| 0.0 : India, on the other hand, failed to play consistent cricket over a longer period of time. They were poor in the middle overs both with ball and bat and at the end that proved to be the difference between the two sides. India need wickets in the middle overs and giving some overs to Venkatesh Iyer, the designated all-rounder in the team will provide more flexibility to the skipper, KL Rahul. The senior duo of Dhawan and Kohli were looking solid in the first game and they will be looking to co |
| ... MATCH DAY ⦠|
| Hello and a very warm welcome to the second ODI of this three-match ODI series between South Africa and India. South Africa have continued their winning momentum into the ODI series and are now just one win away from sealing this ODI series. India, on the other hand, are in a do-or-die situation and they will be desperately looking to get back to the winning ways after a pretty ordinary performance in the first ODI. The venue and the conditions remain the same so it will be interesting to see ho |
| South Africa, are looking like a team high on confidence. There were moments when they were under the pump both with bat and ball in the first game but they came back strongly to register a comprehensive victory in the first game. Temba Bavuma and Rassie van der Dussen who were in good form in the Test series continued their form in the first ODI and notched up their respective centuries to take South Africa to a formidable total. The bowling led by their spin duo of Keshav Maharaj and Tabrai |
| TOSS - Up goes the coin and it lands in favour of India. They have opted to BAT first. |
| India (Unchanged Playing XI) - KL Rahul (C), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (WK), Venkatesh Iyer, Shardul Thakur, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal. |
| South Africa (Playing XI) - Quinton de Kock (WK), Janneman Malan, Temba Bavuma (C), Aiden Markram, Rassie van der Dussen, David Miller, Andile Phehlukwayo, Sisanda Magala (In place of Marco Jansen), Keshav Maharaj, Tabraiz Shamsi, Lungi Ngidi. |
| Temba Bavuma, the skipper of South Africa says that they would have wanted to bat first with the nature of the wicket. He states that there will be an opportunity in the first hour for the bowlers. He adds that they were in trouble early with the bat in the first game and bowling was 80-85 per cent and it was not a perfect game. He mentions that they want to get better today and have a better understanding of the conditions and hopefully they will perform better. He informs that they have one ch |
| KL Rahul, the Indian skipper says that it's the second game on the same strip and it will be important for them to get some runs on the board and the wicket will slow down. He adds that they lacked a bit with the bat and with the ball in the middle overs and they needed one more partnership with the bat. Mentions that the batters realised after the match that they need to put together a few more partnerships and rectify it. Informs that they are going with the same XI. |
| We are all set to begin! Both teams are ready for the national anthems. It will be India's first followed by the South African. |
| 0.1 : Lungi Ngidi to KL Rahul, Good start by Lungi Ngidi! Bowls a good-length ball, on off. KL Rahul covers the line, keeps his head position straight and meets the ball with a dead bat. It rolls towards covers. |
| 0.2 : Lungi Ngidi to KL Rahul, Lungi Ngidi goes full this time, outside off. KL Rahul looks for the drive but only manages to roll it down to mid on. |
| 0.3 : Lungi Ngidi to KL Rahul, On a length, outside off. KL Rahul dabs it to the man at backward point. |
| 0.4 : Lungi Ngidi to KL Rahul, Four dots in a row! On a good length, outside off. KL Rahul watches the ball closely and leaves it alone. |
