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Arya- Earlier in the day, it was the English skipper Jos Buttler who won the toss and put South Africa in. He had mentioned in the previous toss as well that they will look to set themselves different challengers and chasing a total is one of them. It was the worst possible start for South Africa as they lost Quinton de Kock in the very first over of the match. Reeza Hendricks and Rilley Rossouw resurrected the innings with some exhilarating strokeplay and made full use of the fielding restrictions. 

Rossouw carried on from where he left in the last game. The left-hander was smashing the balls all around the park and his innings was mixed with caution and aggression. He played the delicate shots brilliantly and raced off to 31 before getting castled by a special delivery from Moeen Ali. It pitched on the middle and straightened enough to beat the outside edge and clatter onto the stumps. 

Aiden Markram and Reeza Hendricks then joined each other in the middle and batted quite brilliantly. They knew that it was very tough to clear the boundary ropes, hence they tried to find the gaps and use the timing more than brutal power hitting which came out brilliantly for them. Markram was quite exceptional and Hendricks went onto score his third consecutive fifty of the series. 

A partnership of 87 runs laid the platform for a grandstand finish. Hendricks was eventually dismissed by Chris Jordan in the 17th over but there was still some lusty hitters left. David Miller, the South African skipper got off to a sensational start, smashing 18 in his first 6 deliveries which provided the impetus for South Africa. He was dismissed for 22 of 9 deliveries but he had done his job. Eventually a few good strikes from Tristan Stubbs and Markram took South Africa to a score of 191. 

Time for the post match presentation ceremony. 

Moeen Ali is the Player of the Summer! 

Moeen Ali: "It's been decent and I've been playing quite well in the T20s for a while but a disappointing summer for the team. I do enjoy batting at Bristol and breaking the record was the highlight of my summer. I think Jos as a captain wants us to take responsibility as the guys who have been playing for a while, my job is to go out there play my shots and enjoy really. Morgan said the same thing towards the backend of his career, and obviously playing Chennai up the order gave me the confidence to carry that on."

Reeza Hendricks is the Player of the Series! 

Reeza Hendricks: "Very happy with my performance and happy to contribute. A good team performance to clinch the series. Markram and Rilee were fantastic the last two games. The depth in the squad is there, the competition in the team is massive and whenever you step out, you need to make your mark. It was a competitive total today, it was a tricky wicket, they bowled well early on. Look that's a performance we want to forget about (Bristol), that wasn't our game but happy to improve from there."

David Miller | South Africa Captain: "It's a privilege to play 100 caps for your country and to cap it off with a series win is perfect. Rilee and Reeza batted very well to give us that start and the batters just carried that on. Today was just phenomenal, and a team fielding performance and really happy with that. Tristan has proved in domestic cricket that he can hit a long ball but to do it at this stage is brilliant. The process we have undertaken over the last 18 months has been a learning one and we have come up leaps and bounds, players putting up their hands at the right moment is all we want from this team."

That brings us to the end of our coverage for the series decider. Till the next time, it's ta-ta and good-night from me (Arya Sekhar Chakraborty), my fellow commentator Anirudh Modi along with scorer Raju Khariya.