Taluk Verma, Sanju Samson’s centuries helped India defeat South Africa by 135 runs.

Taluk Verma, Sanju Samson’s centuries helped India defeat South Africa by 135 runs.

(Asghar Ali Mubarak)

The Indian cricket team defeated South Africa by 135 runs with the help of aggressive centuries from Taluk Verma and Sanju Samson in the fourth and final T20I to win the series 3-1.

The Indian team won the series in Johannesburg. In the 4th T20 International being played, Surmaon won the toss and elected to bat first, which proved to be very beneficial.

Talak Verma and Sanju Samson’s aggressive centuries and 210-run partnership in the 20 International set South Africa’s record of 283 runs for the loss of one wicket.

Chasing the target, the Proteas looked helpless against the Indian bowlers. And in the 19th over, the whole team collapsed for 148 runs.

Thus, India won the match by 148 runs and won the series. The bowlers of South Africa looked helpless against the Indian batsmen and managed to get only one wicket in 20 overs when Abhishek was bowled by Lithu Spamla for 71 runs at the end of the sixth over. Hunted Sharma, who scored 36 runs off 18 balls.

From then on, the Indian batsmen played beautiful short cuts all around the ground, Taluk Verma and Sanju Samson for India. Established a record partnership of 210 runs in T20 Internationals.

Opener Sanju Samson remained unbeaten by scoring 109 runs off 56 balls with the help of 9 sixes and 6 fours. Similarly, Taluk Verma at the other end batted even more aggressively and scored 120 runs off 47 balls.

The innings included 10 towering sixes and 9 boundaries. Along with this, he has become the second Indian player after Sanju Samson to score consecutive centuries in T20 Internationals.

This is the third time that two batsmen have scored centuries in the same innings of a T20 International match, with two centuries scored in the same innings between Czech Republic vs Bulgaria in 2022 and Japan vs China in 2024.

were India thus amassed a monumental score of 283 runs in the allotted 20 overs for the loss of one wicket, the highest total by any team in South Africa. Set a target of 284 runs for South Africa to win,

the Proteas’ innings in the chase got off to a very disappointing start with 4 of their players returning to the pavilion for just 10 runs. It should be noted that India has a 2-1 lead in the four-match series. In the first T20,

India defeated South Africa by 61 runs, while in the second match, the host team won against the visiting team by 3 wickets. Who was The third match was a thriller, with India winning by 11 runs.