South Africa defeated India by 5 wickets in the rain-interrupted second T20. In this match, after playing first, India had scored 180 runs in 19.3 overs thanks to the stormy half-centuries of Rinku Singh and Suryakumar. Then suddenly it started raining and South Africa was given a revised target of 152 runs in 15 overs, which the host team achieved by losing five wickets in seven balls.
Chasing the target of 152 runs in 90 balls, the South African team made a strong start from the very first ball. 14 runs were scored in Siraj’s first over and then 24 runs were scored in Arshdeep Singh’s over. South Africa’s score reached 38 runs in just two overs. After this the African batsmen did not look back and kept scoring runs at a fast pace. In this way Africa achieved the target with the loss of 5 wickets in 13.5 overs.
While chasing the target, South Africa initially did not realize at all that the match was out of their control, but after the fall of Heinrich Klaasen’s wicket on the second ball of the 10th over, Africa went on the backfoot and lost the match. India started coming under control. But once Africa pulled the match towards itself and won.
Africa got a good start
South Africa got a great start. The team lost the first wicket in the form of Matthew Britzke in 2.5 overs, but by then Africa had put 41 runs on the board. Britzke played a short but aggressive innings of 16 runs in 7 balls with the help of 1 four and 1 six. Then for the second wicket, Reeza Hendricks and captain Aiden Markram made a partnership of 54 runs in 30 balls.
The second blow to Africa came on the fifth ball of the 8th over in the form of captain Markram, who scored 30 runs in 17 balls with the help of 4 fours and 1 six. Mukesh Kumar trapped Markram in his trap. Then on the last ball of the 9th over, Kuldeep Yadav sent opener Reeza Hendricks, who was moving towards his half-century, to the pavilion on a personal score of 49 runs. Hendricks hit 8 fours and 1 six in his innings.
Then on the second ball of the 10th over, Heinrich Klaasen became the victim of Mohammad Siraj by scoring 07 runs. Klaasen’s short innings included 1 six. After this wicket, the match seemed to be slipping away from Africa’s hands, but then they made a comeback. After this, David Miller was out after scoring 17 runs in the 13th over. Tristan Stubbs remained unbeaten on 14 and Andile Phehlukwayo remained unbeaten on 10 runs until Africa won.
Indian bowling was like this
Indian bowlers failed to defend the total of 152 runs in 15 overs. Mukesh Kumar took maximum 2 wickets for the team. During this, he spent 34 runs in 3 overs. Apart from this, Mohammad Siraj and Kuldeep Yadav got 1 success each. Siraj spent 27 runs in 3 overs and Kuldeep spent 26 runs in 3 overs.