That's some way to bounce back from your heaviest defeat in T20Is! 💥

Surya dada and co. defeated South Africa by seven wickets to ensure a scenic victory in Dharamshala. 

Our bowlers made the inroads by dismissing the top order cheaply and continued the 🔝 show throughout the first innings. 

Batters then joined the party and wrapped the proceedings quickly. Here's the report, served hot and fresh!

Blazing शुरुआत in the powerplay 

How's that for RAADAAA?! 

Three wickets in the opening four overs rattled the Proteas right at the start. 

While Arshdeep Singh sent Hendricks packing, Harshit Rana got the better of De Kock and Brevis, much to the delight of the Indian dugout. 

At the end of six overs, SA's scorecard read 25/3. 👌

New entry into HP's r̷e̷c̷o̷r̷d̷ AURA book 

With Tristan Stubbs' wicket, Hardik Pandya became the first pacer to score 1000+ runs and bag 100+ wickets in T20Is. Well, it's just Hardik Pandya things…

Thereafter, the spinners capitalised on some shoddy batting to pile pressure on the South African batters.

Aiden Markram's fighting 61 spared the Proteas' blushes and helped his team reach 117/10 at the end of 20 overs.

Shubman-Abhishek ची jodi >>>

The besties made light work of the visitors' bowling unit to set the tone for the chase by recording a 60-run opening partnership. 

After Abhishek (35 off 18) and Shubman (28 off 28) departed, Tilak’s steady 25* took us home. 

Team India completed the run chase in 16 overs to take a much-needed 2-1 lead heading into the 4th T20I, scheduled to take place in Lucknow.

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Brief Scores: South Africa 117/10 (Aiden Markram 61, Varun Chakaravarthy 2/11) lost to India 120/3 (Abhishek Sharma 35, Corbin Bosch 1/18) by seven wickets.