| 0.0 : So we are done with national anthems. South African players are in huddle and they take their field positions now. Indian openers, KL Rahul and Shikhar Dhawan jog out to the middle. South African players take knee to show their support for the Black Lives Matter movement. Lungi Ngidi to start with the ball for South Africa. Here we go... |
| 0.5 : Lungi Ngidi to KL Rahul, Back of a length, on middle and leg. KL Rahul hops and blocks it out from the crease. This is a good start by Lungi Ngidi. Not allowing KL Rahul to free his arms. |
| 0.6 : Lungi Ngidi to KL Rahul, A single to end the over! A tidy over from Lungi Ngidi. This was a length ball, outside off. KL Rahul dabs it down to third man for a single. |
| 1.1 : Sisanda Magala to KL Rahul, Sisanda Magala starts with a back-of-a-length ball, on off. KL Rahul stands up on his toes and guides it to third man for a single. |
| 0.6 : Sisanda Magala will start from the other end. |
| 1.2 : Sisanda Magala to Shikhar Dhawan, WIDE! Shikhar Dhawan faces his first ball but it is down the leg side. Dhawan looks to flick but misses. Wided by the umpire. |
| Sisanda Magala to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Off the mark and in some fashion. First boundary of India's innings as well. He is carrying from where he left off. On a length, on the pads. Shikhar Dhawan turns it through mid-wicket and the ball races away to the boundary. |
| 1.3 : Sisanda Magala to Shikhar Dhawan, Much better from Magala! On a good length, around off. Shikhar Dhawan stays deep and taps it to point. |
| 1.4 : Sisanda Magala to Shikhar Dhawan, FIVE WIDES! That's wild from Magala. Errs in his line and bowls a length ball way down the leg side. Quinton de Kock dives full stretch to his right but still couldn't collect the ball. It races away to fine leg for a boundary. |
| Sisanda Magala to Shikhar Dhawan, That's better! Length ball, outside off. Shikhar Dhawan taps it towards covers. |
| 1.5 : Sisanda Magala to Shikhar Dhawan, On a good length, on middle and leg. Shikhar Dhawan prods and defends it out. |
| 1.6 : Sisanda Magala to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! That's nicely played! Too easy for "Gabbar". This was on the pads, Shikhar Dhawan simply wrists it to deep square leg and bags another boundary. A good over for India. 15 runs coming off it. |
| 2.1 : Lungi Ngidi to KL Rahul, Length ball, on middle. KL Rahul nudges it to mid-wicket and scampers across for a quick single. |
| 2.2 : Lungi Ngidi to Shikhar Dhawan, Good-length ball, on off. Shikhar Dhawan dabs it towards backward point. Aiden Markram dives full stretch to his right and stops the ball. Excellent stop by him. |
| 2.3 : Lungi Ngidi to Shikhar Dhawan, Good-length ball, outside off. Shikhar Dhawan looks to push it to the off side but gets beaten on the outside edge. That's beautiful bowling from Lungi Ngidi. |
| 2.4 : Lungi Ngidi to Shikhar Dhawan, On a good length, outside off. Shikhar Dhawan leaves it alone this time. |
| 2.5 : Lungi Ngidi to Shikhar Dhawan, Short of a length, on off. Shikhar Dhawan taps it towards covers. Played this shot with his bat too close to his body. |
| 2.6 : Lungi Ngidi to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Allows Shikhar Dhawan to free his arms and gets punished. Touch fuller, outside off. Shikhar Dhawan leans onto it and creams his drive through covers for a boundary. |
| 3.1 : Sisanda Magala to KL Rahul, Length ball, outside off. KL Rahul pushes it towards covers. |
| 3.2 : Sisanda Magala to KL Rahul, FOUR! KL Rahul gets his first boundary now. It was a bad ball and rightly punished. Outside off, too much width given, KL Rahul latches onto it and caresses it through point for a boundary. Sisanda Magala is clearly struggling with his line and length here. |
