The third T20I between India and South Africa saw unprecedented scenes on Wednesday (November 13) as play was stopped after the first over in the second innings due to insects. After swarms of flies entered the stadium, the umpires were forced to ask the two teams to walk back to the dressing room after the disturbance became too much for the feilding side and two batters to handle. As soon as the two teams walked out to the field for the second innings, the change in scenery around the ground was visible as insects could be spotted flying around. Local commentators have pointed out that such a situation occurs when rain in around raising fear of more interruptions in the game. Play ultimately resumed after a 20-minute break

South Africa Need 220 To Win Talking about the match, South Africa won the toss and chose to bowl first. A stunning century from Tilak Verma helped India post a huge total of 219 on the board. The 22-year-old made an unbeaten 56-ball 107. He was given able support by Abhishek Sharma, who made a 25-ball 50. Tilak and Abhishek put up a 107-run partnership for the second wicket. While Sanju Samson, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, and Rinku failed to have an impact, Ramandeep Singh played a quick-fire cameo of 15 runs in just six balls. He became only the second Indian after skipper Suryakumar to hit a six on the first ball of their T20I career. Ramandeep replaced Avesh Khan in the playing XI with the series level at 1-1. Earlier, the first T20I was won by India by a huge margin of 61 runs after a century from Samson. The Proteas made a strong comeback to win the second T20I by three wickets despite a five-wicket haul from Varun Chakravarthy. The fourth T20I will be played on Friday (November 15) at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg.