Watch the highlights of India vs South Africa 3rd T20I 2025 - South Africa tour of India 5-match Twenty20 international series of the 3rd T20I match played between South Africa and India at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala on 14th December 2025.
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Varun Chakravarthy was on fire with his economical spell © AFP/Getty Images
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Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy and Kuldeep Yadav's each two wickets before Abhishek Sharma's whirlwind 18-ball 35 sets up to India comfortable seven-wicket victory over South Africa and go up 2-1 lead in a low-scoring game of the third T20I.
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- India chased 118 was their second lowest successful run-chase against South Africa in T20 international after they have chased 107 at Thiruvananthapuram in 2022.
- India's 25-balls spare win was their largest victory by terms of balls remaining in T20Is, previous biggest balls spare win was 20-balls at Thiruvananthapuram in 2022.
- Arshdeep Singh has taken 48 wickets in 1 to 6-overs in T20Is - The most-wickets taken for India in 1 to 6-overs, beating Bhuvneshwar Kumar's record of 47-wickets.
- South Africa's 25 for 3 was their joint sixth lowest powerplay total against India in T20 international (powerplay of 6-overs) and It is their second lowest-powerplay-total against India in T20Is after their 24 for 3 at Perth in the 2022 T20 World Cup.
- South Africa lost their top five batsmen wickets for just 44-runs - which was their third worst first five-wicket collapse against India in T20 international. Their worst such collapse against India was five for 9-runs at Thiruvananthapuram in 2022.
- Hardik Pandya became the first Indian player to taken 100 wickets and have 100 sixes in T20 international cricket history and overall the fourth player to achieve this feat in T20Is after Mohammad Nabi, Sikandar Raza and Virandeep Singh.
- Hardik Pandya became the third Indian bowler to take 100 T20I wickets after Arshdeep Singh's 109 and Jasprit Bumrah's 101.
- 30 Innings : Varun Chakravarthy became the second fastest Indian bowler to take 50 T20I wickets in terms of innings after Kuldeep Yadav - who took 50th wicket in his 29th innings.
- 90 : Kuldeep Yadav equalled a joint fifth leading wicket-taker for India in T20Is, jointly with Bhuvaneshwar Kumar.
- South Africa's 117 was their sixth lowest score in a completed innings against India in T20 international and It is their fourth lowest total in India in T20Is. Their lowest-score is 74 also against India at Cuttack earlier in this series' first T20I.
- South Africa's 117 was the lowest-total by any team at Dharamsala in T20Is, previous lowest was 134 by Australia against New Zealand in the 2016 World Twenty20.
- India's 68 for 1 was their fourth highest powerplay total against South Africa in T20 international (powerplay of 6-overs). Their highest-powerplay-total against South Africa was 78 for 2 at Johannesburg in 2018.
- Abhishek Sharma has hit 44 sixes in the first six overs in T20Is, The joint-second-most-sixes hit for India in the first six overs, jointly with KL Rahul.
- 60 : Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill set up the fifth highest first-wicket partnership for India against South Africa in T20Is. The highest is 97-run stand between Ruturaj Gaikwad and Ishan Kishan at Visakhapatnam in 2022.
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South Africa bowled out for 117 in exact 20 overs with top scorer by Aiden Markram cracked a 61 off 46-balls including 6-fours & 2-sixes.
Donovan Ferreira hit 20 off 15-balls including one-six & a four and Anrich Nortje scored a run-a-ball 12-runs contained a six.
India best bowler by Varun Chakravarthy captured 2-wickets for 11-runs in 4-overs with economy rate of 2.75, Arshdeep Singh picked up 2-wickets, Harshit Rana took 2-wickets and one for Shivam Dube - Hardik Pandya.
India chase down the target of 118, finishing at 120 for 3 in 15.5 overs with top scorer by Abhishek Sharma hammered a 35 off 18-balls including 3-sixes & 3-fours with strike rate of 194.44.
Shubman Gill cracked a run-a-ball 28-runs including 5-fours, Tilak Varma scored a unbeaten 26 off 34-balls included 3-fours.
Suryakumar Yadav scored 12 off 11-balls including 2-fours and Shivam Dube blasted a unbeaten 10 off 4-balls contained one-six & a four with strike rate of 250.
South Africa best bowler by Corbin Bosch, Lungi Lgidi and Marco Jansen each took one-wickets.
Arshdeep Singh named Player of the match for his brilliant bowling performance to took 2-wickets for 13-runs in 4-overs with economy rate of 3.25.
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