Team India received a grand welcome upon arriving in Johannesburg for the third and final T20I against South Africa on Thursday (December 14).

On the eve of the third T20I, the BCCI shared a video of the Indian team’s arrival followed by a warm welcome by the fans at the airport.

The likes of Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Mohammed Siraj, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Kuldeep Yadav, Shubman Gill among others featured in the clip.

Here’s the video:

The first game of the three-match T20I series was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to rain, while South Africa defeated India by five wickets (DLS method) in the second game to take an unassailable 1-0 lead in the series.

It is an important series for both the teams keeping the T20 World Cup 2024 in mind. The marquee event is slated to be held in the West Indies and USA in June next year.

Suryakumar Yadav is leading the young Indian team in this series in the absence of regular T20I skipper Hardik Pandya, who is still recovering from the ankle injury he sustained during the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023.