26 runs in one over… Hardik left no stone unturned to spoil the match, but his fellow pacer snatched the victory from South Africa.

New Delhi. India scored 219 runs for 6 wickets in the third T20 match against South Africa. Seeing the huge score, the fans felt that India would win the match easily. But this did not happen. African batsmen responded strongly. He scored 26 runs in one over of Hardik Pandya. Then it felt as if the match might slip out of hand. But Arshdeep Singh saved the match in the last over. He ensured India’s victory by dismissing Marco Jansen, who scored a record-breaking fifty in this over.

After scoring 219, India took 6 wickets of South Africa for 167 runs. South Africa needed 51 runs to win in the last two overs. There are very few such occasions in history when a team has won the match by scoring 51 runs in two overs. Indian fans were also assuming victory. But Marco Yansen had something else in mind. He scored 26 runs on 6 balls of Hardik Pandya who came in the 19th over.

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Marco Jansen hit two fours and a six on the first three balls of Hardik Pandya. After this, 2 runs were scored on the fourth ball. In this way he scored 16 runs in the first 4 balls. This tall batter did not stop here. Yansen also hit a six and a four on the next two balls. In this way, he scored 26 runs in just one over of Hardik Pandya and brought his team closer to victory.

Arshdeep Singh brought the last over of the African innings. The host team had to score 25 runs to win in this over. It was not impossible for the team which had scored 26 runs in the 19th over to score 25 runs in the 20th over. Yansen had also come to the crease on the very second ball. But this time the bowler had changed. Arshdeep Singh gave one run on the first ball of the 20th over. Yansen hit a six on the second ball of the over and filled the African fans with enthusiasm. But this enthusiasm cooled down on the third ball of the over. Arshdeep Singh quenched the African hopes by trapping Yansen LBW on the third ball of his over. Arshdeep Singh gave 6 runs on the next 3 balls. In this way, 13 runs were scored in his over. The African team was stumped at 208 runs after 20 overs and India won the match.

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