JOHANNESBURG, Dec 14 – Captain Suryakumar Yadav smashed an excellent 100 from 56 balls as India squared the sequence towards South Africa with an emphatic 106-run win within the third and ultimate Twenty20 International in Johannesburg on Thursday. After being despatched in to bat, India reached 201 for seven of their 20 overs at The Wanderers, earlier than they dismissed the house facet for a paltry 95.

Yadav anchored the innings with a chic century through which he struck boundaries in all elements of the bottom, with seven fours to go together with eight sixes for his fourth century in worldwide T20 matches. He placed on 112 for the third wicket with opener Yashasvi Jaiswal, who additionally impressed with 60 from 41 balls after India had misplaced Shubman Gill (8) and Tilak Varma (0) in consecutive balls off the bowling of fantastic spinner Keshav Maharaj (2-26) with the rating on 29.

Rinku Singh (14) was the one different batter to get into double figures in India’s complete. The guests’ seamers acquired extra motion off the wicket from the beginning and South Africa by no means regarded settled of their chase, earlier than the spinners completed them off.

Only David Miller provided any actual resistance with 35 from 25 balls earlier than he was the final man out, giving wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav career-best determine of 5-17 in 2.5 overs. There was a significant fear for the vacationers when Suryakumar Yadav rolled his ankle whereas trying a routine piece of fielding and needed to hobble off. There was no fast information on the extent of the harm.

The two sides start a three-match One-Day International sequence on Sunday on the similar venue, earlier than additional matches in Gqeberha on Tuesday and Paarl subsequent Thursday.

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