 1-0 (Samson), 2-107 (Sharma), 3-110 (Yadav), 4-132 (Pandya), 5-190 (Rinku), 6-218 (Ramandeep) DID NOT BAT: A. Singh, R. Bishnoi, V. Chakravarthy BOWLING: Jansen 4-0-28-1 (2w 1nb); Coetzee 3-0-51-0 (7w, 1nb); Sipamla 4-0-45-0 (1w, 1nb); Simelane 3-0-34-2; Markram 2-0-19-0; Maharaj 4-0-36-2 R. Rickelton b A. Singh20 R. Hendricks st Samson b Chakravarthy21 A. Markram c R. Singh b Chakravarthy29 T. Stubbs lbw Axar12 H. Klaasen c Varma b A. Singh41 D. Miller c Axar b Pandya18 M. Jansen lbw A. Singh54 G. Coetzee not out2 A. Simelane not out5 EXTRAS (LB-5, W-1)6 TOTAL (for seven wickets, 20 overs)208 FALL OF WICKETS: 1-27 (Rickelton), 2-47 (Hendricks), 3-68 (Stubbs), 4-84 (Markram), 5-142 (Miller), 6-167 (Klaasen), 7-202 (Jansen) DID NOT BAT: K. Maharaj, L. Sipamla BOWLING: Arshdeep 4-0-37-3; Pandya 4-0-50-1 (1w); Axar 4-0-29-1; Chakravarthy 4-0-54-2; Bishnoi 4-0-33-0 RESULT: India won by 11 runs. MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Tilak Varma SERIES: India lead four-match series 2-1.
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