Neither India nor South Africa made any changes to their playing eleven.
On winning the toss, Suryakumar Yadav, India’s skipper,
chose to bat.
The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the
mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 73,
and lost a wicket.
India’s openers put on 50 off 4.1 overs (25 balls). The
number of extras they had conceded at that point gave South Africa no reason to
be in seventh heaven. While Sanju Samson’s contribution to the partnership was
27, Abhishek Sharma’s contribution to it was 16.
Abhishek, whose 18-ball innings included a couple of
boundaries and four sixes, eventually scored 36. Thirty-five balls into the
match, he was caught by Heinrich Klaasen. Lutho Sipamla broke the 73-run partnership.
India scored 100 off 8.3 overs (51 balls). South Africa
had conceded nine extras at that point.
Samson’s half-century – which included five boundaries
and three sixes – came off 28 balls.
The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 23 balls. While Samson’s
contribution to the partnership was 31, the contribution of Tilak, the player
of the (Var)match and the series, to it was 21. Extras did not contribute to
the partnership.
India scored 150 off 11.4 overs (70 balls). South Africa
had conceded nine extras at that point.
The second-wicket pair put on 100 off 40 balls. While
Samson’s contribution to the partnership was 51, Varma’s contribution to it was
48. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.
Varma’s half-century – which included four boundaries
and five sixes – came off 22 balls.
India scored 200 off 14.1 overs (85 balls). South Africa
had conceded 11 extras at that point.
The second-wicket pair put on 150 off 60 balls. While
Samson’s contribution to the partnership was 64, Varma’s contribution to it was
81. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was five.
Sixteen overs into the match, there was the strategic
timeout. India scored 230 for the loss of a wicket at that point. While Samson was
batting on 92, Varma was batting on 87.
India scored 250 off 17.5 overs (108 balls). South Africa
had conceded 17 extras at that point.
Samson’s ton – which included half-a-dozen boundaries
and eight sixes – came off 51 balls.
Varma’s ton – which included half-a-dozen boundaries
and nine sixes – came off 41 balls.
The second-wicket pair put on 200 off 82 balls. While
Samson’s contribution to the partnership was 74, Varma’s contribution to it was
119. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was nine.
Samson eventually scored 109. His 56-ball innings
included the aforementioned number of boundaries, in addition to nine sixes. He
was unbeaten, as was Varma, who eventually scored 120 off 47 balls, which
included nine boundaries and 10 sixes.
South Africa eventually conceded 18 extras. India
scored 283 for the loss of a wicket off 20 overs.
Tristan Stubbs bowled a wicketless over, conceding 21.
Aiden Markram, South Africa’s skipper, bowled two wicketless
overs, conceding 30.
Andile Similane, Gerald Coetzee, and Keshav Maharaj
bowled three wicketless overs apiece. They conceded 47, 43, and 42, respectively.
Marco Jansen bowled four wicketless overs, conceding
42.
Sipamla bowled four overs, conceding 58. He picked up
the only wicket that fell.
The first Powerplay of South Africa’s innings – which
was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They
scored 30, and lost four wickets.
Reeza Hendricks, who faced a couple of balls, did not
get off the mark. Three balls into the chase, Arshdeep Singh broke the one-run
stand.
The second-wicket pair did not get off the mark. Ryan
Rickelton, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored just a run. Eight balls later,
he was caught by Samson off the bowling of Hardik Pandya.
A couple of overs into the chase, India sought a bowling
review. They challenged the decision for a wicket. Stubbs was the batsman. It
was struck down by South African umpire Stephen Harris.
Markram, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary,
scored eight. (Ra)VI balls after Hendricks’ dismissal, he was caught by
Bishnoi. Arshdeep broke the nine-run stand.
The fourth-wicket pair did not get off the mark. Three
overs into the chase, South Africa sought a batting review. They challenged the
decision for a wicket. Klaasen, the batsman, faced a ball, failing to open his
account. It was struck down by South African umpire Allahudien Paleker. He was
trapped leg before wicket by Arshdeep.
Seven overs into the chase, there was the strategic
timeout. South Africa scored 40 for the loss of four wickets at that point.
While Stubbs was batting on 16, David Miller was unbea‘ten’.
South Africa scored 50 off 8.3 overs (51 balls). India
had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.
The fifth-wicket pair put on 50 off 35 balls. While Stubbs’
contribution to the partnership was 35, Miller’s contribution to it was a dozen.
Extras’ contribution to the partnership was half-a-dozen.
Miller, whose 27-ball innings included a couple of boundaries
and three sixes, eventually scored 36. Nine overs after Klaasen’s dismissal, he
was caught by Varma. Chakravarthy broke the 86-(Va)run partnership.
The sixth-wicket pair did not get off the mark. Seventy-three
balls (12.1 overs) into the chase, South Africa sought a batting review. They
challenged the decision for a wicket. Stubbs, the batsman, scored 43 off 29
balls, which included three boundaries and a couple of sixes. Using the umpires’
call, it was struck down by Paleker. He was trapped leg before wicket by
Bishnoi.
South Africa scored 100 off 13 overs (78 balls). India
had conceded eight extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of
extras they eventually conceded.
Simelane, who faced five balls, scored a couple. Seven
balls after Stubbs’ dismissal, he was caught by Bishnoi. Chakravarthy broke the
five-run stand.
Coetzee, whose eight-ball innings included a boundary
and a six, scored a dozen. Thirteen balls after Simelane’s dismissal, he was caught
by Samson. Axar Patel broke the 26-run stand.
It was at that point that there was the strategic
timeout. Jansen was batting on 21.
He eventually scored 29 off a dozen balls, which
included a couple of boundaries and three sixes. He was unbeaten.
Maharaj, who faced eight balls, scored half-a-dozen.
Ten balls after Coetzee’s dismissal, he was caught by Varma. Axar broke the
run-a-ball stand.
Sipamla, who faced four balls, scored three. Seven
balls later, he was caught by Axar. Ramandeep Singh broke the run-a-ball stand.
South Africa, who were dismissed for 148 off 18.2
overs, lost by 135 runs.
Bishnoi and Hardik bowled three overs each, picking up
a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 28, the latter, whose spell included
a maiden, conceded eight.
Ramandeep bowled 3.2 overs, conceding 42. He picked up
a wicket.
Axar bowled two overs, conceding half-a-dozen. He
picked up two wickets, as did Chakravarthy, who bowled four overs, conceding
42.
Arshdeep bowled three overs, conceding 20. He picked
up three scalps.
India won the four-match series 3-1.
