Reeza Hendricks and De Kock opened for South Africa. Arshdeep bowled the first over for India. Arshdeep bowled the 2 outswingers and 1 inswinger to take Reeza Hendricks’ wicket. Arshdeep shows his class and control with the ball. De Kock got LBW on Harshit Rana’s ball. 

Dewald Brevis struck the inside edge and bowled on Harshit Rana’s ball. Hardik Pandya completes 100 T20I wickets with Stubbs’ wicket. Shivam Dube bowled Corbin Bosch on his first ball. Varun Chakaravarthy shows why he is the number 1 T20I bowler. Donovan Ferreira had no clue about the delivery. The same happened with Marco Jensen as well. 

Markram was the only batter who scored runs. But Arshdeep took his wicket in the 19th over. Coach Gambhir sent a message to the captain to give the final over to bday boy, Kuldeep Yadav, and he took 2 wickets in the final over. South Africa scored 117 runs.

Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill opened for India. Abhishek started with a six on the first ball. Abhishek scored a quick 35 runs. Shubman Gill struggled a lot. Gill scored 28 runs on 28 balls. Same with Surya Kumar Yadav, he scored 12 runs in 11 balls. Tilak Varma scored 25 runs in 34 balls. 

IND   – 188-5 (18.3)

Player of the Match – Arshdeep Singh 

India vs Australia: 3rd T20I played on Sunday, November 2, at the Oval, Hobart.

India won the toss and opted to bowl first. There were three changes on the Indian side: Jitesh, Arshdeep, and Washington came in place of Samson, Harshit, and Kuldeep.

Arshdeep is India’s leading wicket-taker in T20Is, but he was still warming the bench; not sure why. But he once again showed why he’s the leading wicket-taker. He got Travis Head’s wicket on the 3rd ball of the first over, and in his second, he dismissed Josh Inglis.

Tim David was promoted up the order, and he showed his raw power. Marsh and Tim David built a solid partnership, but Varun Chakaravarthy struck twice in two balls, removing Mitchell Marsh and Mitchell Owen. Stoinis and Tim David batted on another level. Tim David got out after scoring 74 runs off just 38 balls. Matthew Short and Stoinis continued the innings. Stoinis got out in the last over while trying to hit a low full toss. He scored 64 runs in 39 balls, while Short scored 26. Australia posted a total of 186 runs.

Abhishek started well, as usual, but got a quick short ball from Ellis after scoring 25 runs. Gill’s poor form continued; he scored only 15 runs and was trapped LBW by Ellis. SKY got out to Stoinis. Ellis again surprised another batter with a quick short ball, and Axar scored 17 runs.

Tilak Varma got out to Bartlett’s ball. Washington Sundar and Jitesh Sharma finished the match with 9 balls remaining. Washington scored 49 runs, and Jitesh remained unbeaten on 22.

Arshdeep, known for his fun and light-hearted personality off the field, often creates reels on trending audios. This reel went instantly viral after he posted it, with several meme pages sharing it widely.

The Australia A tour consisted of two Tests and three ODIs. The first Test ended in a draw, and the second was won by India. In the ODI series, India won two matches while Australia won one. It was more of a practice series for both teams ahead of the official India vs. Australia ODI series, which begins on Sunday, 19 October, in Australia.