| 0.2 : 0.2: Marco Jansen to Virat Kohli, FOUR! Gloriously done! |
| 0.3 : 0.3: Marco Jansen to Virat Kohli, FOUR! This time to the other side but the result is the same! Virat Kohli is up and running with back-to-back boundaries. Jansen overcooks as he tries to go full in search of swing, on middle and leg, Virat Kohli stays balanced in his crease and flicks it past square leg for four more runs. |
| 0.6 : 0.6: Marco Jansen to Virat Kohli, FOUR! Quality shot! Three boundaries in the first over of the final. Jansen lands it bit too full, at the stumps, Virat Kohli springs on the front foot and shows the full face of the bat. Drives it firmly back past the bowler and splits the mid off and mid on fielder. Anrich Nortje gives it a chase and slides but the ball wins the race. |
| 1.1 : 1.1: Keshav Maharaj to Rohit Sharma, Four! |
| 1.2 : 1.2: Keshav Maharaj to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! In complete control this time! Maharaj spears it in and attacks the stumps with a fuller delivery, Rohit Sharma pulls out the reverse paddle and plays it along the ground. Gets it to the right of first slip and well wide of short third for four more runs. |
| 1.4 : 1.4: Keshav Maharaj to Rohit Sharma, OUT! c Heinrich Klaasen b Keshav Maharaj. |
| 1.6 : 1.6: Keshav Maharaj to Rishabh Pant, OUT! c Quinton de Kock b Keshav Maharaj. |
| 3.4 : 3.4: Keshav Maharaj to Virat Kohli, FOUR! Short and punished! |
| 4.3 : 4.3: Kagiso Rabada to Suryakumar Yadav, OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! |
| 4.4 : 4.4: Kagiso Rabada to Axar Patel, FOUR! A classy shot by Axar Patel to get off the mark. Too straight by Rabada, full and on the pads, Axar Patel lets the ball come to him and closes the face of his bat before clipping it past square leg. Opens his account with a boundary. |
| 7.3 : 7.3: Aiden Markram to Axar Patel, SIX! Up, up and just over the fielder! |
| 8.4 : 8.4: Keshav Maharaj to Axar Patel, SIX! Now, that is a solid strike! |
| 11.5 : 11.5: Tabraiz Shamsi to Axar Patel, Six! |
| 13.1 : 13.1: Kagiso Rabada to Axar Patel, SIX! Clean as a whistle! 100 up for India in style! Rabada comes from around the wicket and tries to target the stumps. Gets the line wrong and serves it right in the slot. Axar Patel clears the front leg and with a still head, launches it over long on for a biggie. |
| 13.3 : 13.3: Kagiso Rabada to Virat Kohli, OUT! run out (Quinton de Kock). |
| 14.1 : 14.1: Marco Jansen to Shivam Dube, SIX! Launched down the ground! |
| 15.5 : 15.5: Tabraiz Shamsi to Shivam Dube, Four! |
| 16.6 : 16.6: Anrich Nortje to Shivam Dube, FOUR! Slammed away by Shivam Dube! Short of a length and offering some width outside the off stump, Dube backs away and cuts the ball powerfully and well behind point for a boundary. |
| 17.1 : 17.1: Kagiso Rabada to Virat Kohli, SIX! Virat Kohli is in the zone now! Hard length on off and middle stump, Kohli stays put and just clears the front leg before whacking the ball away nonchalantly and a long way over long on for a biggie |
| 17.3 : 17.3: Kagiso Rabada to Virat Kohli, FOUR! Relentless from King Kohli now. |
| 18.2 : 18.2: Marco Jansen to Virat Kohli, Four! |
| 18.4 : 18.4: Marco Jansen to Virat Kohli, SIX! Glorious from Virat Kohli and what a knock this is turning out to be. Length ball, right in the slot around off and middle stump, Kohli clears the front leg and smokes the ball is epic fashion over cow corner or a monster hit. New ball, please! |