| 3.3 : Sisanda Magala to KL Rahul, On a length, attacking the stumps. KL Rahul gets inside the line and pushes it to mid off. |
| 3.4 : Sisanda Magala to KL Rahul, Length ball, outside off. Pushed to mid off for a single. |
| 3.5 : Sisanda Magala to Shikhar Dhawan, Good-length ball, on middle. Shikhar Dhawan forces it to mid on. |
| 3.6 : Sisanda Magala to Shikhar Dhawan, Length ball, outside off. Shikhar Dhawan taps it to point. Good comeback from Sisanda Magala after getting hit for a boundary. 5 runs from the over. |
| 4.1 : Lungi Ngidi to KL Rahul, DROPPED! Janneman Malan is on the ground with his head down. He knows this could prove very costly. Back of a length, outside off. KL Rahul slashes it towards gully. Janneman Malan leaps and gets his left hand on it but puts it down. A single is taken. The ball came quickly than he anticipated. |
| 4.2 : Lungi Ngidi to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Nicely played! On a length, outside off. Shikhar Dhawan comes down the track and smashes it over covers for a boundary. |
| 4.3 : Lungi Ngidi to Shikhar Dhawan, On the pads, worked to deep square leg for a single. |
| 4.4 : Lungi Ngidi to KL Rahul, On a length, on middle. Nudged to mid-wicket. |
| 4.5 : Lungi Ngidi to KL Rahul, Back of a length, on middle. Rahul turns it to mid-wicket. He rotates the strike taking a single. |
| 4.6 : Lungi Ngidi to Shikhar Dhawan, On a length, outside off. Shikhar Dhawan chops the ball back to the keeper. Lungi Ngidi is making him play the ball too close to his body. |
| 5.1 : Sisanda Magala to KL Rahul, On a length, around off. KL Rahul taps it towards covers. That was solidly defended off the front foot. |
| 5.2 : Sisanda Magala to KL Rahul, Outside off, dabbed to backward point. |
| 5.3 : Sisanda Magala to KL Rahul, Fuller in length, on off. KL Rahul drives it towards extra cover for a single. Temba Bavuma scores a direct hit at the bowler's end but KL Rahul was inside the crease. |
| 5.4 : Sisanda Magala to Shikhar Dhawan, Change of pace from Sisanda Magala, bowls a slower one, on middle, at 116 kph. Shikhar Dhawan clips it to square leg for one. |
| 5.5 : Sisanda Magala to KL Rahul, FIVE WIDES! Shocker from Sisanda Magala. Second time he has done that. A wayward delivery, going way down the leg side. Quinton de Kock dives to his left but in vain as the ball races away to fine leg. Maybe it slipped out of Magala's hands. |
| Sisanda Magala to KL Rahul, Length ball, outside off. KL Rahul steers it to deep point for a single. |
| 5.6 : Sisanda Magala to Shikhar Dhawan, On middle, clipped behind square on the leg side for a single. |
| 6.1 : Lungi Ngidi to Shikhar Dhawan, On a length, around off, from 'round the wicket. Shikhar Dhawan pushes it towards covers. |
| 6.2 : Lungi Ngidi to Shikhar Dhawan, Good-length ball, on off. Shikhar Dhawan defends it back to the bowler. |
| 6.3 : Lungi Ngidi to Shikhar Dhawan, Slower one from Lungi Ngidi, on middle, at 113 kph. Shikhar Dhawan pushes it towards covers with soft hands. He sets off for a single but is sent back by his skipper. |
| 6.4 : Lungi Ngidi to Shikhar Dhawan, Slower one again, on middle. Shikhar Dhawan pats it back to the bowler. |
| 6.5 : Lungi Ngidi to Shikhar Dhawan, Short of a length, on middle. Shikhar Dhawan pulls it to deep square leg for a couple of runs. |
| 6.6 : Lungi Ngidi to Shikhar Dhawan, On a good length, outside off. Shikhar Dhawan guides it to sweeper cover for just a run. Lungi Ngidi is keeping things tight from one end but Sisanda Magala is leaking runs from the other. Just 3 runs from this over. |
| 7.1 : Aiden Markram to Shikhar Dhawan, Loopy, full and on off. Shikhar Dhawan pushes it to long off for a single. |
| 0.0 : Aiden Markram is into the attack now. He replaces Sisanda Magala. |
