RSA VS PAK - 3rd T20I, Pakistan tour of South Africa, 2018-19

So, this victory ensures that Pakistan team will take their flight back home in a jovial mode. Well, it has been an extremely shoddy one and a half months for them. The Test series was a calamity of sorts. In 50-over-format, they were brilliant in patches but faltered at the final hurdle. And T20 was a clear case of being so near yet so far. Hopefully, this young team will learn lessons out of it and they will be a stronger unit when they tour Africa again. South Africa might have come out on top in both the ODI and T20 series but things aren't close to being hunky-dory for them. And they still have lot of areas to address before the World Cup starts. That's it from all of us, hope you enjoyed our coverage. This is Varun Dixit signing off on behalf of Mr. Raju Peethala and Mukesh Gowda.

David Miller, Man of the Series: We came out and we showed our class in all three formats. 2-1 against the number one T20 team is an impressive effort. I enjoyed my captaincy in the last two matches. The guys really put up their hands up. This is a young side and we have lot of depth in our team. They have a great bowling attack and that is the reason they are the best in this format.

Shadab Khan, Man of the Match: We waited for the last over and they gave (bowled) it in my zone. This overseas tour is very good experience for us as we mostly play in Dubai.

Shoaib Malik: Win always give you satisfaction. Our youngsters have learned a lot from this tour. If we look at three T20 games, we could have won the first two, but these things happen in cricket. I hope, our players have learned from these situations. Shaheen Afridi has great talent and he is improving day by day. I have seen him bowling in nets and he tries to learn variations which is very different. I am still trying to find out how we keep finding these (talented) fast bowlers. We want more batsmen who can take Pakistan cricket to another level. We have seen Babar Azam and Imam impress and we need more guys to like that to compete overseas. PCB has been invested a lot and it kept giving opportunities. It is just not about that, but Babar has developed his game and same with Imam. I hope the other guys learn from them. I would like to congratulate the South African team for winning all three series.

21:36 Local Time, 19:36 GMT, 01:06 IST: Mickey Arthur has a bright smile on his face on the balcony. Well, he deserves it after finishing this tour on a high. Pakistan only had a par score on the board. But they turned up in the field this evening and when they generally do that, they make it extremely tough for the opposition. Imad Wasim and Shaheen Afridi were outstanding in the powerplay. They hardly gave anything away and picked up two crucial wickets. Then, Amir was brought into the attack and he picked up the wicket of Heinrich Klaasen off his first ball. Pakistan kept taking wickets at regular intervals and South Africa could not inject any momentum into the innings. Rassie van der Dussen again impressed with his handy 41 but he didn't get enough support from the other end. Chris Morris in the end, threatened to take the match away for a wee bit. But it was a matter of too little too late and Pakistan won it comfortably in the end. Hang on for the presentations.

Shaheen Afridi to Chris Morris, no run, fuller length delivery on the stumps and Chris Morris digs it out to the off-side. That's it. Pakistan win by 27 runs! And avoid a clean-sweep.

Shaheen Afridi to Chris Morris, SIX, another maximum. Chris Morris is keeping the crowd entertained at the SuperSport Park. It was a fuller length delivery on the stumps, Chris Morris clears his front leg and tonks it over deep mid-wicket for another six

Shaheen Afridi to Chris Morris, SIX, gets under it and smashes it over deep mid-wicket, keeps his shape this time and doesn't try to overhit it. Over the fence!

Shaheen Afridi to Chris Morris, no run, fuller length delivery on the stumps, Chris Morris wanted to flick it to the leg-side, outside half of the bat takes it to deep cover. He denies a single again

Shaheen Afridi to Chris Morris, no run, fuller length delivery wide of off, Chris Morris swings and misses

Shaheen Afridi to Chris Morris, no run, in the air and dropped! It was a slower delivery on a good length, Chris Morris wanted to dispatch it over deep mid-wicket, his timing was in a mess and it pops up in the air. Shaheen Afridi moves to his right, gets under it but spills it. He has no-one but himself to blame

Shaheen Afridi [3.0-0-11-1] is back into the attack

40 off 6 balls. It's impossible for South Africa.

Faheem Ashraf to Shamsi, no run, full-toss on the stumps, Shamsi flicks it to fine leg, Chris Morris refueses the run

Tabraiz Shamsi, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Faheem Ashraf to Lutho Sipamla, out Bowled!! Smashes the middle stump. And this wicket just about confirms it that Pakistan will win their final match of the tour. It was a fuller length delivery on the stumps, Lutho Sipamla was beaten by the extra pace, it goes through his defence and clatters his stumps. Lutho Sipamla b Faheem Ashraf 0(1)

Faheem Ashraf to Lutho Sipamla, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!

Faheem Ashraf to Chris Morris, 1 run, yorker on the stumps, Chris Morris opens the face of the bat and guides it to the off-side, takes the single this time. He has given up now

Faheem Ashraf to Chris Morris, 2 runs, yorker on the stumps, Chris Morris swings hard, fails to get under it but manages to whip it to deep mid-wicket

Faheem Ashraf to Chris Morris, no run, perfect yorker on the stumps, Chris Morris steers it wide of backward point. He refuses a single