| 18.5 : 18.5: Marco Jansen to Virat Kohli, OUT! CAUGHT! Straight to the man and some respite for Marco Jansen as he does get the prized wicket. Jansen uses his height well and bowls it just short of a length over the stumps, Virat Kohli looks to take on the pull but gets it well high on the bat and the ball goes straight down the throat of Kagiso Rabada at long on and he makes no mistake. End of a fine knock from Kohli and he gets a standing ovation from the dugout. |
| 18.6 : 18.6: Marco Jansen to Hardik Pandya, Four! |
| 19.3 : 19.3: Anrich Nortje to Shivam Dube, FOUR! That went like a tracer bullet! |
| 19.4 : 19.4: Anrich Nortje to Shivam Dube, OUT! c David Miller b Anrich Nortje. |
| 19.6 : 19.6: Anrich Nortje to Ravindra Jadeja, OUT! CAUGHT! Anrich Nortje finishes off a more than decent final over and manages to keep India under 180 runs. Nortje steams in and serves a quick bumper over the off stump. Ravindra Jadeja looks to take it on but is rushed into the shot and ends up scoffing it off the top edge. The ball falls well in front of mid off but Keshav Maharaj from extra cover races to the ball and dives in to complete the catch. India finish with 176/7 on the board! |
| 0.6 : 0.6: Arshdeep Singh to Reeza Hendricks, FOUR! Thrashed away to end the first over. |
| 1.3 : 1.3: Jasprit Bumrah to Reeza Hendricks, OUT! TIMBER! Jasprit Bumrah with a bolt out of the blue! The dream delivery for any pacer and Bumrah gets the early wicket for India. Bumrah stays over the wicket and pitches the ball up on the stumps, naturally angling it in. Reeza Hendricks looks to play for the line and puts out a straight face of the bat but the ball pitches and straightens to beat the outside edge and knock over the top of off stump. |
| 1.4 : 1.4: Jasprit Bumrah to Aiden Markram, FOUR! That ball flew off the bat! Just a fractionally short from Jasprit Bumrah and outside off stump, Aiden Markram leans back and just extends his arms and the ball pings off his bat and goes well wide of the chasing man at deep third for a boundary. |
| 2.3 : 2.3: Arshdeep Singh to Aiden Markram, OUT! EDGED AND TAKEN! Aiden Markram will be gutted with that shot and India have their second wicket. Arshdeep Singh just pitches the ball up a bit and angles it well across the off stump. The ball keeps angling away and Aiden Markram goes fishing after it, only managing to get a feather of an edge to the right of the keeper. Rishabh Pant dives across and pouches it safely. |
| 3.1 : 3.1: Jasprit Bumrah to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! Just wide! On a good length outside off and angling away, Quinton de Kock waits well and plays it with an angled bat and well wide of the man at first slip as the ball rolls away into the third man fence. |
| 4.2 : 4.2: Axar Patel to Tristan Stubbs, FOUR! Cut away and cut away well! |
| 4.5 : 4.5: Axar Patel to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! Hammered away! |
| 5.6 : 5.6: Kuldeep Yadav to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! Finds the gap to perfection and South Africa are 42/2 at the end of the Powerplay. |
| 6.3 : 6.3: Axar Patel to Tristan Stubbs, FOUR! Excellently played! Darted in from around the wicket, full and around off, Tristan Stubbs reaches out in front and executes the slog sweep to perfection. Hits it flat and to the left of deep mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 7.1 : 7.1: Kuldeep Yadav to Tristan Stubbs, FOUR! Drilled down the ground! |
| 7.6 : 7.6: Kuldeep Yadav to Quinton de Kock, SIX! BANG! Quinton de Kock picked the bones out of that! Kuldeep misses his mark as he serves it right in the arc, full and on middle and leg, Quinton de Kock gets down on one knee and nails the slog sweep. Hits it way over deep mid-wicket and it goes onto hit one of the solar panels on the roof. 13 runs off the over as South Africa continue to take the spinners on. |
