3rd T20I updates: Miller goes after Raina

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23:51 Takes 8 runs off him

SA 38-1 (8 ovs) vs Ind 172-7 (20 ovs)

Raina comes into the attack.

Duminy starts with a single.

Next ball is short and wide and Miller just cuts it through covers for a boundary.

Miller then gets a single.

Duminy gets a single.

Miller tries pull, gets hit in front of stumps, Raina appeals, umpire turns it down.

Miller then gets a single to long-off as 8 come off the over.

Pandya comes in to bowl.

JP and Miller take a run each off the first two balls.

He then bowls a slower one which Duminy plays and misses.

Duminy then gets a couple to deep square leg.

Duminy gets a single off the last ball of the over.

23:43 Miller, JP unable to find big shots

SA 25-1 (6 ovs) vs Ind 172-7 (20 ovs)

Thakur continues and Duminy gets a couple to backward point for a couple.

He then pulls the ball to mid-wicket for a single as a diving Rohit fails to cut the run.

Just 3 runs come off the over as India keep the runs down.

23:39 Scoring is tough

SA 22-1 (5 ovs) vs Ind 172-7 (20 ovs)

Bhuvi continues.

Miller gets a single to short cover.

Then JP gets a single to third man.

Bhuvi bowling well as just 4 runs come off the over.

Shardul Thakur comes into the attack and JP gets off the mark with a single.

Miller then slaps the ball through covers for a four.

Six runs come off the over.

23:32 Bhuvi strikes!

SA 12-1 (3 ovs) vs Ind 172-7 (20 ovs) | Scorecard

A wicket and 4 runs come off the over.

JP Duminy comes to the crease and Miller gets 2 runs off the last ball of the over.

Bhuvi continues and the batsmen struggle to get the scorecard ticking.

And the pressure has told. The in-form Hendricks is gone!

He tries to go over the top, there is nothing in it. He just skies the ball and Dhawan completes a catch at mid-on.

23:26 India set SA 173 for win

SA 8-0 (2 ovs) vs Ind 172-7 (20 ovs) | Scorecard

Bumrah starts a opening spell at the other end.

Hendricks starts off with a single to the leg side.

And Miller gets off the mark with a single.

Hendricks then gets a run off the last ball of the over.

Bhuvi opens the bowling for India as Hendricks gets off the mark with a boundary.

He then runs a single off the last ball of the over after Rohit misfields at mid-off.

23:06 Dhawan top scores with 47

Ind 172-7 (20 ovs) vs SA | Scorecard

Morris continues and he starts with a full-toss and Karthik gets one leg bye.

Pandya gets the leading edge and is caught by Klaasen.

Morris then bowls it to leg side and Karthik just plays it to fine leg for a four.

He then bowls a wide.

Karthik is then rapped on the pads, slow yorker, umpire raises the finger, Karthik asks for a review. He has to go.

Bhuvi gets 3 runs off his first ball and then gets a single off the last ball off the over.

10 runs and a wicket come off the last over.

Dala comes into the attack and Dhoni gets the inside edge as the ball runs to the fine leg boundary.

Dhoni tries to go high and the ball straight into the palms of Miller at long-off.

Pandya takes a single to bring on new man Dinesh Karthik onto strike.

Karthik opens the face and slices the ball as it races to the third man boundary off his first ball.

Slower ball and Karthik just plays it over covers for a boundary.

Karthik pulls the last ball to mid-wicket for a single as 15 runs and a wicket comes off the over.

22:51 Dhoni takes quick runs

Ind 147-4 (18 ovs) vs SA | Scorecard

Morris brought back into the attack.

Dhoni starts with a quick couple to the leg side.

He then gets a single.

Full toss and Pandya hammers that over long-on for a six.

He then follows that up with a single.

Morris then bowls a good bouncer to Dhoni. Dot ball.

Dhoni ends the over with a single to short backward point.

SA doing well to keep the big runs away.

Phehlukwayo continues and Pandya and Dhoni keep the scorecard ticking with singles and twos.

6 runs come off the over.

22:43 Good over by Shamsi

Ind 130-4 (16 ovs) vs SA | Scorecard

Dhoni is the new man in.

He gets off the mark with a sweep shot to fine leg for a single.

Pandya and Dhoni now rotate the strike.

A wicket and just five runs come off the over. Nice comeback by Shamsi.

Shamsi comes back and Dhawan plays it to the on side.

He runs the single and comes back for the 2nd run. Junior Dala whips in an accurate throw from the deep and the ball rattles the stumps on the bounce to find Dhawan short of the crease.

India lose the fourth wicket.

Phehlukwayo comes back into the attack and starts with a wide.

Pandya then runs 2 couples to keep the scorecard running.

Pandya then gets a single, pulling it to mid-wicket.

Phehlukwayo then bowls a terrible wide.

Full toss and Dhawan manages to flick it to mid on for a single. 8 runs come off the over.

22:32 Dala gets his 2nd

Ind 117-3 (14 ovs) vs SA | Scorecard

Pandya comes in to bat.

Dhawan plays a couple to backward point.

He then gets a single to mid-off.

Pandya gets off the mark with a single and 6 runs and a wicket come off the over.

