India vs South Africa 3rd T20I Highlights: India Win By 7 Wickets, Secure 2-1 Lead In T20I Series

India vs South Africa 3rd T20I Live Score: Shivam Dube puts the finishing touches in Dharamshala with a six and a boundary. India now lead the series 2-1, with two more games to go. 

India vs South Africa 3rd T20I Live Score: SKY goes BIG with two boundaries to start things off in the 15th over. But SKY for SMOKED by Lungi Ngidi in the fourth delivery! Caught by Baartman this time. 

India vs South Africa 3rd T20I Live Score: Tilak and Suryakumar are playing it safe. They are not far away from the target and will take no risk to let go of their wickets. 

India vs South Africa 3rd T20I Live Score: Marco Jansen breaks the partnership, Shubman Gill's wicket is toppled. An inside edge rattled the stumps. He looked rusty, but did an okay job. 

India vs South Africa 3rd T20I Live Score: India is right on track during the chase with Gill and Tilak in the middle. Proper running between the wickets is on display, making it easier for the team as they move towards the finish line. 

India vs South Africa 3rd T20I Live Score: Tilak and Shubman are gradually pushing on to reach the target. They are taking their time, and avoiding rash shots which could give out their wickets. Decent work done by the batters, 

India vs South Africa 3rd T20I Live Score: A fine, fine stand between Tilak Varma and Shubman Gill. Seven runs conceded. A Boundary also came off Gill's bat. He looks to be in fine touch now. 

India vs South Africa 3rd T20I Live Score: A solid backwards running catch from Markram marks the end of a solid Abhishek Sharma showcase. 35 off 18 is a brilliant show. The SA Captain timed it nicely, and SA have a wicket. 

India vs South Africa 3rd T20I Live Score: BANG ON Abhishek! A SIX to start the over. A boundary to follow up. A solid performance continues.

A dot and then a single in the next two balls, Gill now on strike. He caps off the over with two does.

SA concede 11, India continue with the attack. 

India vs South Africa 3rd T20I Live Score: Gill punches the ball on the third delivery perfectly in the gap. Four fielders were chasing but couldn't stop the ball from reaching the boundaries. 

Jansen goes around, and Gill gets a single. The ball was in the air, but not enough for the man at deep third to complete the catch.

Marco is back over.

Seven runs conceded in the over. 

India vs South Africa 3rd T20I Live Score: Gill opened Baartman's spell with a boundary towards cover point. A dot followed on, and then another boundary. Two runs in the next delivery and then two dots cap off the over. Ten conceded.

India vs South Africa 3rd T20I Live Score: A wide to open things for Gill and then a wicket scare! But Gill takes a review, and there is a spike on the Ultraedge as the ball passes the bat.

Gill follows it up with a handsome drive for a boundary. A single to follow, bringing Abhishek on strike, who scores a sublime boundary towards fine leg.

And then a monstrous SIX to cap off the over. 16 conceded by SA.

India vs South Africa 3rd T20I Live Score: Shubman Gill and Abhishek Sharma open for India. Abhishek smashes a six on Ngidi's first ball, followed by two fours. 

India vs South Africa 3rd T20I Live Score: An excellent bowling display from the hosts after being taken apart in the second T20I. 

India vs South Africa 3rd T20I Live Score: Kuldeep Yadav gets both Nortje and Baartman in his last over. India need 118 runs to win. 

India vs South Africa 3rd T20I Live Score: Captain Markram is dismissed after his edge is caught behind by the keeper. 

India vs South Africa 3rd T20I Live Score: Several powerful hits from Markram, resulting in a four and a couple of sixes, the skipper gets his half-century. 

India vs South Africa 3rd T20I Live Score: The visitors are already down with seven wickets for 81 runs. Nortje hopes to make an impact. 

India vs South Africa 3rd T20I Live Score: Marco Jansen is dismissed by Varun Chakaravarthy for 2 runs off five deliveries.  

India vs South Africa 3rd T20I Live Score: Varun Chakaravarthy dismisses Ferreira for 20 runs off 15 balls. Marco Jansen comes on for South Africa. 

