South Africa tour of India | Twitter in splits as Tilak stops amidst action to scare Breetzke
After losing Ryan Rickelton in the first over of the third ODI, South Africa did well to come back against India at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam on Saturday. Quinton de Kock led the recovery, hitting five sixes and six fours during his 63-ball 76, as the Proteas reached 130/2 at the end of 23 overs.
He added 113 runs with Temba Bavuma before the visitors’ skipper fell to Ravindra Jadeja for 48. New batter Matthew Breetzke was just settling in when Tilak Varma gave him a scare of his life in his second over.
Just as he was about to deliver the third ball of the 23rd over, the part-time off-spinner stopped in between his action. Breetzke, who was at the non-striker end, realised that the bowler had not delivered before quickly scrambling back to the crease.
Tilak and the umpire were in splits as he explained to the batter that he had no intention to run him out, and he stopped due to some issue with the field. Twitter, however, thought Tilak was trying to hold the spirit of the game high before flooding the social media platform with appreciation notes.
Warning!
— Usman mohammed (@Usmanmoham35703) December 6, 2025
No clue!
Prasidh Krishna has been so bad that KL Rahul actually had to bring Tilak Varma to bowl instead of him. And with no extra pacer in the squad, it just looks like a flat-out selection disaster. Honestly, no clue what Agarkar is even tried to do.😬 pic.twitter.com/q32F53srVg
— Vipin Tiwari (@Vipintiwari952) December 6, 2025
Six!
Back to back sixes against Tilak Varma, Matthew Breetzke is on fire.
— VIKASH KUMAR (@vkc1000) December 6, 2025
Back to back!
Back to back sixes by Breetzke to Tilak Varma. #INDvSA pic.twitter.com/dSH8wq6vAF
— Kushal Sharma (@KushalSharma_89) December 6, 2025
Cheeky warning!
Tilak Varma 😂😂😂
— Tushar 🏏 (@mainlycricket) December 6, 2025
Ind won toss!
#INDvSA
India won the toss & decided to bowl first and offer Temba Bavuma team to bat first.
Arshdeep Singh strikes early, Prasidh Krishna & Ravindra Jadeja joins the party!
Quinton de Kock fighting for SA.
Tilak Varma comeback is pending only🥎
Finally India seals the game! 🔥🏏 pic.twitter.com/Ds2L6k60yg
— Bhallaldeva (@Bhallaldeva0001) December 6, 2025
Unexpected!
– First 2 overs 27 runs
-next 4 overs 21 runs 3 wickets
– That’s Prasidh Krishna for you Unexpectable! #INDvsSA pic.twitter.com/Dfvm0NJlVX
— Karthick (@Karthik18728343) December 6, 2025
3 wickets!
Prasidh Krishna gets 3 wickets after Virat Kohli’s advice 🔥
Once a leader, always a leader ❤️#INDvsSA pic.twitter.com/A8rMBfxnZI
— Mufadalal Vehra (@mufadalal_vehra) December 6, 2025
What a shot!
We are liking this jump shot Brevis……..😂😂#Dewaldbrewis #INDvsSA pic.twitter.com/fQhLWztZJS
— KLR/AA (@klr_aa) December 6, 2025
Tialk!
The concept of Tilak Varma bowling in an ODI😭😭😭😭😭
— pri. (@moxrhodes) December 6, 2025
