IND vs SA 5th T20I HIGHLIGHTS: Hardik Pandya, Tilak Varma, Varun Chakravarthy shine in India’s 30-run win; Men in Blue end year with 3-1 series triumph

WICKET!! Uppish hit from Hendricks which seemed to be falling in no man’s land until Dube ran out of nowhere to complete a catch. Hendricks out for 13 off 12. South Africa- 69/1 in 6.3 overs.

Sundar tries to follow De Kock but the batter is in great form and unleashes a fierce pull to find the boundary.

And that’s the first boundary less over for India. South Africa- 60/0 after 5 overs. Reeza Hendricks- 10* (8). Quinton de Kock- 42* off 22.

Neither Arshdeep nor Sundar has been effective from the two ends for India.

Woah! South Africa mean business here. They keep themselves alive in this chase. What a start from the Proteas. After first 3 overs, South Africa- 43/0. Quinton de Kock- 34* off 14, Reeza Hendricks- 6* off 4.

Dube ends the innings on a high! It’s a SIX and a FOUR from him. Tilak did get run out but India would be happy with 231/5 at the end of 20 overs.

Hardik goes for the big shot. Gets caught in the deep. Out for 63 off 25, Baartman gets the wicket.

Smart from the left-hander. He predicted the line and length, adjusted accordingly and then placed it past shot fine for a boundary.

10 runs off the 18th over, 9 off the 19th over, one boundary each for Hardik Pandya and Tilak Varma in the last 2 overs. India- 214/3 after 19 overs. Hardik Pandya- 63* off 24, Tilak Varma- 68* off 40. India- 214/3 after 19 overs.

SIX! Four! SIX! In this over from Hardik. It’s not off successive balls but it’s an unbelievable show nonetheless. 17 runs coming off the 17th over. Pandya completes the second fastest T20I fifty by an Indian with a six off Bosch! It’s incredible batting from him. India- 195/3 after 17 overs.

Jansen concedes 8. Good over in the context of this game against two batters in dangerous form. India- 178/3 after 16 overs. Hardik Pandya- 38* off 12, Tilak Varma- 59* off 34.

Tilak smashes a fifty off 30 balls. Gets there with a boundary off Ngidi and then ends the over with another boundary. India- 170/3 after 15 overs.

FOUR MORE! What batting. This time it’s on the off side. Hardik’s hitting has helped India fetch 27 runs off that over. Hardik batting on 31* off 7. India- 158/3 after 14 overs.

Hardik is putting on amazing show here in Ahmedabad. First Varma found a boundary against Linde alright but Hardik has literally made a mockery of the spinner. First a boundary before back-to-back SIXES! The crowd is up on its feet and why not. Massive sixes! First over extra cover, then midwicket. It’s going on all parts of the ground at the moment. Hardik batting on 27* off 6.

Hardik smashes a SIX first ball he faced. Varma then smashes a four before a boundary to end the over off the blade of Hardik again. What a start this from Hardik. India- 131/3 after 13 overs.

No! It won’t be the end of a poor form for Suryakumar Yadav. He departs for a single digit score again and ends the year without a single 50-plus score in this format. Not a good average and strike rate far from what one has come to expect of him.

It’s a mishit from SKY which goes straight to the fielder and he has to walk back for 5 off 7.

India- 115/2 after 15 overs. Suryakumar Yadav- 5* off 6, Tilak Varma- 34* (23). Linde’s 3 overs have gone for 19 runs. He also has a wicket to his name.

Wow! You need great amount of skill to execute shots like that. It’s a late cute from the left-hander that goes for FOUR! Past backward point and that’s FOUR crucial runs.

India- 101/2 after 10 overs. Suryakumar Yadav in the middle batting on 2* off 2. He has Tilak Varma for company at the other end. Can India go past the 200-run mark?

Samson falls!! It’s George Linde who has cleaned him up with a beauty. The ball turns past his outside edge and ends up disturbing his stumps.

India- 76/1 after 7 overs. Tilak Varma- 10* (6), Sanju Samson- 28* (15).

It was poor line from off-break bowler Donovan Ferreira alright but Tilak made easy work of it. Down leg and Tilak’s leg glance fetches him and Team India FOUR!

That ends a remarkable powerplay for India. Tilak Varma has joined Samson in the middle. India are 67/1 after 6 overs.

It’s a short ball from Bosch that does the trick for South Africa. Abhishek looks to pull but only manages to glove it before the ball is pouched by the keeper. End of a good knock from Abhishek who falls from 34 off 21. India- 63/1 in 5.4 overs.

Bowling change for South Africa. Corbin Bosch takes the ball in his hand.

India get 15 runs off their 5th over. Jansen’s first over went for 19, second goes for 15. Incredible batsmanship from these two openers. First a boundary over extra cover from Samson off the second ball of the over, then back-to-back FOURS from Abhishek’s bat.

First brute force from the southpaw to smash it past midoff before he showed the other dimension to his game, steering it behind square on the off side.

Jansen returns to the attack after leaking 19 runs in his first over.

India going at over 10 runs an over. After the first 4 overs, they are 41/0. Sanju Samson- 22* off 11, Abhishek Sharma- 19* off 13.

The wicketkeeper-batter from Kerala batting as if he never left this opening spot. So smooth. This is fantastic. First ball of the over Samson presents the full face of the bat for an elegant straight drive. The third ball of the over, Samson brings out his typical pick up shot past mid on for a boundary. Samson ended the over with another boundary. This time it’s a lucky one. He only managed an edge that went between the fielders at slip and short third.

Ottneil Baartman replaces Jansen.