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IND vs SA 5th T20I: Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya blow Proteas away

Tilak (73) and Hardik’s (63) fourth-wicket stand of 105 runs off 44 balls powers India to a massive 231-5 before mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy’s 4-53 restricts South Africa to 201-8 for an emphatic series-clinching 30-run victory

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Tilak Varma en route to his 73 off 42 balls against SA in Ahmedabad on Friday. Pic/BCCI; (right) Hardik Pandya during his quickfire 63 off 25 balls

Tilak Varma en route to his 73 off 42 balls against SA in Ahmedabad on Friday. Pic/BCCI; (right) Hardik Pandya during his quickfire 63 off 25 balls

Hardik Pandya (63) hit the second-fastest T20I fifty for India, while Tilak Varma produced a fluent 73 as the hosts beat South Africa by 30 runs in the fifth and final contest to win the five-match T20I series 3-1 here on Friday.

Chasing a mammoth 232-run target, the Proteas managed 201-8 in 20 overs. Opener Quinton de Kock gave the visitors some hope with a blistering 65 off 35 balls before they tumbled. 

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