| 7.2 : Aiden Markram to KL Rahul, Floats it up, on middle. Turned to mid-wicket. |
| 7.3 : Aiden Markram to KL Rahul, Full and on off, KL Rahul works it to long on for a run. |
| 7.4 : Aiden Markram to Shikhar Dhawan, Tossed up, on off. Shikhar Dhawan prods and blocks it out very watchfully. |
| 7.5 : Aiden Markram to Shikhar Dhawan, Flatter and quicker, on off. Tapped to cover for a quick single. |
| 7.6 : Aiden Markram to KL Rahul, On the pads, worked to deep square leg for a single. Good start from Aiden Markram. 4 runs from the over. |
| 8.1 : Lungi Ngidi to KL Rahul, Well fielded! On a good length, outside off. KL Rahul steers it behind point. Aiden Markram dives to his left and stops a certain boundary. |
| 8.2 : Lungi Ngidi to KL Rahul, FOUR! Fifty up for India! Fuller and outside off, KL Rahul drives it through point. The fielder there misfields and allows the ball to race away for a boundary. |
| 8.3 : Lungi Ngidi to KL Rahul, No run.Outside off, KL Rahul dabs the ball to the off side. |
| 8.4 : Lungi Ngidi to KL Rahul, Slower length delivery, outside off. KL Rahul guides it to third man for a brace. |
| 8.5 : Lungi Ngidi to KL Rahul, Outside off, driven towards covers. |
| 8.6 : Lungi Ngidi to KL Rahul, Back of a length, on off. KL Rahul chops it back to the keeper. |
| 9.1 : Aiden Markram to Shikhar Dhawan, Tossed up, on middle. Shikhar Dhawan presses forward to block. |
| 9.2 : Aiden Markram to Shikhar Dhawan, Loopy ball, outside off. Shikhar Dhawan blocks it out. |
| 9.3 : Aiden Markram to Shikhar Dhawan, Outside off, driven straight to extra cover. |
| 9.4 : Aiden Markram to Shikhar Dhawan, Flatter ball, on off. Shikhar Dhawan advances down the ground and punches it to long off for a single. |
| 9.5 : Aiden Markram to KL Rahul, Full and on middle. KL Rahul glances it to short fine leg. |
| 9.6 : Aiden Markram to KL Rahul, Excellent from Aiden Markram! Just 2 singles off the over. Flighted ball, outside off. KL Rahul clips it to long on for a single. |
| 10.1 : Keshav Maharaj to KL Rahul, Keshav Maharaj starts with a fuller delivery on middle. Rahul drives it to wide of long off for a single. |
| 0.0 : End of Powerplay 1! That means now 4 fielders will be allowed outside the 30-yard circle until the end of 40th over. Also a bowling change. Keshav Maharaj is brought into the attack now. |
| 10.2 : Keshav Maharaj to Shikhar Dhawan, Shorter in length and around leg. Dhawan looks to clip it away but misses and gets hit on the pads. It is going down leg. |
| 10.3 : Keshav Maharaj to Shikhar Dhawan, A fuller delivery on off. Dhawan defends it towards the off side. |
| 10.4 : Keshav Maharaj to Shikhar Dhawan, Quicker in air on off. Dhawan is solid in his front foot defence again. |
| 10.5 : Keshav Maharaj to Shikhar Dhawan, This time slower in the air on middle. Worked towards square leg. |
| 10.6 : Keshav Maharaj to Shikhar Dhawan, Tossed up on off. Shikhar Dhawan just blocks it towards the off side. An excellent start from Keshav Maharaj. Just a run off it. |
| 11.1 : Aiden Markram to KL Rahul, Slower in the air on off. Rahul nudges it to square leg for a single. |
| 11.2 : Aiden Markram to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Nice use of feet by Shikhar Dhawan. A tossed up delivery on off. Shikhar Dhawan skips down the track and whips this towards deep mid-wicket for a boundary. Good shot. |
| 11.3 : Aiden Markram to Shikhar Dhawan, Another loppy delivery on off. Shikhar Dhawan blocks this off the front foot. |
| 11.4 : Aiden Markram to Shikhar Dhawan, OUT! CAUGHT! Shikhar Dhawan departs and this is a big wicket for South Africa. A fuller delivery on off. Shikhar Dhawan goes for the sweep shot and times it really well but it was hit too flat. The ball goes in the air towards deep square leg and Sisanda Magala there takes a fine catch by moving to his right. Aiden Markram is delighted and Shikhar Dhawan the in-form batter has to walk back. |