India vs South Africa 3rd T20I Live Score: Arshdeep does all the hard work to get the ball from Ferreira but ends up spilling it. 

India vs South Africa 3rd T20I Live Score: Ferreira's six powers South Africa to cross the 50-run scoreline after 12 overs.

India vs South Africa 3rd T20I Live Score: Dube dismisses Boschand only allows four out of his first over. Up next Kuldeep Yadav. 

India vs South Africa 3rd T20I Live Score: Shivam Dube makes an immediate impact as he dismisses Bosch with his first ball of the night. 

India vs South Africa 3rd T20I Live Score: The Proteas secure just three runs from this over. 

India vs South Africa 3rd T20I Live Score: Hardik Pandya gets his 100th wicket with the dismissal of Stubbs. 

India vs South Africa 3rd T20I Live Score: The South African skipper hits two fours in Rana's over. Hardik Pandya is up next. 

India vs South Africa 3rd T20I Live Score: Arshdeep Singh allows only three runs this over. Up next, Harshit Rana.

India vs South Africa 3rd T20I Live Score: The Indian bowler picked up an important wicket this over and only allowed four runs for the visitors. 

India vs South Africa 3rd T20I Live Score: Harshit Rana gets a huge wicket for India as Brevis is sent walking back to the pavilion. 

India vs South Africa 3rd T20I Live Score: Similar to Hendricks' wicket, QDK is dismissed by Harshit Rana after a confident lbw appeal. Brevis is up next from the visitor's side. 

India vs South Africa 3rd T20I Live Score: Initially given not out by the umpire despite a confident lbw appeal, India opts for a review, which sees Hendricks walking back. 

India vs South Africa live: Corbin Bosch and Anrich Nortje come in for Linde and Sipamla, respectively. 

SA playing XI: Quinton de Kock (WK), Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (C), Dewald Brevis, Tristan Stubbs, Donovan Ferreira, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi, and Ottneil Baartman.

India vs South Africa live: Jaspreet Bumrah misses out as Kuldeep Yadav comes in to replace him. 

India vs South Africa live: Suryakumar Yadav has won the toss. India have elected to bowl first in the 3rd T20I. 

India vs South Africa live: Toss is scheduled for 6:30 PM IST. 

India vs South Africa live: Hardik Pandya has a chance to achieve a new milestone in his T20I career. The player has scored 1939 runs and picked up 99 wickets in 122 matches. If the player manages to dismiss at least one SA batter today, he will become the first Indian to have completed the double of 1000 runs and 100 wickets in T20I. 

India vs South Africa live: Aiden Markram (C), Reeza Hendricks, Quinton de Kock (WK), Dewald Brevis, David Miller, Donovan Ferreira, George Linde, Marco Jansen, Lutho Sipamla, Lungi Ngidi, Ottneil Baartman, Corbin Bosch, Keshav Maharaj, Tony de Zorzi, Kwena Maphaka, Anrich Nortje, Tristan Stubbs

India vs South Africa live: Suryakumar Yadav (C), Shubman Gill (VC), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Sanju Samson (WK), Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Washington Sundar

India vs South Africa live: The Proteas have played only one match in Dharamshala in 2015, which they had won by seven wickets. 

India vs South Africa live: So far, India has played three T20I games at the HPCA Stadium, Dharmshala, with the first one being against South Africa in 2015. However, the hosts failed to get a win against the Proteas. This was followed by two games against Sri Lanka in 2022, where the former emerged victorious on both occasions. 

India vs South Africa live: On December 11, 2025, India played their second T20I against South Africa in Mullanpur. South Africa secured a big win by 51 runs after bowling India out for 162 runs in 19.2 overs. South African pacer Baartman picked up four wickets, while batsman Quinton de Kock smashed 90 runs from just 46 balls. 

India vs South Africa live: India vs South Africa 3rd T20I is scheduled to start from 7 PM IST, with the toss scheduled for 6:30 PM IST at the HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala.