South Africa defeats India after a thrilling encounter in the crucial Group 2 match of the Twenty20 World Cup. Which leaving Pakistan’s chances of reaching the semi-finals in tatters.
South Africa achieves the target of 134 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in the last over.
In this match plays in Perth, India wins the toss and decides to bat first.
At the beginning of the innings, South Africa fast bowler Lungi N Geddy destroys the Indian top order on the fast bowling track.
South Africa send Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul and Virat Kohli back to the pavilion for a total of 41.
Enrique Nurkia also takes advantage of the opportunity to get Deepak Hooda catch out for 42. While N Geddy continues his destructive bowling and got Hardik Pandya catch out for 49.
On the other side of the wicket, Sariyakumar Yadav stand up to the South African bowlers for his team. He scores 68 runs off 40 balls to guide his team to a total of 133.
Among the other Indian batsmen, Rohit Sharma scores 15 runs and Virat Kohli scores 12 runs. While no other player could enter into double figures.
The Indian team could only score 133 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs.
On behalf of South Africa, Lungi N Geddy takes 4 wickets. Wayne Parnell takes 3 wickets while Enrique Norcia got one wicket.
The South African team initially struggles in pursuit of the target. Two of its key wickets fell before the 10th over. While captain Temba Bavuma also returns to the pavilion for a total of 24.
In such a situation, Aiden Markram and David Miller shows responsible batting by making a victorious performance of 76 runs and brought their team closer to victory.
Aiden Markram was dismissed on 52 for a total of 100, but David Miller continued to score runs and hit two consecutive sixes in the last over to give his team a crucial victory. He played an unbeaten innings of 59 runs.
Among the other players from South Africa, Tamba Bavuma was the notable player by scoring 10 runs.
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Arsdeep Singh was the successful bowler for India with 2 wickets while Mohammed Shami, Hardik Pandya and Ravi Ashwin dismissed one player each.
South African bowler Lungi N Geddy was adjudged Man of the Match for his devastating bowling performance.