India's win over South Africa extends team's excellent record in T20I series deciders

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  • India's win in the T20I series decider continues a trend.

    India finished their tour of South Africa on a high, capturing their second trophy after clinching the final T20I at Cape Town by seven runs.

    India’s win on Saturday continued their excellent record in deciders of three-match T20I series.

    INDIA v SRI LANKA 2015-16

    It was Sri Lanka who started the three-match series in India with a bang, winning the first T20I by five wickets. The hosts bounced back with a 69-run win at Ranchi to tie the series at 1-1.

    In the series decider at Visakhapatnam, Ravichandran Ashwin’s four-wicket haul helped India bowl out Sri Lanka for just 82 runs in 18 overs. India then chased down the total comfortably, winning the match by nine wickets to clinch the series.

    Ashwin's four-wicket burst had helped India clinch the series.

    Ashwin’s four-wicket burst helped India beat Sri Lanka.

    ZIMBABWE v INDIA 2016

    A new-look Indian side were stunned by their African hosts in the first T20I at Harare as they went down by two runs while chasing 171. MS Dhoni’s men made amends for that loss in the subsequent match, thrashing the hosts by 10 wickets after restricting them to 99 in their 20 overs.

    In the series decider at Harare, India were restricted to 138-6 before Zimbabwe scripted a spirited chase, only to fall three runs short of the target in a frantic finish.

    A much changed Indian side pipped the hosts in the decider.

    An inexperienced Indian side beat Zimbabwe.

    INDIA v ENGLAND 2016-17

    Like in previous instances, this series too started with a loss for India as England romped to a comfortable seven-wicket victory in the first match at Kanpur.

    The hosts squared the series with a five-run win at Nagpur, making the final T20I at Bengaluru a straight shootout for the trophy.

    India were simply too good for Eoin Morgan’s men in the decider with Dhoni’s and Suresh Raina’s fifties helping them post 202 on the board. In reply, the visitors could manage only 127 after Yuzvendra Chahal picked up 6-25.

    Raina's fifty was vital in India's series win.

    Raina’s fifty was vital in India’s series win.

    INDIA v NEW ZEALAND 2017-18

    This time, India started the series on the front foot with a 53-run win at New Delhi before the Black Caps bounced back with an equally convincing 40-run victory at Rajkot to set up the series nicely for the final T20I at Thiruvananthapuram.

    There, bad weather reduced the match to eight overs per side. In a very tight game, India prevailed by six runs after setting New Zealand a target of 68.

    Bumrah shone for India in a tense final T20I at Bengaluru.

    Bumrah delivered in a tense final T20 against the Kiwis.

    SOUTH AFRICA v INDIA 2018

    The most recent one, India carried momentum from the ODI series to record a 28-run win in the first T20I before Heinrich Klaasen helped South Africa square the series with an emphatic six-wicket win at Centurion.

    The hosts ran India close while chasing a daunting target of 173 in the decider but ultimately fell short by seven runs.

    The hosts ran India close but finished short ultimately.

    Hosts South Africa ran India close but fell short in the third T20.

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