Suryakumar Thrashes Century As India Level T20I Series Against South Africa

Suryakumar Yadav hit a dazzling century as India levelled their series against South Africa with a crushing 106-run win in the third and final Twenty20 international at the Wanderers Stadium on Thursd

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Mohammed Siraj set the tone for India's bowling effort with a superb maiden over to Reeza Hendricks, with three slips in place for the last two balls of the over.

But it was the spinners who did the major damage, with Jadeja taking two for 25 and Kuldeep ripping through the lower order, taking the last four wickets off seven balls.

The pitch had looked excellent for batting when Suryakumar and Yashasvi Jaiswal (60) punished the bowling in a fourth-wicket stand of 112 off 70 balls but Jadeja and Kuldeep both gained turn and occasional low bounce.

"Credit to the (Indian) batters for making it look easy for them," said Markram.

Suryakumar went out to bat after left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj took two wickets off successive balls in the third over. He was relatively subdued in taking 23 balls to make his first 25 runs but then unleashed his full array of strokes, including hits for leg-side sixes off good length balls.

The teams start a three-match one-day international series at the same venue on Sunday.