| Virat Kohli walks out to bat at No.3. |
| 11.5 : Aiden Markram to Virat Kohli, Shorter length on off. Kohli tucks it to square leg. |
| 11.6 : Aiden Markram to Virat Kohli, Another flatter delivery on middle. Kohli works it behind square this time. Another dot ball and end of a brilliant over from Aiden Markram. |
| 12.1 : Keshav Maharaj to KL Rahul, A tossed up delivery on off. Rahul defends it with soft hands towards the off side for a quick single. |
| 12.2 : Keshav Maharaj to Virat Kohli, Turn and bounce there! A tossed up delivery on middle. Kohli plays it late as the ball turns away sharply. |
| 12.3 : Keshav Maharaj to Virat Kohli, Another good delivery on middle. Kohli blocks it out. |
| 12.4 : Keshav Maharaj to Virat Kohli, OUT! CAUGHT! Virat Kohli departs now and spinners are doing the trick for South Africa. Nicely tossed up delivery on off. Virat Kohli drives it on up and is not upto the pitch of the ball. He drives it with just one-handed and the ball goes in the air towards covers. Temba Bavuma there takes an easy catch. So Virat Kohli departs without troubling the scorers and India are in some trouble now. |
| Rishabh Pant is the new batsman in. |
| 12.5 : Keshav Maharaj to Rishabh Pant, Ohh...just short of slip. Maharj bowling in those footmarks outside off. Pant skips down the track and looks to turn it towards the on side. He gets the inside edge onto his body and ball loops and falls just short of the diving first slip fielder. |
| 12.6 : Keshav Maharaj to Rishabh Pant, A flatter delivery on middle. Worked towards square leg. |
| 13.1 : Aiden Markram to KL Rahul, A quicker delivery on off. Rahul goes on the back foot andf punches it back to the bowler. |
| 13.2 : Aiden Markram to KL Rahul, Slightly slower in the air on off. Rahul pushes it towards the off side and looks for a single but is sent back by his partner. |
| 13.3 : Aiden Markram to KL Rahul, Tossed up on off. Rahul defends it watchfully. |
| 13.4 : Aiden Markram to KL Rahul, Another loopy delivery on off. Rahul blocks it. |
| 13.5 : Aiden Markram to KL Rahul, Slower in the air. Rahul just defends this onto the pitch. |
| 13.6 : Aiden Markram to KL Rahul, Loopy ball, on middle. KL Rahul turns it to square leg for a single. South Africa keeping things very tight here. Only one run off this over. |
| 14.1 : Keshav Maharaj to KL Rahul, Tossed up around middle. Rahul defends it watchfully off the front foot. |
| 14.2 : Keshav Maharaj to KL Rahul, Fuller again on middle. Rahul pushes it to deep cover for a single. |
| 14.3 : Keshav Maharaj to Rishabh Pant, Fuller delivery at 84 kph on off. Pant turns it to long on for a single. |
| 14.4 : Keshav Maharaj to KL Rahul, A flatter delivery this time on off. Rahul pushes it to sweeper cover and gets another single. |
| 14.5 : Keshav Maharaj to Rishabh Pant, Shorter length around leg. Pant pulls it to backward square leg for a couple. |
| 14.6 : Keshav Maharaj to Rishabh Pant, Comedy of errors here! Unbelievable stuff! A flatter delivery on middle. Pant works it to mid-wicket and Bavuma there is quick to stop it. Pant at first calls for a single but sees Temba Bavuma make the stop so just stops running. KL Rahul though is more than halfway down the track and both the batters are stranded at the striker's end. Bavuma throws the ball to the bowler's end but Maharaj fails to collect the throw and there was no one backing him up w |
| 15.1 : Aiden Markram to KL Rahul, On middle, pushed to long on for a single. |
| 15.2 : Aiden Markram to Rishabh Pant, Shorter outside off. Pant cuts it to covers this time. |
| 15.3 : Aiden Markram to Rishabh Pant, A flatter delivery on middle and leg. Pant looks to flick it but misses. There is an appeal for LBW but is turned down. |
