The third and last match of the three-match series was played between India and South Africa at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, in which the South African team won. South Africa defeated India by 9 wickets in this match and tied the series 1–1.
In this match, Team India captain Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to bat first and thus Team India scored 134 runs losing 9 wickets in 20 overs. At the same time, the South African team, chasing the target of 135 runs, achieved this target by losing 1 wicket in 16.5 overs. Captain Quinton De Kock scored a brilliant 79 for South Africa.
The South African team, chasing a target of 135 runs, added 43 runs without losing wickets in 6 overs of the powerplay. Captain Quinton De Kock and Reeza Hendricks gave the team a good start. India got their first wicket off the first ball of the 11th over, when Reeza Hendricks scored 28 runs, caught by Virat Kohli off Hardik Pandya.
For South Africa, Quinton De Kock remained unbeaten on 79 off 52 balls with 6 fours and 5 sixes. Apart from these, Temba Bavuma returned unbeaten after scoring 27 runs off 23 balls.
Rohit Sharma also failed to play a good innings in the third T20 match. He scored only 9 runs and lost his wicket off Buren Hendricks. His catch was caught by Reeza Hendricks. India suffered another setback as Shikhar Dhawan. Dhawan was caught by Tabraiz Shamsi at the hands of Bavuma, who scored 36 runs off 25 balls with the help of 4 fours and 2 sixes.
India received a third blow in the form of Virat Kohli. Virat Kohli became the victim of Kagiso Rabada by scoring 9 runs in 15 balls. India got the fourth blow in the form of Rishabh Pant, who scored 19 runs in 20 balls. Shreyas Iyer was also stumped by scoring 5 runs. He was stumped by De Kock.
Krunal Pandya became the victim of Buren Hendricks by scoring 4 runs as the sixth wicket.
The seventh blow to the Indian team was on the first ball of the last over when Ravindra Jadeja became the victim of Kagiso Rabada scoring 19 runs. Washington Sundar was also run out scoring 4 runs in the 20th over. After this, Hardik Pandya became the victim of Kagiso Rabada by scoring 14 runs in 18 balls with just 1 four. For South Africa, Kagiso Rabada took 3 wickets, Bjorn Fortuin and Buren Hendricks took 2–2 wickets each, while Tabraiz Shamsi got one wicket.
For the last match of the series, Virat Kohli has not made any changes in his team. On the question of choosing the batting first after winning the toss, Virat Kohli said, “We are good at chasing, but looking at the plans for the T20 World Cup 2020, we are making some plans.” That is why batting is chosen first.
On the other hand, there has been a change in the team of South Africa. South Africa captain Quinton De Kock has named Beuran Hendricks of Anrich Nortje in the squad, who bowls with the left hand. Nortje was not able to leave much of a mark in the previous match.
INDIA PLAYING XI: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli (captain), Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar and Navdeep Saini.
SOUTH AFRICA PLAYING XI: Quinton De Kock (captain), Reeza Hendricks, Temba Bavuma, van der Dussen, David Miller, Dwayne Pretorius, Pehlukwuyo, Bjorn Fortuin, Buren Hendricks, Tabraiz Shammi and Kagiso Rabada.