Abhishek Sharma's massive hit sends South Africa pacer out of Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg, ball lost into the stands

Similar to the previous T20I match, Abhishek once again showcased his batting prowess by smashing a spectacular fifty in the series decider. The left-hander dominated the match with a flurry of sixes. He was fortunate early on in his innings when Reeza Hendricks missed a sharp chance in the slip cordon off Marco Jansen's delivery in the very first over of the game.

Abhishek then took some time to get his eyes in, scoring just 2 runs in 7 balls but once he hit a pickup shot off Jansen for six in the third over, there was no looking back.

Abhishek took apart Similane, hitting him for three sixes and a four in his first over to once again get India off to a blazing start. The brutal six from Abhishek that went out of the stadium also brought up India's fifty in 4.1 overs.

Abhishek hit another four off Sipamla before nicking one to keeper Heinrich Klaasen in the same over. Abhishek backed up his half-century in the previous match with an 18-ball 36 in this match.

Earlier, India captain Suryakumar Yadav finally won the toss in this series and opted to bat. Both the sides decided to field unchanged teams from the previous match.

India lead the four-match series 2-1.

India XI: Suryakumar Yadav (capt), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Ramandeep Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakravarthy

South Africa XI: Aiden Markram (capt), Ryan Rickelton (wk), Reeza Hendricks, Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), David Miller, Marco Jansen, Andile Simelane, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Lutho Sipamla.