| 15.4 : Aiden Markram to Rishabh Pant, A flatter delivery on middle. Pant works it to mid-wicket and there is another piece of miscommunication between the batters but no damage done. |
| 15.5 : Aiden Markram to Rishabh Pant, Shorter length, on off. Pant looks to cut but mistimes it. |
| 15.6 : Aiden Markram to Rishabh Pant, A flatter delivery on off. Pant dabs it wide of cover and gets a quick single. |
| 16.1 : Keshav Maharaj to Rishabh Pant, A fuller delivery on off. Pant pushes it to covers this time. |
| 16.2 : Keshav Maharaj to Rishabh Pant, This is down the leg side. Pant looks to sweep it but gets it only towards short fine leg. |
| 0.0 : DRINKS! The spinners are doing the job for South Africa and got the two in-form batters in Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli. They could have had KL Rahul as well but a huge blunder from Keshav Maharaj let that chance slip through their hands. Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul will now try to rebuild the innings while South Africa will look to continue keep things tight and not allow the momentum slip away. |
| 16.3 : Keshav Maharaj to Rishabh Pant, SIX! This is the answer Pant has given for all the trouble he was facing. A fuller delivery on off. Pant gets on his knee and slog-sweeps it over deep mid-wicket for a biggie. |
| 16.4 : Keshav Maharaj to Rishabh Pant, A fuller delivery on off. Pant skips down the track and works it wide of mid-wicket for a single. |
| 16.5 : Keshav Maharaj to KL Rahul, Nicely tossed up around leg. Rahul works it to mid-wicket. |
| 16.6 : Keshav Maharaj to KL Rahul, FOUR! Nicely played! A fuller delivery around leg. Rahul tucks it fine towards long leg for a boundary. |
| 17.1 : Aiden Markram to Rishabh Pant, Full and wide outside off, Rishabh Pant steers it to deep cover for one. |
| 17.2 : Aiden Markram to KL Rahul, Loopy ball, on off. KL Rahul looks to work it on the leg side but gets an outside edge towards covers. |
| 17.3 : Aiden Markram to KL Rahul, On middle and leg, pushed back to the bowler. |
| 17.4 : Aiden Markram to KL Rahul, FOUR! Bad ball from Aiden Markram and KL Rahul takes full advantage of it. Was short and down leg, KL Rahul sits on one knee and smashes it to backward square leg. One bounce and into the ropes. |
| 17.5 : Aiden Markram to KL Rahul, A fuller delivery on off. Rahul pushes it square on the off side for a single. |
| 17.6 : Aiden Markram to Rishabh Pant, A tossed up delivery around off. Pant skips down the track and gets an easy single to long off. |
| 18.1 : Keshav Maharaj to Rishabh Pant, A flatter delivery around leg. Pant works it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 18.2 : Keshav Maharaj to KL Rahul, Nice loopy delivery on middle. Rahul pushes it with soft hands towards covers and gets a single. |
| 18.3 : Keshav Maharaj to Rishabh Pant, Another quick single. A flatter delivery on off. Pant drops it wide of cover and gets a single. |
| 18.4 : Keshav Maharaj to KL Rahul, A fuller delivery on off. Rahul drives it to long off for a single. |
| 18.5 : Keshav Maharaj to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! A rare bad delivery has been put away by Pant! A flatter delivery around leg. Pant paddle sweeps it towards long leg for a boundary. Nice shot. |
| 18.6 : Keshav Maharaj to Rishabh Pant, Slighly shorter in length around middle. Pant works this off the back foot to deep square leg for a single. |
| 19.1 : Aiden Markram to Rishabh Pant, Nicely tossed up delivery on middle. Pant dances down the track and looks to launch it towards the on side. He gets the bottom of his blade and a single is taken towards long on. 100 up for India! |
| 19.3 : Aiden Markram to Rishabh Pant, Slightly shorter outside off. Pant cuts it to sweeper cover for a single. |
