NZ vs SA, 3rd T20I: New Zealand has defeated South Africa by 8 wickets in the third T20I played in Auckland. With this victory, the host New Zealand team is ahead 2-1 in the 5 T20 match series. New Zealand wrote the script of its victory by proving South Africa 19 on both the batting and bowling fronts. Earlier, South Africa had won the first T20 of the series, whereas New Zealand has maintained its strong performance in the second T20I in the third T20I as well.
New Zealand won the toss in the third T20 and put South Africa to bat first. This move of the Kiwi team worked as wickets of South African batsmen kept falling at regular intervals. Half of the South African team was seen sitting in the dugout in the third T20 on a score of just 46 runs.
