SA lose to Suryakumar-led India

India made a couple of changes to their playing (Pat)eleven – Axar and Jasprit Bumrah made way for Harshit Rana and Kuldeep Yadav (who was celebrating his 31^st birthday).

South Africa made three (Bos)changes to the eleven that (Sipam)last played the Indians – David Miller, George Linde, and Lutho made way for Tristan Stubbs, Corbin, and Anrich Nortje.

On winning the toss, Suryakumar Yadav, India’s skipper, elected to field.

The first Powerplay of South Africa’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 25, and lost three wickets.

Four balls into the match, India sought a bowling review. They challenged the decision for a wicket. Reeza Hendricks, the batter, faced three balls, failing to open his account. It was upheld by umpire J Madanagopal. He was trapped leg before wicket by Arshdeep Singh, the player of the match, who broke the one-run stand.

The second-wicket pair did not get off the mark. Quinton de Kock also faced three balls, but scored a run. Four balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Rana.

Fourteen balls into the match, India sought a bowling review. They challenged the decision for a wicket. Dewald Bervis was the batter. It was struck down by Madanagopal.

Brevis eventually had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored just a couple. Eleven balls after de Kock’s dismissal, Rana broke the six-run stand.

Stubbs, who faced 13 balls, scored nine. Twenty-three balls later, he was caught by Jitesh Sharma. Hardik Pandya broke the run-a-ball stand.

Ten overs into the match, the drinks break was taken. South Africa had scored 44 for the loss of four wickets at that point. While Aiden Markram, their skipper, had scored 28, Bosch had scored four.

Bosch, who faced nine balls, did not add to the aforementioned score. Nineteen balls after Stubbs’ dismissal, Shivam Dube broke the 14-run stand.

South Africa scored 50 off 11.2 overs (68 balls). India had not conceded any extras at that point.

Donovan Ferreira, whose 15-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 20. Twenty balls after Bosch’s dismissal, Chakravarthy broke the 25-(Va)run stand.

Jansen had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored just a (Mar)couple. Ten balls later, Chakravarthy broke the eight-run stand.

South Africa scored 100 off 17.2 overs (104 balls). India had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

Markram’s half-century – which included half-a-dozen fours and a six – came off 41 balls.

He eventually scored 61 off 46 balls, which included the aforementioned number of boundaries, in addition to a couple of sixes. Twenty balls after Jansen’s dismissal, he was caught by Jitesh. Arshdeep broke the 36-run stand.

Nortje, whose run-a-ball innings included a six, scored a dozen. Half-a-dozen balls later, he was stumped by Jitesh. Kuldeep broke the two-run stand.

Lungi Ngidi, who faced three balls, scored a couple. He was unbeaten.

Ottneil Baartman, who faced a couple of balls, scored one. Three balls after Nortje’s dismissal, he was caught by Suryakumar. Kuldeep broke the two-run stand.

India eventually conceded three extras. South Africa were all out for 117 off 20 overs.

Hardik and Dube bowled three overs apiece, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 23, the latter conceded 21.

Kuldeep bowled two overs, conceded 12. He picked up two scalps, as did Rana, Arshdeep, and Chakravarthy, who bowled four overs apiece. They conceded 34, 13, and 11, respectively.

The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 68, and lost a wicket.

Seven balls into the chase, India sought a batting review. They challenged the decision for a wicket. Shubman Gill was the batter. It was upheld by Madanagopal.

India’s openers put on 50 off 4.1 overs (25 balls). South Africa had conceded five extras at that point. While Abhishek Sharma’s contribution to the partnership was 30, Gill’s contribution to it was 20.

Abhishek, whose 18-ball innings included three boundaries and as many sixes, eventually scored 35. Thirty-two balls into the chase, he was caught by Markram. Bosch broke the 60-run partnership.

Ten overs into the chase, the drinks break was taken. India had scored 88 for the loss of a wicket at that point. While Gill had scored 28, Tilak Varma had scored 18.

Gill, whose run-a-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 28. Thirty-eight balls after Abhishek’s dismissal, Jansen broke the 32-run stand.

Seventy-seven balls (12.5 overs) into the chase, South Africa sought a bowling review. They challenged the decision for a wicket. Varma was the batter. It was struck down by umpire Virender Sharma.

India scored 100 off 13.5 overs (83 balls). South Africa had conceded nine extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Suryakumar, whose 11-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored a dozen. Eighteen balls after Gill’s dismissal, he was caught by Baartman. Ngidi broke the 17-run stand.

Varma, whose 34-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 26. He was unbeaten.

Dube, who faced four balls, was unbea‘ten’. His innings included a boundary and a six.

India, who scored 120 for the loss of three wickets off 15.5 overs, had a reason to be in seventh heaven – they won with 25 balls to spare.

Nortje bowled three overs, conceding 14. He was wicketless, as was Baartman, who bowled 3.5 overs, conceding 30.

Jasen, Ngidi, and Bosch bowled three overs each, picking up a scalp apiece. They conceded 24, 23, and 18, respectively.

India led the five-match series 2-1.