Suryakumar-led India lose to SA

India (Var)made five changes to their playing (Pat)eleven – Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Axar, Ravi Bishnoi, and Avesh Khan made way for Shubman Gill, Tilak, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, and Mohammed Siraj.

South Africa (Bavu)made eight (Anri)changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Quinton de Kock, Temba, Rilee Rossouw, Wayne Parnell, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Nortje, and Lungi Ngidi made way for Reeza Hendricks, Matthew Breetzke, Heinrich Klaasen, Andile Phehlukwayo, Marco Jansen, Gerald Coetzee, Lizaad Williams, and Tabraiz Shamsi (the player of the match).

On winning the toss, Aiden Markram, South Africa’s skipper, chose to field.

The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 59, and lost three wickets.

India’s openers D(av)idn’t get off the mark. Yashasvi Jaiswal, who faced three balls, did not open his account. Three balls into the match, he was caught by Miller off the bowling of Jansen.

A couple of overs into the match, India sought a batting review. They challenged the decision for a wicket. Gill, the batsman, faced a couple of balls, failing to get off the mark. It was struck down by South African umpire Allahudien Paleker. He was trapped leg before wicket by Williams, who broke the six-run stand.

India scored 50 off five overs (31 balls). South Africa had conceded four extras at that point.

Tilak Varma, whose 20-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, scored 29. Twenty-four balls after Gill’s dismissal, he was caught by Jansen. Coetzee broke the 49-run stand.

Eight overs into the match, there was the strategic timeout. India scored 69 for the loss of three wickets at that point. While Suryakumar Yadav, India’s skipper, was batting on 30, Rinku Singh had scored half-a-dozen.

Suryakumar’s half-century – which included five boundaries and three sixes – came off 29 balls.

India scored 100 off 11 overs (67 balls). South Africa had conceded five extras at that point.

Seventy-two balls (11.5 overs) into the match, India sought a batting review. They challenged the decision for a wicket. Rinku was the batsman. It was upheld by Paleker.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 34 balls. While Suryakumar’s contribution to the partnership was 31, Rinku’s contribution to it was 18. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

Suryakumar, whose 36-ball innings included five boundaries and three sixes, eventually scored 56. Forty-eight balls after Varma’s dismissal, he was caught by Jansen. Shamsi broke the 70-run partnership.

It was at that point that there was the strategic timeout. India scored 125 for the loss of four wickets at that point. While Rinku’s contribution to the partnership was 34, Jitesh hadn’t got off to the (Shar)mark.

Eighty-eight balls (14.3 overs) into the match, India sought a batting review. They challenged the decision for a wicket. Jitesh, the batsman, faced three balls, scoring a run. It was struck down by South African umpire Lubabalo Gcuma. He was caught by Tristan Stubbs. Markram broke the 17-run stand.

Rinku’s half-century – which included nine boundaries – came off 30 balls.

India scored 150 off 16.2 overs (99 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave South Africa no reason to be in seventh heaven. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

A hundred and seventeen balls (19.2 overs) into the match, India sought a batting review. They challenged the decision for a wicket. Ravindra Jadeja, the batsman, scored 19 off 14 balls, which included a boundary and a six. It was struck down by Gcuma. He was trapped leg before wicket by Coetzee, who broke the 38-run stand.

The seventh-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Arshdeep Singh, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. The next ball, he was caught by Phehlukwayo off the bowling of Coetzee.

It was at that point that was an interruption due to rain. India scored 180 for the loss of seven wickets.

Rinku, whose 39-ball innings included nine boundaries and a couple of sixes, eventually scored 68. He was unbeaten.

Phehlukwayo bowled three wicketless overs, conceding 29.

Jansen, Williams, and Markram bowled three overs apiece, conceding 39, 32, and 29, respectively. They picked up a scalp apiece, as did Shamsi, who bowled four overs, conceding 18.

Coetzee bowled 3.3 overs, conceded 32. He picking up three scalps. 

Owing to the rain, South Africa’s target was revised to 152 off 15 overs.

The first Powerplay of South Africa’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the fifth over. They scored 67, and lost a wicket.

South Africa’s openers put on 42. Breetzke had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored 16, which included a boundary and a six. Seventeen balls into the chase, Varma, Jadeja, and Jitesh ran him out.

South Africa scored 50 off 3.4 overs (22 balls). India had conceded five extras at that point.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 29 balls. While Hendricks’ contribution to the partnership was 23, Markram’s contribution to it was 30. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

Half-a-dozen overs into the chase, there was the strategic timeout. South Africa scored 78 for the loss of a wicket at that point. While Hendricks was batting on 40, Markram was batting on 17.

Markram, whose 17-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, eventually scored 30. Thirty balls after Breetzke’s dismissal, he was caught by Siraj. Mukesh Kumar broke the 54-run partnership.

South Africa scored 100 off 8.1 overs (49 balls). India had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.

Hendricks, whose 27-ball innings included eight boundaries and a six, eventually scored 49. Seven balls later, he was caught by Suryakumar. Kuldeep broke the 12-run stand.

The fourth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Although his five-ball innings included a six, Klaasen had no reason to be in seventh heaven – a couple of balls later, he was caught by Jaiswal off the bowling of Siraj.

A dozen overs into the chase, there was the strategic timeout. South Africa scored 128 for the loss of four wickets at that point. While Miller was unbea‘ten’, Stubbs had scored half-a-dozen.

Seventy-four balls (12.1 overs) into the chase, India sought a bowling review. They challenged the decision for a wicket. Miller was the batsman. It was struck down by Paleker.

Miller, whose 12-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 17. Twenty-one balls after Klaasen’s dismissal, he was caught by Siraj. Mukesh broke the 31-run stand.

South Africa scored 150 off 13.5 overs (84 balls). India had conceded 11 extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Stubbs, whose 12-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 14. He was unbeaten.

Phehlukwayo, whose four-ball innings included a six, was unbea‘ten’.

South Africa, who eventually scored 154 for the loss of five wickets off 13.5 overs, had a reason to be in seventh heaven – they won by five wickets.

Arshdeep bowled a couple of overs, conceding 31. He was wicketless, as was Jadeja, who bowled 2.5 overs, conceding 28.

Siraj and Kuldeep bowled three overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 27, the latter conceded 26.

Mukesh bowled three overs, conceding 34. He picked up two scalps.

South Africa led the three-match series 1-0.