Hosts South Africa made a comeback in the three-match T20I series against India after beating the visitors in the second T20I at the SuperSport Park (Centurion). With this victory, South Africa levelled the three-match T20I series by 1-1 after the second game.

The hosts decided to field first after winning the toss. India managed to score 188/4 at the end of 20 overs.

In reply, South Africa reached the target in 18.4 overs after losing 4 wickets. South Africa won this match by 6 wickets with 8 balls to spare.

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Brief Scores: India – 188/4 in 20 overs (Manish Pandey 79*, MS Dhoni 52*, Junior Dala 2/28)

South Africa – 189/4 in 18.4 overs (Heinrich Klaasen 69, JP Duminy 64*, Jaydev Unadkat 2/42)

Result – South Africa won by 6 wickets

Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match:

1. Indian wicketkeeper-batsman MS Dhoni completed his half-century in just 27 balls.

i) Joint fastest T20I half-century for India against South Africa. Earlier, Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan had also completed his half-century in the same number of balls (27 balls) against the same team at Johannesburg in the last T20I (18^th February 2018).

ii) Joint fastest T20I half-century by any wicketkeeper-batsman against South Africa. Earlier, England wicketkeeper Jos Butler had also completed his half-century in the same number of deliveries (27 balls) against South Africa at Johannesburg on 21^st February 2016.

2. At the end of this match, Indian wicketkeeper-batsman MS Dhoni has scored total 1,432 runs in his T20I career

i) Second most runs scorer as a wicketkeeper-batsman in the T20I career history. Here is the top five list:

Top five most runs scorer in T20I career as a wicketkeeper-batsman

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3. Indian batsman Manish Pandey played a brilliant knock of 79 runs.

i) Highest T20I knock by an Indian batsman on the South African soil. The previous record holder was Gautam Gambhir with 75 runs knock against Pakistan at Johannesburg on 24^th September 2007.

ii) Third highest T20I knock by any Indian batsman against South Africa. Here is the detail list:

Top 5 T20I knocks by any Indian batsman against South Africa

4. Indian batsmen Manish Pandey and MS Dhoni put an unbeaten 98-runs partnership for the fifth wicket.

i) Highest T20I partnership for the fifth wicket against South Africa by any partners. The previous record was 85 runs partnership between MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma (India) at Durban on 20^th September 2007.

ii) Second highest T20I partnership for any wicket by any team at the SuperSport Park (Centurion). The record is 170 runs for the opening wicket between South African openers Graeme Smith and Loots Bosman against England on 15^th November 2009.

iii) India’s second highest T20I partnership for the fifth wicket against any team. The record is 102* runs partnership for the fifth wicket between MS Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh against Australia at Rajkot on 10^th October 2013.

5. South African wicketkeeper-batsman Heinrich Klaasen completed his half-century in just 22 balls.

i) Third fastest T20I half-century by any South African batsman. Here is the detail list:

Top 5 fastest T20I half-century for South Africa

6. South African batsmen JP Duminy and Heinrich Klaasen put a brilliant 93-runs partnership for the third wicket.

i) South Africa’s fourth highest T20I partnership for any wicket against India. Here is the detail list:

South Africa’s top five T20I partnership against India

7. South African wicket-keeper Heinrich Klaasen scored 69 runs.

i) Third highest T20I knock by a South African wicket-keeper. Here is the detail list:

Top five T20I knocks by a South African wicketkeepers

8. South African skipper JP Duminy was unbeaten for 64 runs.

i) Highest T20I knock by any South African captain against India. The previous record holder was Faf de Plessis with 58 runs knock at Dhaka on 4^th April 2014.

9. Indian leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal had a bowling figure of 4-0-64-0.

i) Most runs conceded by any Indian bowler in a T20I match. The previous record holder was Joginder Sharma with 4-0-57-0 against England at Durban on 19^th September 2007.

10. Indian batsman Rohit Sharma scored a duck.

i) It was his fourth T20I duck, which is the most by any Indian cricketer. Yusuf Pathan and former cricketer Ashish Nehra were in the next place with 3 ducks each in their T20I careers.