| 19.4 : Aiden Markram to KL Rahul, A fuller delivery on middle. Rahul eases it down to long on for a single. |
| 19.2 : Aiden Markram to KL Rahul, A fuller delivery outside off. Rahul drives it to deep cover for a single. |
| 19.5 : Aiden Markram to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Superb shot! Aiden Markram fires this on off and it is slightly short. Pant rocks back and cuts it through backward point for a boundary. |
| 19.6 : Aiden Markram to Rishabh Pant, Another shorter length delivery on off. Pant pushes it to covers this time. The fielder there half-stops it and a single is taken. Pant will retain the strike and another good over for India. |
| 20.2 : Andile Phehlukwayo to Rishabh Pant, Back of a length, on off. Rishabh Pant clips it to deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs. |
| 20.3 : Andile Phehlukwayo to Rishabh Pant, On middle, turned to mid-wicket. |
| 20.4 : Andile Phehlukwayo to Rishabh Pant, On a length, on off. Rishabh Pant defends it towards covers. |
| 20.1 : Andile Phehlukwayo to Rishabh Pant, Length ball, on off. Pushed towards covers. |
| 20.5 : Andile Phehlukwayo to Rishabh Pant, On the pads this time, it is worked to deep square leg for a single. |
| 20.6 : Andile Phehlukwayo to KL Rahul, On a length, on middle and leg. KL Rahul chips it to mid-wicket. A good start by Andile Phehlukwayo. Just three runs from the over. |
| 21.1 : Aiden Markram to Rishabh Pant, Full and on middle, Rishabh Pant blocks it out. |
| 21.2 : Aiden Markram to Rishabh Pant, Loopy ball, outside off. Pant drives it towards covers. |
| 21.3 : Aiden Markram to Rishabh Pant, Slower through the air, on middle. Pushed back to the bowler. |
| 0.0 : Aiden Markram will continue. He has done decent job so far. |
| 21.4 : Aiden Markram to Rishabh Pant, Four dots in a row! Outside off, driven to cover. |
| 21.5 : Aiden Markram to Rishabh Pant, Make that five! Full and on middle, Rishabh Pant tries to up the ante. He dances down the track and smashes the ball straight into the stumps at the other end. |
| 21.6 : Aiden Markram to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Fifty partnership comes up between these two. Loopy ball, sliding down the leg side. Rishabh Pant tickles it to fine leg for a boundary. |
| 22.1 : Andile Phehlukwayo to KL Rahul, Length ball, outside off. KL Rahul guides it to backward point. Good timing on that one but not in the gap. |
| 22.2 : Andile Phehlukwayo to KL Rahul, Same shot and similar result. It is guided to backward point where the fielder stops the ball diving to his left. |
| 22.3 : Andile Phehlukwayo to KL Rahul, Length ball, on off. Eased down to long on. KL Rahul crosses ends. |
| 22.4 : Andile Phehlukwayo to Rishabh Pant, On a length, around off. Rishabh Pant taps it to point for a single. |
| 22.5 : Andile Phehlukwayo to KL Rahul, On the pads, KL Rahul tucks it to deep square leg for one. |
| 22.6 : Andile Phehlukwayo to Rishabh Pant, Short of a length, on middle. Pulled to deep square leg for just a run. |
| Tabraiz Shamsi is into the attack now. |
| 23.1 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Welcomes the new bowler with a boundary. Tossed up, on off. Rishabh Pant gets low and slog-sweeps it to deep mid-wicket. Shouts of "catch" but the ball lands safely in the vacant area and races away for a boundary. |
| 23.2 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Intent from Pant! Brilliantly played! Full and on middle. Rishabh Pant sweeps it to deep square leg for another boundary. |
| 23.3 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Rishabh Pant, Some turn there! Short and spinning away outside off. Rishabh Pant defends it on the leg side. |
