RSA VS IND - 4th T20I, India tour of South Africa, 2024

With this short white-ball tour done, the attention now shifts to the red-ball format for India. The BGT is up next and that's a big one starting on the 22nd of this month at Perth. South Africa too have red-ball action coming up against Sri Lanka and Pakistan. We will be there to bring all those games to you. For now we are ending things here. Till next time, take care and be well. See you soon. Bye.

SKY is presented with the series trophy and as is the tradition with recent Indian teams he immediately presents it to the newcomers in the side. That is Yash Dayal, Vyshak and Ramandeep Singh. They are at the centre as they hold the trophy to the cameras. Another series win for India in foreign conditions and they have been deserved winners too. Just the one loss for them in the series and that was a close game too. The other games their batting ran riot and South Africa had no answers. The future for this T20I side is looking bright as India looks towards the 2026 T20 World Cup at home. South Africa may have been missing a couple of key bowlers in Rabada and Ngidi and that showed as the inexperienced attack was taken apart by the Indians.

Suryakumar Yadav | India captain: There's no secret to adapting to the conditions and situations. Our plans were very clear as soon as we landed in Durban. Last time when we came here, we played the same brand of cricket and wanted to continue that. Though we were up 2-1 in the series, today we wanted to follow the good habits and not worry about the result. It happened naturally. [on Tilak, Samson and Abhishek's batting today] It's very difficult for me to choose one good knock from them, it was amazing batting skills displayed by them. We spoke about that and they literally walked the talk. When we toured last year, we knew there was something in this wicket once the lights were on and the temperature dropped. We just followed that, stuck to our lines and the result was right in front of us. It gives a big boost if you are winning any ICC tournament, winning from where we won. It was difficult to sum up what goes through our minds when we won there. It is very challenging when we tour South Africa, to come and win here, this is a special win and will stay with me forever. [on the coaching and support staff] They were sitting and enjoying the show since the first day, they spoke to the boys and said whatever you want, you do, we will sit and enjoy. Even today, they said if you want to bat first and put runs on the board, do it.

Aiden Markram | South Africa captain: Quite hard to be honest. Completely outplayed in all three aspects of the game. Have to give them credit, bat and ball they put us under pressure and it was tough for us to come back. Some good honest reflections need to be done. [on the extras they gave away] Nowadays you can't be just hitting stumps, you need to bowl wide lines and certain plans you need to come up with. One or two we might miss but it's part of the growth for this team, maybe not 15 wides, just two or three and in the long run as we build up to 2026, we can hopefully get it right. It's busy. As a team we will have a good reflection, as a white-ball team we have some time off, get stuck into some work and ultimately come back better players with better skills and with better execution. It's up to each individual as to where they want to go and where they want to invest in. [on the positives for this series] Marco Jansen was incredible this series, Gerald Coetzee as well, it's not easy in the Highveld, the never-say-die attitude from them and that's the bits and pieces we can pick up and move forward as a team.

Tilak Varma | Player of the Match and Player of the Series: Actually I wanted to tell one funny thing, last year when I played here I got out first ball. This innings was very crucial for the team and the series. [on his plans for today] Just want to hold my shape and followed my basics as to what I did in the last game, I was calm. It's an unbelievable feeling, I couldn't express it right now, I never imagined, that too two 100s in South Africa in challenging conditions. Thanks to our captain Surya for this. As I said last match, I was injured in the last few games, I believe in God and my processes, that's why I celebrated like that to God.

Varun Chakaravarthy | Gamechanger of the Series: Definitely the last two matches have been challenging because of the small boundaries. Even though a few sixes were hit, one mis-shot could get us a wicket. We went with three spinners in the series and it worked for us. Me and Bishnoi set up a partnership and it worked. [on his plans to the batters] The best approach was to stay away from the arc and I bowled a few short balls and it actually worked for me as well.

Stats by Deepu Narayanan

Biggest T20I defeats for SA (by runs)
135 vs Ind Jobrg 2024 *
111 vs Aus Durban 2023
107 vs Aus Joburg 2020
106 vs Ind Jobrg 2023
Third biggest win by runs for India after 168 run win vs NZ in Ahmedabad in 2023 and 143 runs vs Ireland in Dublin in 2018.

India spinners this series
Durban: 6/61 off 9 overs (ER 6.77)
Gqeberha: 6/40 in 9 overs (ER 4.44)
Centurion: 3/116 in 12 overs (ER 9.66)
Joburg: 5/76 in 9 overs (ER 8.44)

STAT: 18th win for India against South Africa in 31 T20Is - the most by a team going past 17 wins by Australia in 25 games

20:58 Local Time, 18:58 GMT, 00:28 IST: Totally professional performance from India as they win the series 3-1. It looked a totally different wicket when India took the ball in the 2nd innings. Arshdeep Singh was in a league of his own as he swung the ball both ways and it was too hot to handle for the hosts. They were reduced to 10/4 and the contest ended there after just 3 overs. It was all about saving face for South Africa after that as Miller and Stubbs began the rebuild. The duo added 86 before Chakaravarthy ended things by getting Miller. Stubbs went next ball to Bishnoi and India closed it out as they bowled South Africa out in the 19th over. Jansen again showed his all-round skills with the bat as he hit a few good blows. The way India came out with the ball with Arshdeep in particular and the way the pitch behaved too - when it seamed and swung a lot decided the game on the back of a massive score to back it up for the visitors. All the six bowlers that India used ended up in the wickets column. Stay tuned for the presentation...

Ramandeep Singh to Sipamla, out Caught by Axar!! Ramandeep Singh ends things. Bowls a slower-ball off-cutter outside off, Sipamla tries a hoick to leg, thick top-edge is found and a simple catch for backward point. Axar makes no mistake and India have sealed the series 3-1 with a thrashing of South Africa. Sipamla c Axar b Ramandeep Singh 3(4)

Ramandeep Singh to Sipamla, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Ramandeep Singh to Sipamla, 2 runs, fullish outside off, Sipamla gets forward to drive wide of sweeper cover and comes back for a second

Axar to Marco Jansen, FOUR, slower and tossed up full outside off, Marco Jansen gets low and sweeps it wide of deep backward square-leg, hit that hard and found the gap

Axar to Marco Jansen, no run, extra bounce on this back of a length delivery on the stumps, that's why it's over the stumps as Marco Jansen makes room to slash and misses, Samson did well too to stop that

Axar to Marco Jansen, no run, Samson has to be blamed for this one. Too often he has gotten excited and gone up in appeal. This is a length delivery outside off, Marco Jansen reverse-sweeps and hits it on the ground, bounces to Jitesh the sub at slip, Samson is sure and has a chat with SKY, eventually the umps check for a bump-ball

An ump review for a bump-ball. Looked like an Indian review but it is not. Straight into ground and caught by Jitesh the sub at slip.

Axar to Sipamla, 1 run, drifts it into middle and leg, Sipamla is off the mark with a tuck wide of mid-wicket

Axar to Sipamla, no run, flat good length outside off, Sipamla cuts and misses

Lutho Sipamla, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Axar to Maharaj, out Caught by Tilak Varma!! What a good catch that is. Despite losing his pants, Tilak hangs on. It's tossed up full on off, Maharaj gets forward to loft, the ball lands just short of the shot and turns a hint, forces the miscue and it's falling in space till Tilak runs from sweeper cover to his left and takes it two-handed as he tumbles forward. Great anticipation and fitness to cover ground. Maharaj c Tilak Varma b Axar 6(8)