The fourth contest in the T20 international series between India and South Africa takes place in Rajkot on Friday and the Proteas are now 2-1 up with two to play.
India were 2-0 down heading into the third T20 at Visakhapatnam on Tuesday but they turned their fortunes around with a more than comfortable 48 run victory.
India have batted first in all 3 matches so far and on Tuesday their openers really clicked with Ruturaj Gaikwad (57 off 35) and Ishan Kishan (54 off 35) putting on 97 for the first wicket and the innings closed on 179/5. Dwaine Pretorius (2/29) was the pick of the Proteas bowlers.
South Africa never really got into the chase with Hendrriks, Pretorius, Klaasen and Parnell all getting into the 20's but no further. Harshal Patel claimed 4 wickets but Chahal caught fire with 3/20 in his 4 overs including the wickets of batsmen 3, 4 and 5 which earned the Man of the Match award. India hit 6 maximums and the Proteas hit 4.
Earlier in the series the Proteas pulled off their highest ever successful run chase in a 7 wicket victory in the opening match. India posted 211/4 with Ishan Kishan top scoring with 76 off 48 balls but David Miller (64 off 31) and van der Dussen (75 off 46) took the score from 81/3 all the way to the target which was reached with 5 balls to spare.
In the second match India posted 158/6 and South Africa were in early trouble at 29/3 after 5.3 overs. Heinrich Klaasen then hit 81 off 46 balls to take the Proteas home with 10 balls to spare.
This was how the sides lined up in the third T20 on Tuesday.
India: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Avesh Khan
South Africa: Temba Bavuma (c), Reeza Hendricks, Dwaine Pretorius, Rassie van der Dussen, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), David Miller, Wayne Parnell, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Tabraiz Shamsi, Anrich Nortje
Head to Head
Overall the teams have met 18 times with India winning 10 to South Africa's 8.
The Betting - 3rd T20
At the time of writing India are 4/7 to win the match and South Africa are 11/8
Gaikwad and Kishan are both 5/2 to top score for India, Quinton de Kock (check his fitness) is the same price to do likewise for the Proteas
India are 4/5 to hit the most 6's with South Africa 5/4 and a tie is 7/1
Note all prices are correct at the time of writing but are subject to change
The Verdict
I was going pretty well after the first 2 matches but drew a blank on Tuesday. I'm looking at the player total runs market and Shreyas Iyer's quote of 24.5 looks beatable as an even money shout.
Chahal's excellent showing on Tuesday makes him a worthy favourite in the top Indian wicket taker market.
Bets: Top Indian Wicket Taker Chahal at 5/2
Player total runs Shreyas Iyer over 24.5 at even money
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Note all prices are correct at the time of writing but are subject to change
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