SKY disappointed; SA beat India

India made no changes to their playing eleven.

South Africa made one changes to their playing eleven – Patrick Kruger made way for Reeza Hendricks.

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 34, and lost three wickets.

India’s openers did not get off the mark. Sanju Samson, who faced three balls, did not open his account. Three balls into the match, he was dismissed by Marco Jansen.

Nine balls into the (Shar)match, India sought a batting review. Abhishek was the batsman. It was upheld by South African umpire Lubabalo Gcuma.

He faced five balls, scoring four. His runs came by way of a boundary. Eight balls later, he was caught by Jansen. Gerald Coetzee broke the five-run stand.

Suryakumar Yadav, India’s skipper, faced nine balls. Thirteen balls later, he was trapped leg be‘four’ wicket by Andile Simelane, who broke the 10-run stand.

Tilak Varma, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 20. Four overs after Suryakumar’s dismissal, he was caught by David Miller. Markram broke the 30-run stand.

India scored 50 off 8.5 overs (53 balls). South Africa had conceded three extras at that point.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 25. Axar Patel scored 27 off 21 balls, which included four boundaries. Twenty-three balls after Varma’s dismissal, Nqabayomzi Peter ran him out.

Thirteen overs into the match, there was the strategic timeout. India scored 76 for the loss of five wickets at that point. While Hardik Pandya had scored nine, Rinku Singh had scored four.

Hardik eventually scored 39 off 45 balls, which included four boundaries and a six. He was unbeaten.

Rinku eventually scored nine off 11 balls. Twenty-seven balls after Axar’s dismissal, he was caught by Coetzee. Peter broke the 17-run stand.

Ninety-four balls into the match, South Africa sought a batting review. Arshdeep Singh was the batsman. It was struck down by Gcuma.

India scored 100 off 16.5 overs (101 balls). South Africa had conceded a dozen extras at that point.

Arshdeep, who faced half-a-dozen balls, had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he was unbeaten.

South Africa eventually conceded 14 extras. India scored 124 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets off 20 overs.

Keshav Maharaj, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 24.

Markram, who bowled an over, conceded four. He picked up a wicket.

Simelane, who bowled three overs, conceded 20. He picked up a wicket.

Coetzee and Peter bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 25, the latter conceded 20.

Jansen bowled four overs, including a maiden. He conceded 25, picking up a scalp.

The first Powerplay of South Africa’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 34, and lost a couple of wickets.

Ryan Rickelton, whose 11-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 13. Seventeen balls into the chase, he was caught by Rinku. Arshdeep broke the 22-run stand.

Markram, who faced eight balls, scored just three. Fifteen balls later, Varun Chakravarthy broke the 11-run stand.

Hendricks, whose 21-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 24. Fourteen balls later, Chakravarthy broke the 11-run stand.

Forty-seven balls (7.5 overs) into the chase, India sought a bowling review. Jansen was the batsman. It was struck down by Gcuma.

South Africa scored 50 off 8.4 overs (52 balls). India had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

Jansen, whose 10-ball innings included a boundary, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – there was a difference of ‘unnees-bees’ in the fourth-wicket stand (19 balls after Hendricks’ dismissal, Chakravarthy broke the 20-run stand).

Heinrich Klaasen, who faced three balls, scored a couple. Eight balls later, he was caught by Rinku. Chakravarthy broke the two-run stand.

The sixth-wicket did not get off the mark. Miller, who faced a ball, did not open his account. The next ball, he was dismissed by Chakravarthy.

Simelane, who faced 10 balls, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – 20 balls later, Ravi Bishnoi broke the run-a-ball stand.

At that point, there was the strategic timeout. Tristan Stubbs, the player of the match, was batting on 24.

South Africa scored 100 off 17 overs (102 balls). India had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras at that point.

Stubbs eventually scored 47 off 41 balls, which included seven boundaries. He was unbeaten, as was Coetzee, who scored 19 off nine balls, which included a couple of boundaries and a six.

South Africa, who scored 128 for the loss of seven wickets off 19 overs, won by three wickets with an over to spare.

Axar, who bowled an over, conceded a couple. He was wicketless, as were Avesh Khan and Hardik, who bowled three overs apiece. While the former conceded 23, the latter conceded 22.

Arshdeep and Bishnoi bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 41, the latter conceded 21.

Chakravarthy, who bowled four overs, conceded 17. He picked up five scalps.

The four-match series was level 1-1.