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Harshit Rana, who replaced Jasprit Bumrah in India’s playing XI for the third T20I struck twice while Arshdeep Singh has also took one wicket. South Africa lost three quick wickets on Sunday in Dharamsala. Bumrah missed out on the game due to personal reasons. Harshit Rana has been criticized a lot by fans as he kept on playing across different formats, but the pacer has clearly shut down the critics and made plenty of them into his fan. During his excellent bowling performance with the new ball he troubled De Kock a lot before trapping him LBW and then went on to dismiss the dangerous Dewald Brevis. Fans in Twitter reacted to his splendid spell and let us look at some of the tweets.

Bumrah missed out on the game due to “personal reasons”. His participation in upcoming matches is uncertain, as per a BCCI press release. In another change, the hosts roped in Kuldeep Yadav, replacing Axar Patel, who is unwell. The series is currently level at 1-1 after the Proteas registered a 51-run victory in the second T20I in Mullanpur.

After India won the toss they opted to bowl first and South Africa lost three early wickets as Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana struck in the powerplay to reduce the visitors to 25/3. Later Hardik Pandya struck in his first over to dismiss Tristan Stubbs for 9, bringing up his 100th wicket in T20 internationals as South Africa slipped to 30/4 after seven overs. Aiden Markram remains at the crease with Corbin Bosch joining him. Hardik has become the third Indian bowler to take 100 T20I wickets after Arshdeep Singh and Jasprit Bumrah