Series level; Virat-led India diSAppointed

India made no change to their playing eleven.

South Africa made just one (Anri)change to the eleven that last played the Indians – Nortje made way for Beuran Hendricks, the player of the match.

On winning the toss, Virat Kohli, India’s skipper, chose to bat.

The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was the first and the sixth over. They scored 54, for the loss of a wicket.

Rohit, whose eight-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored nine. Fourteen balls into the (Shar)match, he was caught by Reeza Hendricks. Beuran broke the 22-run stand.

India scored 50 off 5.2 overs (32 balls). South Africa had conceded 11 extras at that point.

Shikhar Dhawan, whose 25-ball innings included four boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 36. Thirty balls after Sharma’s dismissal, he was caught by Temba Bavuma. Shamsi broke the 41-run stand.

Kohli, who faced 15 balls, scored nine. Seven balls later, he was caught by Andile Phehlukwayo. Kagiso Rabada broke the five-run stand.

Rishabh Pant, whose 20-ball (Fortu)innings included a boundary and a six, scored 19. Twenty-five balls later, he was caught by Phehlukwayo. Bjorn broke the 22-run stand.

Shreyas Iyer, who faced eight balls, scored five. A couple of balls later, he was stumped by Quinton de Kock, South Africa’s skipper and the player of the series. Fortuin broke the run-a-ball stand.

Krunal Pandya had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored just four. Ten balls later, he was caught by de Kock. Beuran broke the six-run stand.

India scored 100 off 15.1 overs (91 balls). South Africa had conceded 13 extras at that point.

Ravindra Jadeja, whose 17-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 19. Twenty-eight balls after Krunal’s dismissal, he was caught by Rabada, who broke the 29-run stand.

The eighth-wicket pair put on half-a-dozen. Washington Sundar, who faced a ball, scored four. Three balls later, de Kock and Rabada ran him out.

The ninth-wicket pair D(av)idn’t get off the mark. Hardik Pandya, whose 18-ball innings included a boundary, scored 14. The next ball, he was caught by Miller off the bowling of Rabada.

Deepak Chahar, who didn’t face a ball, didn’t get off the mark. He was unbeaten, as was Navdeep Saini, who faced a ball, failing to open his account.

South Africa eventually conceded 15 extras. India scored 134 for the loss of nine wickets off 20 overs.

Dwaine Pretorius, who bowled an over, conceded eight. He was wicketless, as was Phehlukwayo, who bowled four overs, conceding 28.

Shamsi, who bowled four overs, conceded 23. He picked up a wicket. Fortuin, who bowled three overs, conceded 19. He picked up a couple of wickets, as did Beuran, who bowled four overs, conceding 14. Rabada, who bowled four overs, conceded 39. He picked up three scalps.

The first Powerplay of South Africa’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was the first and the sixth over. They scored 43, without the loss of a wicket.

Thirty-three balls into the chase, India sought a bowling review. Reeza Hendricks was the batsman. It was struck down by umpire C K Nandan.

South Africa’s openers scored 50 off 7.1 overs (43 balls). India had conceded three extras at that point. While Reeza’s contribution to the partnership was 17, de Kock’s contribution to it was 30.

Reeza, whose 26-ball innings included four boundaries, eventually scored 28. Sixty-one balls into the chase, he was caught by Kohli. Hardik broke the 76-run partnership.

De Kock’s half-century – which included four boundaries and three sixes – came off 38 balls.

South Africa scored 100 off 12.2 overs (74 balls). India had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 28 balls. While de Kock’s contribution to the partnership was 32, Bavuma’s contribution to it was 16. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.

De Kock, whose 52-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and five sixes, eventually scored 79. He was unbeaten, as was Bavuma, who eventually scored 27. His 23-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six.

South Africa, who scored 140 for the loss of a wicket off 16.5 overs, won by nine wickets with 19 balls to spare.

Saini and Jadeja bowled a couple of wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 25, the latter conceded eight.

Chahar, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 15.

Krunal, who bowled 3.5 wicketless overs, conceded 40.

Sundar, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 27.

Hardik, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 23. He picked up the only wicket to fall.

The three-match series was levelled 1-1.