SA win series; India D(hon)isappointed

India made one change to their playing eleven – Sreenath Aravind made way for Harbhajan Singh.

South Africa made one change to the (Mork)eleven that last played the Indians – Marchant de Lange made way for Albie, the player of the match.

On winning the toss, Faf du Plessis, South Africa’s skipper, inserted the hosts.

The Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 35, and lost a couple of wickets.

Shikhar Dhawan, whose 12-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 11. He was trapped leg be‘four’ wicket by Chris Morris, who broke the 28-run stand.

The second-wicket pair put on a couple. Virat Kohli, who faced A Ball, scored a run. A couple of balls later, Morris and de Villiers ran him out.

The third-wicket pair put on 13. Rohit Sharma, whose 24-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 22. Twenty-one balls later, David Miller ran him out.

Ambati Rayudu, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t get off the mark. Four balls later, Kagiso Rabada broke the two-run stand.

India scored 50 off 9.2 overs (56 balls). South Africa had conceded five extras at that point.

Mahendra Singh, India’s skipper, faced eight balls, scoring five. (Dho)Nineteen balls later, he was caught by de Villiers. Morkel broke the 22-run stand.

Suresh Raina, whose 24-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 22. Four balls (Am)later, he was caught by Hashim. Imran Tahir broke the two-run stand.

The seventh-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Harbhajan, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. The next ball, he was dismissed by Tahir.

Axar Patel, who faced 12 balls, scored nine. Eighteen balls later, he was caught by du Plessis. Morkel broke the 16-run stand.

The ninth-wicket pair didn’t get off the (Ku)mark. Bhuvneshwar, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t open his account.

Ravichandran Ashwin, whose 15-ball innings included a boundary, scored 11. Eight balls later, Morris was in seventh heaven.

Mohit, who faced four balls, didn’t get off the (Shar)mark. He was unbeaten.

South Africa eventually conceded 11 extras. India were bundled out for 92 off 17.2 overs. Kyle Abbott, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 21.

Rabada, who bowled four overs, conceded 18. He picked up a wicket. Morris, who bowled 2.2 overs, conceded 16. He picked up a couple of wickets, as was Tahir, who bowled four overs, conceding 24. Morkel, who bowled four overs, conceded a dozen. He picked three scalps.

The Powerplay of South Africa’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 38, and lost a couple of wickets.

Amla, who faced three balls, scored a couple. A couple of balls into the chase, he was caught by Rohit. Ashwin broke the 13-run stand.

Du Plessis, whose 14-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 16. Twenty-three balls later, he was caught by Mohit. Ashwin broke the 25-run stand.

De Villiers, whose 21-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 19. Thirteen balls later, Ashwin broke the 11-run stand.

South Africa scored 50 off 8.1 overs (49 balls). India had conceded five extras at that point.

Thirteen overs into the chase, the match was delayed due to crowd trouble. South Africa had scored 70 for the loss of three wickets at that point. While Jean-Paul Duminy was batting on 19, Farhaan Behardien was batting on eight.

Duminy, whose 39-ball innings included three boundaries, eventually scored 30. He was unbeaten.

Behardien, who faced 18 balls, scored 11. Thirty-nine balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Patel, who broke the 11-run stand.

Miller, whose eight-ball innings included a six, was unbea‘ten’.

India eventually conceded eight extras. South Africa, who scored 96 for the loss of four wickets off 17.1 overs, won by half-a-dozen wickets with 17 balls to spare.

Mohit, who bowled an over, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he was wicketless. Kumar bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceding 13. Raina bowled 3.1 wicketless overs, conceding 12. Harbhajan bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 20.

Patel bowled three overs, conceding 17. He picked up a wicket. Ashwin bowled four overs, conceding 24. He picked up three scalps.

South Africa led the three-match series 2-0. In fact, they won the series with a match to spare.