Gakberha: After losing the first match by 61 runs, the South African team made a comeback in the four-match series on Sunday night by achieving a thrilling victory by three wickets. This is India's first defeat after winning 11 consecutive T-20 Internationals. In this match played at St. George's Park, India batted first after losing the toss and somehow scored 124 runs after losing six wickets in 20 overs. In reply, at one time the South African team had lost seven wickets for just 86 runs, but from here Tristan Stubbs (47 not out in 41 balls) and Gerald Coetzee (19 not out in nine balls) made a match-winning partnership.South Africa's all-round game
After winning the toss and electing to bowl first, South Africa kept the noose tight from the first over and pushed India on the back foot by taking three wickets for 15 runs in the first four overs. Marco Yanson, Gerald Coetzee, Aiden Markram, Nakabayomji Peter, Andile Simelane took one wicket each for the team. Everyone bowled economically. Experienced Hardik Pandya made the maximum contribution of 39 unbeaten runs for the Indian team. He hit four fours and one six in his 45-ball innings.
Varun Chakraborty's magic went in vain
Varun Chakraborty bowled the best bowling of his career (five wickets for 17 runs in four overs) and at one time reduced South Africa's score to 66/6. Varun Chakraborty scored the best wickets for Reeza Hendricks (24 runs in 21 balls), Aiden Markram (three runs in eight balls), Heinrich Klaasen (two runs in three balls), Marco Jansen (seven runs in 10 balls), David Miller (0 runs in one ball). ), but in the end Tristan Stubbs and Gerald Coetzee combined to lead their team to victory.
From hero to zero sanju samson
Sanju Samson, who was on the verge of creating history by scoring consecutive centuries in the last two matches, could not even open his account in this match. He was clean bowled on the very first ball of the match. Marco Yansen got his balls shattered while attempting a big shot. The Indian team had not even recovered from this shock when Abhishek Sharma also walked in the very next over. In this way India lost both its openers for just five runs.
India's middle order flopped again
Captain Suryakumar Yadav was LBW on Simlen's ball after scoring four runs on eight balls in the fourth over. Till the powerplay, the Indian team had lost three wickets including the openers for just 34 runs. Tilak Verma became the fourth victim of South Africa after scoring 20 runs in 20 balls. Akshar Patel was playing a good innings by scoring 27 runs in 21 balls with the help of four fours, but he was unfortunately run out on the last ball of the 12th over.
Hardik showed his strength in the end
Rinku Singh (9), who came to bat at seventh position, also failed to make an effective contribution with the bat and was caught by Coetzee off the ball of Peter in the 16th over. Arshdeep Singh finished this over with a six. Hardik, playing cautiously from one end, completed the team's century by hitting a four against Coetzee in the 17th over and then accelerated the run rate with a six and two fours against Yansen in the next over. He took the team to a score worth fighting for with a four on the last ball of the innings.
After winning the toss and electing to bowl first, South Africa kept the noose tight from the first over and pushed India on the back foot by taking three wickets for 15 runs in the first four overs. Marco Yanson, Gerald Coetzee, Aiden Markram, Nakabayomji Peter, Andile Simelane took one wicket each for the team. Everyone bowled economically. Experienced Hardik Pandya made the maximum contribution of 39 unbeaten runs for the Indian team. He hit four fours and one six in his 45-ball innings.
Varun Chakraborty's magic went in vain
Varun Chakraborty bowled the best bowling of his career (five wickets for 17 runs in four overs) and at one time reduced South Africa's score to 66/6. Varun Chakraborty scored the best wickets for Reeza Hendricks (24 runs in 21 balls), Aiden Markram (three runs in eight balls), Heinrich Klaasen (two runs in three balls), Marco Jansen (seven runs in 10 balls), David Miller (0 runs in one ball). ), but in the end Tristan Stubbs and Gerald Coetzee combined to lead their team to victory.
From hero to zero sanju samson
Sanju Samson, who was on the verge of creating history by scoring consecutive centuries in the last two matches, could not even open his account in this match. He was clean bowled on the very first ball of the match. Marco Yansen got his balls shattered while attempting a big shot. The Indian team had not even recovered from this shock when Abhishek Sharma also walked in the very next over. In this way India lost both its openers for just five runs.
India's middle order flopped again
Captain Suryakumar Yadav was LBW on Simlen's ball after scoring four runs on eight balls in the fourth over. Till the powerplay, the Indian team had lost three wickets including the openers for just 34 runs. Tilak Verma became the fourth victim of South Africa after scoring 20 runs in 20 balls. Akshar Patel was playing a good innings by scoring 27 runs in 21 balls with the help of four fours, but he was unfortunately run out on the last ball of the 12th over.
Hardik showed his strength in the end
Rinku Singh (9), who came to bat at seventh position, also failed to make an effective contribution with the bat and was caught by Coetzee off the ball of Peter in the 16th over. Arshdeep Singh finished this over with a six. Hardik, playing cautiously from one end, completed the team's century by hitting a four against Coetzee in the 17th over and then accelerated the run rate with a six and two fours against Yansen in the next over. He took the team to a score worth fighting for with a four on the last ball of the innings.
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