India vs South Africa: Chahar's warning to Stubbs, Rossouw's century and more talking points from 3rd T20I

Oct 5, 2022 - 02:30

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India vs South Africa: Chahar's warning to Stubbs, Rossouw's century and more talking points from 3rd T20I

India suffered a 49-run defeat at the hands of South Africa in the third and final T20I at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore on Tuesday, with the Proteas denying the hosts a series sweep.

India had won the first two T20Is to clinch the three-match series with a game to spare, and the team management decided to rest the likes of Virat Kohli and KL Rahul, which even meant Rishabh Pant opening with Rohit Sharma.

Winning the toss, India put South Africa to bat first. The Proteas rode on Quinton de Kock (68) and a fine maiden T20I century from Rilee Rossouw (100*) to put up 227/3 on board.

In reply, India could manage only 178, with Rohit Sharma, Shreyas Iyer and Suryakumar Yadav all enduring low scores.

Here are five talking points from the third T20I:

Deepak Chahar tries to ‘run-out’ non-striker Tristan Stubbs

In the 16^th over of the South African innings, India bowler Deepak Chahar noticed non-striker Tristan Stubbs backing up too much, and the former decided to pause his run-up in order to give Stubbs a warning. However, unlike the Deepti Sharma-Charlie Dean incident very recently that created controversy and divided opinions, Deepak Chahar opted against dismantling the stumps on Tuesday.