Dala comes back into the attack and strikes!

Pandey tries to hoick the bowler and doesn't connect well.

He plays straight down the throat of Miller at mid-off and he goes for 13.

Phangiso continues and Dhawan goes after the bowling now as he gets a life.

Shamsi drops him again. 9 runs come off the over.

22:23 Pandey, Dhawan wallop Shamsi

Ind 102-2 (12 ovs) vs SA | Scorecard

17 runs come off the over.

Shamsi continues and Pandey starts with a huge one over Miller at mid-wicket.

He then gets a single to the leg side.

Dhawan then ends the over with a four over mid-wicket.

Dhawan gets a four as he pulls it through square on the leg side. He then follows it with a single.

Aaron Phangiso comes into the attack and he has given just 4 runs in the over.

22:15 Shamsi gets a breakthrough

Ind 81-2 (10 ovs) vs SA | Scorecard

Pandey comes to bat and gets off the mark with a single.

6 runs and a wicket come off the over.

Shamsi continues and Raina runs a quick one.

Dhawan then pulls it to deep backward point for a couple.

He then plays a sweep to fine for a single.

Raina is gone!

He just plays the ball straight down the ground, gets no power in that one and is caught by a running Behardien at the long-off boundary.

Duminy continues.

He starts well to give only a couple of singles off the first two balls.

Raina then takes 3 runs off the last two balls off the over.

Behardien misfields on the bounce and the ball goes past him for a boundary.

22:06 Raina batting well

Ind 65-1 (8 ovs) vs SA | Scorecard

Shamsi brought into the attack.

Dhawan starts with a single.

Raina survives a LBW decision.

Raina then takes a single to long on.

Dhawan then comes down the track but gets only a single to short cover.

Just 3 runs come off the over.

JP Duminy comes back into the attack.

And he bowls well as Dhawan and Raina take only 5 runs off the over.

22:00 India batting at high run-rate

Ind 57-1 (6 ovs) vs SA | Scorecard

Morris comes back into the attack.

He continues wayward line and gets clobbered by Raina for 7 runs before Dhawan gets a reprieve as he is dropped by Shamsi at backward point.

10 runs come off the over.

Phehlukwayo comes to the crease and starts off poorly.

Raina hits him for back-to-back boundaries.

He then runs a single to deeo-extra cover.

Dhawan then steals a single to square leg.

Phehlukwayo now going around the wicket and bowls with a wide.

He bowls a dot next.

12 come off the over.

21:50 Rohit gone for 11

Ind 35-1 (4 ovs) vs SA | Scorecard

Dala continues and Raina gets a single to fine leg off the 2nd ball of the over.

Next ball and Dhawan plays and misses.

Wow! Dhawan plays a crisp shot and cuts it through point for a couple.

Dhawan goes after the bowling. He hoicks the ball to no man's land at long-on for a couple. 5 runs come off the over.

JP Duminy comes into the attack and it's wide and Raina plays it through covers for a four.

Dhawan and Raina take another run each. as 8 come off the over.

21:42 Dala gets first wicket

Ind 22-1 (2 ovs) vs SA | Scorecard

Suresh Raina comes in to bat and starts with a six over deep square leg.

He then gets 2 with a lovely timed shot through covers.

9 runs and a wicket come off the 2nd over.

Dala comes into the attack and Dhawan starts with a run.

Dala then gets the man!

Rohit Sharma is done in by the pace here as he is rapped on the pads. Dala appeals and the umpire lifts the finger. Rohit decides against the DRS.

India lose first wicket.

21:37 SA win toss, elect to bowl

Ind 13-0 (1 ov) vs SA | Scorecard

Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma open the batting for India as Chris Morris starts the over with a no ball.

He pitches the ball on the pads and Rohit just plays it to the leg side for a couple.

Next ball is a free-hit. Widish, full toss and Rohit just plays it to covers for a single.

Dhawan gets off the mark with a single to long-off.

Morris has come back nicely here to bowl two dots.

Half volley and Rohit has played it straight down the ground to the long-on boundary for a four.

Rohit ends the over with a boundary as he whips the ball to the fine leg boundary as 13 runs come off the over.

21:11 Kohli out of the game

South Africa have won the toss and elected to bowl first in the 3rd T20I in Cape Town on Saturday.

India have made three changes after captain Virat Kohli has been ruled out of the match with a stiff back.

Pacer Bumrah comes in place of left-arm pacer Jaydev Unadkat, Yuzvendra Chahal is replaced by Axar Patel and Dinesh Karthik finds a place for the injured Kohli.

South Africa have made two changes with Christiian Jonker making his debut in place of Jon-Jon Smuts and pacer Patison making way for Kagiso Rabada.

The three-match series is level at 1-1 after the Men in Blue won the first T20I in Johannesburg by 28 runs. The Proteas bounced back in Centurion with a six-wicket win.

India have never played a T20 match at Newlands. This will be their first such outing, while South Africa have a less than impressive record here. They have played 8 T20Is, and lost 5 of them.

The two wins came in the 2007 World T20 and as such the hosts have only ever won a singular bilateral T20I game (against England in 2016) at Cape Town.

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