| 23.4 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Third boundary of the over! Loopy ball, outside off. Rishabh Pant throws his hands at it. This time it skews off the outside edge to third man for a boundary. |
| 23.5 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Rishabh Pant, Flighted ball, outside off. Rishabh Pant drills it down to long off for a single. Moves to 49! |
| 23.6 : Tabraiz Shamsi to KL Rahul, WIDE! Spinning away down the leg side. KL Rahul leaves it alone. Wided. |
| Tabraiz Shamsi to KL Rahul, On middle, KL Rahul goes deep and tucks it to square leg. 14 from the over. A good over for India. |
| 24.1 : Andile Phehlukwayo to Rishabh Pant, FIFTY FOR PANT! Short of a length, outside off. Rishabh Pant punches it to sweeper cover for a single. He has played a good knock here. A counter-attacking knock after India were put to trouble and he would want to convert this into a bigger one. |
| 24.2 : Andile Phehlukwayo to KL Rahul, Length ball, outside off. KL Rahul cuts it to deep point for a single. |
| 24.3 : Andile Phehlukwayo to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Just Pant things! Was a short-of-a-length ball, down leg. Rishabh Pant went for the scoop but in the end just ramps it to fine leg for a boundary. |
| 24.4 : Andile Phehlukwayo to Rishabh Pant, Back of a length, outside off. Rishabh Pant taps it to point. |
| 24.5 : Andile Phehlukwayo to Rishabh Pant, On middle, this is worked to long on for a single. |
| 24.6 : Andile Phehlukwayo to KL Rahul, Outside off, on a length. Rahul drives it through covers for a single. 22 from the last two overs. |
| 25.1 : Tabraiz Shamsi to KL Rahul, Loopy ball, on middle. KL Rahul pushes it to long off for a single. |
| 25.2 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Rishabh Pant, Tossed up, on middle and leg. Rishabh Pant looks to play the paddle scoop but gets himself in an awkward position and gets hit on the pads. He is on the floor after missing the shot. |
| 25.3 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Lovely shot! Tossed up, on middle. Rishabh Pant comes down the track and lifts it one-handedly towards long on for a boundary. |
| 25.4 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Rishabh Pant, Outside off, spinning away. Left alone. |
| 25.5 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Rishabh Pant, Full and on off, pushed to cover-point. |
| 25.6 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Rishabh Pant, Slightly short, outside off. Rishabh Pant rocks back and cuts it to deep cover for a brace. |
| 26.1 : Andile Phehlukwayo to KL Rahul, On a length, outside off. KL Rahul guides it to backward point. |
| 26.2 : Andile Phehlukwayo to KL Rahul, DROPPED! Short of a length, outside off. KL Rahul rocks back and cuts it hard towards backward point. Aiden Markram who is a gun fielder for South Africa drops the catch. It was straight at him but couldn't held onto it. South Africa now had three chances to see the back of KL Rahul and have missed all. Three lifelines given to KL Rahul. Let's see to what extent he takes the advantage of it. |
| 26.3 : Andile Phehlukwayo to KL Rahul, An off-cutter, on off. Turned to mid-wicket. |
| 26.4 : Andile Phehlukwayo to KL Rahul, Back of a length, on off. KL Rahul nudges it to mid-wicket for a run. |
| 26.5 : Andile Phehlukwayo to Rishabh Pant, Slower delivery, outside off. Rishabh Pant walks down the track and drills it to long on for a single. |
| 26.6 : Andile Phehlukwayo to KL Rahul, Back of a length, outside off. KL Rahul hops and pats it back to the bowler. |
| 27.1 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Rishabh Pant, A fuller delivery on off. Pant goes for the reverse-sweep this time. He gets the top edge towards the short third man region. A single taken as the ball falls short of the fielder. |
| 27.2 : Tabraiz Shamsi to KL Rahul, