In the third or last T 20 match, South Africa won the match by 49 runs with India due to great performance in batting and bowling. India won the series by (2-1) in the three T 20 matches against South Africa.

Earlier, India won the toss and chose to bowl first thus South Africa first batted and made a huge score of 227/3 in 20 overs due to great batting by Rilee Rossouw 100* (48), Quinton de Kock 68 (43), Tristan Stubbs 23 (18), and David Miller 19* (5). Both Umesh Yadav 1/34 (3), and Deepak Chahar 1/48 (4) were good bowling from the Indian side. After this inning, South Africa set a huge target of 228 runs in 20 overs for India to win the third or last T 20 match.

During chasing, India was all out at 178 runs in 18.3 overs and lost this match by 49 runs with South Africa due to great bowling by Dwaine Pretorius 3/26 (3.3), Keshav Maharaj 2/34 (4), Wayne Parnell 2/41 (4), Lungi Ngidi 2/51 (3), and Kagiso Rabada 1/24 (4). Dinesh Karthik 46 (21), Deepak Chahar 31 (17), and Rishabh Pant 27 (14) were good batting from the Indian side.

Rilee Rossouw (IND), 100* (48), was declared as the Player of the Match due to his great performance in batting in the match.

Suryakumar Yadav (IND) was declared as the Player of the Series due to his great performance in batting in the whole series.