| 8.1 : 8.1: Axar Patel to Tristan Stubbs, SIX! Good proactive batting and Tristan Stubbs gets the reward! |
| 8.5 : 8.5: Axar Patel to Tristan Stubbs, OUT! b Axar Patel. |
| 9.4 : 9.4: Hardik Pandya to Heinrich Klaasen, SIX! Cracking shot! Hardik goes into the surface again and it is off-pace too but ends up offering width on off, Heinrich Klaasen picks up the line and length early. Rises with the bounce and slaps it to the right of deep cover for a biggie. |
| 10.3 : 10.3: Ravindra Jadeja to Heinrich Klaasen, SIX! In the slot and over the ropes! Too full and around off and middle, Heinrich Klaasen clears the front leg, hits through the line and nails it back over the bowler's head for a biggie. |
| 11.3: Kuldeep Yadav to Heinrich Klaasen, Six! |
| 12.2 : 12.2: Arshdeep Singh to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! Too easy for Quinton de Kock. |
| 12.3 : 12.3: Arshdeep Singh to Quinton de Kock, OUT! CAUGHT! A change in the field and Arshdeep Singh has the last laugh here. Arshdeep Singh bowls it on a similar line and length and angles it in at the hips. Quinton de Kock gets inside the line to smash it away over fine leg but hits it flat and straight to Kuldeep Yadav on the fence who takes a good catch under pressure. The fielder was inside the ring on the previous ball but not on this occasion. |
| 13.5 : 13.5: Kuldeep Yadav to David Miller, Four! |
| 13.6 : 13.6: Kuldeep Yadav to David Miller, SIX! Easy power from David Miller and Kuldeep Yadav has had a game to forget here. Too short and over the stumps, Miller rocks back and pulls it flat and in front of the man at deep mid-wicket for a biggie. South Africa in the ascendancy here. |
| 14.1 : 14.1: Axar Patel to Heinrich Klaasen, FOUR! Up and over! |
| 14.3 : 14.3: Axar Patel to Heinrich Klaasen, SIX! Wow, Heinrich Klaasen has sent it on the roof! |
| 14.4 : 14.4: Axar Patel to Heinrich Klaasen, Six! |
| 14.5 : 14.5: Axar Patel to Heinrich Klaasen, FOUR! Relentless from Heinrich Klaasen and this over could be the telling one in the history of South African cricket. |
| 16.1 : 16.1: Hardik Pandya to Heinrich Klaasen, OUT! EDGED AND GONE! A break in play has brought about a wicket for India! Is there a twist in the tale? Pandya rolls his fingers over the ball and keeps it away from the batter's arc, full and outside off, Heinrich Klaasen throws his hands at it but gets an outside edge that is snaffled safely by the keeper, Rishabh Pant near his waist. End of a superb knock by Klaasen. With 26 runs needed off 23 balls, it is still South Africa's game to lose, despite |
| 17.4 : 17.4: Jasprit Bumrah to Marco Jansen, OUT! CLEANED HIM UP! It's that man again, Jasprit Bumrah! Marco Jansen stands there in disbelief. |
| 19.1 : 19.1: Hardik Pandya to David Miller, OUT! WHAT A GRAB! SURYAKUMAR YADAV, YOU BEAUTY! Brilliant presence of mind on the ropes and he just might have won the World Cup for India with this effort. David Miller cannot believe it! |
| 19.2 : 19.2: Hardik Pandya to Kagiso Rabada, EDGED AND FOUR! Streaky but South Africa won't mind any which way they come! 12 needed off the last 4 balls. Pace on, angling away, on off, on a back of a length, Kagiso Rabada throws the kitchen sink at it and gets an outside edge that flies between the keeper and short third for a boundary. |
| 19.5 : 19.5: Hardik Pandya to Kagiso Rabada, OUT! STRAIGHT TO THE FIELDER! That should be the game and the World Cup to India! Final nail in the coffin for South Africa. |
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