India made no changes to their playing eleven.
South Africa (Bavu)made
three changes to their playing eleven – Temba, Marco Jansen, and Tabraiz Shamsi
made way for Reeza Hendricks, Tristan Stubbs, and Kagiso Rabada.
On winning the
toss, Keshav Maharaj, South Africa’s skipper, chose to field.
Owing to rain
prior to the start of the match, the ground was wet.
So, the match was
reduced to a 19-overs-a-side match.
The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the
mandatory Powerplay – was the first and the sixth over.
Although his
innings included a couple of sixes, Ishan Kishan had no reason to be in seventh
heaven – he scored 15. A couple of overs into the match, Lungi Ngidi broke the
20-run stand.
Ruturaj Gaikwad,
whose 12-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. Eight balls later, he was
caught by Dwaine Pretorius. Needless to say, Ngidi was in seventh heaven.
Twenty-one balls (3.3
overs) into the match, there was another interruption due to rain. India had
scored 28 for the loss of a couple of wickets at that point. While Shreyas Iyer
was yet to get off the mark, Rishabh Pant, India’s skipper, had scored one.
South Africa had conceded
a couple of extras at that point.
No further play
was possible.
Maharaj and Rabada
bowled a wicketless over apiece. While the former conceded 16, the latter
conceded five.
Ngidi, who bowled nine
balls, conceded half-a-dozen. He picked up both the wickets that fell.
The five-match
series was levelled at 2-2.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
was the player of the match.
