India made no changes to their playing eleven.
South Africa made
three changes to their playing eleven – Reeza Hendricks, Wayne Parnell and
Kagiso Rabada made way for Quinton de Kock, Twenty20 International debutant
Marco Jansen and Lungi Ngidi.
On winning the
toss, Temba Bavuma, South Africa’s skipper, chose to field.
The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the
mandatory Powerplay – was the first and the sixth over. They scored 40, and
lost a couple of wickets.
Although his innings included a boundary, Ruturaj
Gaikwad had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored five. A couple of
overs (13 balls) into the match, he was caught by de Kock. Ngidi broke the
13-run stand.
Three overs (Nit)into the match, South Africa sought a
bowling review. Shreyas Iyer, the batsman, faced a couple of balls. His runs
came by way of a boundary. It was upheld by umpire Menon. He was trapped leg
be‘four’ wicket by Jansen, who broke the 24-run stand.
Kishan, whose 26-ball innings included three
boundaries and a six, scored 27. Nine balls later, he was caught by de Kock.
Anrich Nortje broke the 16-run stand.
India scored 50 off 7.4 overs (47 balls). South Africa
had conceded three extras at that point.
Ten overs into the match, the drinks break was taken.
India had scored 56 for the loss of three wickets at that point. While Rishabh
Pant, India’s skipper, had scored nine, Hardik Pandya had scored eight.
Pant, whose 23-ball innings included a couple of
boundaries, eventually scored 17. Forty balls after Kishan’s dismissal, he was
caught by Dwaine Pretorius. Keshav Maharaj broke the 41-run stand.
India scored 100 off 15.1 overs (92 balls). South
Africa had conceded four extras at that point.
The fifth-wicket pair put on 50 off 27 balls. While
Hardik’s contribution to the partnership was 14, the contribution of Dinesh
Karthik, the player of the match, to it was 38. Extras’ contribution to it was
a run.
Hardik, whose 31-ball innings included three
boundaries and as many sixes, eventually scored 46. Thirty-three balls after
Pant’s dismissal, he was caught by Tabraiz. Ngidi broke the
(Sham)sixty-five-run partnership.
India scored 150 off 18.3 overs (112 balls). South
Africa had conceded four extras at that point.
Karthik’s half-century – which included nine
boundaries and a couple of sixes – came off 16 balls.
He eventually scored 55 of 27 balls. Half-a-dozen
balls after Hardik’s dismissal, he was caught by Rassie van der Dussen.
Pretorius broke the 13-run stand.
Axar Patel, whose four-ball innings included a
boundary, scored eight. He was unbeaten, as was Harshal Patel, who faced a
ball, scoring a run.
South Africa eventually conceded half-a-dozen extras.
India scored 169 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets off 20 overs.
Shamsi, who bowled two wicketless overs, conceded 18.
Nortje, who bowled three overs, conceded 21. He picked
up a wicket, as did Pretorius, Jansen, and Mahara, who bowled four overs
apiece. They conceded 41, 38, and 29, respectively.
Ngidi, who bowled three overs, conceded 20. He picked
up two scalps.
The first Powerplay of South Africa’s innings – which
was the mandatory Powerplay – was the first and the sixth over. They scored 35,
and lost a couple of wickets.
Nineteen balls (3.1 overs) into the chase, Bavuma –
who was batting on eight off 11 balls, which included a boundary – retired
hurt. South Africa had scored 20 without the loss of a wicket at that point.
South Africa’s openers eventually put on 24. De Kock,
whose 13-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 14. Twenty-nine
balls into the chase, Harshal ran him out.
Pretorius, who faced half-a-dozen balls, didn’t get
off the mark. Three balls later, he was caught by Pant. Avesh Khan broke the
two-run stand.
Forty-seven balls (7.5 overs) into the chase, India
sought a bowling review. Heinrich Klaasen was the batsman. Using the umpires’
call, it was struck down by umpire J Madanagopal.
Fifty balls (8.2 overs) into the chase, South Africa
sought a batting review. Klaasen, the batsman, scored eight. His run-a-ball
innings included a boundary. It was struck down by Menon. Yuzvendra Chahal
broke the 19-run stand.
South Africa scored 50 off nine overs (54 balls).
India had conceded a couple of extras at that point.
Ten overs into the chase, the drinks break was taken.
South Africa had scored 58 for the loss of three wickets at that point. While
van der Dussen was batting on 17, David Miller had scored nine.
Although his innings included a six, Miller had no
reason to be in seventh heaven – he didn’t add to the aforementioned score. A
dozen balls after Klaasen’s dismissal, Harshal broke the 14-run stand.
Van der Dussen, whose run-a-ball innings included a
couple of boundaries, scored 20. Three overs later, he was caught by Gaikwad.
Avesh broke the 15-run stand.
The sixth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Jansen,
whose 17-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored a dozen. A couple
of balls later, he was caught by Gaikwad off the bowling of Avesh.
The seventh-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark.
Maharaj, who bowled a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. A couple of
balls later, he was caught by Shreyas off the bowling of Avesh.
Nortje, who faced four balls, scored a run. An over
later, he was caught by Kishan. Chahal broke the two-run stand.
Ngidi, who faced 10 balls, scored just four. Eleven
balls later, he was caught by Gaikwad. Needless to say, Axar was in seventh
heaven.
South Africa, who were bundled out for 87 off 16.5
overs, lost by 82 runs.
The number of extras they eventually conceded gave
India no reason to be in seventh heaven.
Hardik, who bowled an over, conceded a dozen. He was
wicketless, as did Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who bowled a couple of overs, conceding
eight.
Harshal, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded three.
He picked up a wicket, as did Axar, who bowled 3.5 overs, conceded 19.
Chahal, who bowled four overs, conceded 21. He picked
up a couple of wickets.
Avesh, who bowled four overs, conceded 18. He picked
up four scalps.
The five-match series was levelled 2-2.
