India stay alive in the 5 match T20I series with a comfortable 48 run win over South Africa in the 3rd T20I at Visakhapatnam. South Africa are leading the series 2-1 with 2 matches remaining.

South Africa won the toss and invited India to bat first. Openers Ruturaj Gaikwad and Ishan Kishan put on a 97 runs stand for the first wicket. Gaikwad made 57 runs off 35 balls while Kishan scored a 35 ball 54. Hardik Pandya provided the finishing touch to the Indian innings with a quickfire 31 from 21 balls which included 4 fours and guided India to 179/5 from 20 overs.

Dwaine Pretorius picked up 2 wickets for South Africa while Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi and Keshav Maharaj shared a wicket each.

Chasing a target of 180 runs to win, South Africa were bowled out for 131 runs form 19.1 overs. Heinrich Klaasen was the top scorer for the visiting team with 29 runs to his name. Harshal Patel was the pick of the bowlers for India as he finished with the figures of 4-25. Yuzvendra Chahal chipped in with 3 wickets while Axar Patel and Bhuvneshwar Kumar shared a wicket each.

Match Summary :

India 179 for 5 (Gaikwad 57, Kishan 54, Pretorius 2-29)
beat
South Africa 131 (Klaasen 29, Harshal 4-25, Chahal 3-20)
by 48 runs