India thumped South Africa by 135 runs in the last match of the ongoing T20I series in Johannesburg. The 4th T20I match at Wanderers was a once-in-a-lifetime event where Team India set a flurry of records. Came to bat first after winning the toss The Indian team got off to a flying start as Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma formed a 73-run partnership in 5.5 overs. On the second-to-last ball of the powerplay, Abhishek was dismissed by Simpala on the individual score of 36. But this proved to be a mistake that cost Proteas the match. Because Tilak, who came to bat after Abhishek, again wreaked havoc on South African bowlers like he did in Centurion, but this time more ruthlessly. Sanju, who was smashing South Africa from the very first ball, was another threat to deal with for the Proteas bowlers in this game.
These two batters came together in the sixth over when the score was 73, but when India’s inning concluded, both were unbeaten centurions, who took India to their highest T20I total of 283/1 on foreign soil. Came to chase the second-highest T20I total ever between two test-playing nations, South Africa got the worst possible start to their inning they can ever imagine. Because Indian pacers Arshdeep and Hardik reduced South Africa to 10/4 in just three overs. South Africa never recovered from these early setbacks and kept losing wickets regularly in the endeavor to match the required run rate. Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, and Marco Jansen were the batters who showed some spine and reached double digits. Eventually, South Africa wrapped up on 148 in 18.2 overs and received their biggest defeat in T20Is.
Match Scorecard: SA vs IND 4th T20I, Johannesburg, 15 November 2024
India Batting
| Batter | Runs | Balls | SR | 4s | 6s | |
| Sanju Samson | not out | 109 | 56 | 194.64 | 6 | 9 |
| Abhishek Sharma | c Klaasen b Sipamla | 36 | 18 | 200 | 2 | 4 |
| Tilak Varma | not out | 120 | 47 | 255.31 | 9 | 10 |
| Extras | (nb 1, w 17) | 18 | ||||
| Total | 20 Ov (RR: 14.15) | 283/1 |
South Africa Bowling
| Bowler | Overs | Runs | Wickets | ECON |
| Marco Jansen | 4 | 42 | 0 | 10.5 |
| Gerald Coetzee | 3 | 43 | 0 | 14.33 |
| Lutho Sipamla | 4 | 58 | 1 | 14.5 |
| Andile Simelane | 3 | 47 | 0 | 15.66 |
| Keshav Maharaj | 3 | 42 | 0 | 14 |
| Aiden Markram | 2 | 30 | 0 | 15 |
| Tristan Stubbs | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 |
South Africa Batting
| Batter | Runs | Balls | SR | 4s | 6s | |
| Ryan Rickelton | c Samson b Pandya | 1 | 6 | 16.66 | 0 | 0 |
| Reeza Hendricks | b Arshdeep Singh | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aiden Markram (c) | c Ravi Bishnoi b Arshdeep Singh | 8 | 8 | 100 | 1 | 0 |
| Tristan Stubbs | lbw b Ravi Bishnoi | 43 | 29 | 148.27 | 3 | 2 |
| Heinrich Klaasen | lbw b Arshdeep Singh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Miller | c Tilak Varma b Varun | 36 | 27 | 133.33 | 2 | 3 |
| Marco Jansen | not out | 29 | 12 | 241.66 | 2 | 3 |
| Andile Simelane | c Ravi Bishnoi b Varun | 2 | 5 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerald Coetzee | c Samson b Patel | 12 | 8 | 150 | 1 | 1 |
| Keshav Maharaj | c Tilak Varma b Patel | 6 | 8 | 75 | 0 | 0 |
| Lutho Sipamla | c Patel b Ramandeep Singh | 3 | 4 | 75 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | (lb 2, w 6) | 8 | ||||
| Total | 18.2 Ov (RR: 8.07) | 148 |
India Bowling
| Bowler | Overs | Runs | Wickets | ECON |
| Arshdeep Singh | 3 | 20 | 3 | 6.66 |
| Hardik Pandya | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2.66 |
| Ramandeep Singh | 3.2 | 42 | 1 | 12.6 |
| Varun Chakravarthy | 4 | 42 | 2 | 10.5 |
| Ravi Bishnoi | 3 | 28 | 1 | 9.33 |
| Axar Patel | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
Man of the Match: SA vs IND 4th T20I, Johannesburg, 15 November 2024
Tilak Verma won player of the match for his record-breaking 120* (47). With this knock, Tilak became the fifth batter in T20Is to score two consecutive tons.
| Player | Team | Score |
| Tilak Verma | India | 120* (47) |
Most Runs: SA vs IND 4th T20I, Johannesburg, 15 November 2024
Tilak Verma made a century alongside Sanju Samson in the fourth T20 International of the SA-IND 2024 series, but he was the top scorer of the game with a 120* knock.
| Player | Team | Score |
| Tilak Verma | India | 120* (47) |
Most Wickets: SA vs IND 4th T20I, Johannesburg, 15 November 2024
With a brilliant spell of 3/20, Indian left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh emerged as the top bowler in the T20I match between South Africa and India in Johannesburg.
| Player | Team | Figures |
| Arshdeep Singh | India | 3/20 (4 overs) |
Most Sixes: SA vs IND 4th T20I, Johannesburg, 15 November 2024
During the fourth SA vs. IND T20I in Johannesburg, Tilak Verma hit ten, the most sixes by a batter in the game.
| Player | Team | Sixes |
| Tilak Verma | India | 10 |
Playing XIs: SA vs IND 4th T20I, Johannesburg, 15 November 2024
South Africa Playing XI
Ryan Rickelton, Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (c), Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klassen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Andile Simelane, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Lutho Sipamla
India Playing XI
Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma, Surya Kumar Yadav (c), Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakravarthy
