India vs South Africa: The third T20 match between India and South Africa was played in Dharamshala on 14 December. India performed brilliantly and won by 7 wickets. In this match, first the Indian bowlers showed a brilliant performance. After this, the Indian batsmen showed their strength and won the match. After the defeat, South African captain Aiden Markham has given a big statement. He has also told the real reason for losing the match.

What did Aiden Markram say?

After the crushing defeat by 7 wickets, Aiden Markram said that it is difficult to say. The conditions were very difficult in the beginning, 4/5/6 wickets fell in no time. It was challenging. We have to find ways to deal with these situations. If we had scored even 140-150 runs, we would have remained firmly in the match. The start could have been better and our bowling performance in the first 3-4 overs was not good. Overall, Markham has cited poor batting first and then poor bowling as the real reason for the defeat. In the first 3-4 overs, Abhishek Sharma batted aggressively and put the South African bowlers on the backfoot.

Such was the condition of the match

Batting first, South Africa scored 117 runs in 20 overs. Aiden Markram scored the maximum runs for Africa. He played an inning of 61 runs in 46 balls. During his innings, apart from 6 fours, he had hit 2 sixes. Apart from this, Quinton De Kock scored 1, Reeza Hendricks scored 0, Dewald Brewis scored 2 and Tristan Stubbs scored 9 runs. Chasing the target, the Indian team won the match by scoring 120/3 runs in 15.5 overs. For India, Abhishek Sharma played an inning of 35 runs in 18 balls and Shubman Gill played an inning of 28 runs in 28 balls. Apart from this, Tilak Verma contributed 25 unbeaten runs in 34 balls.

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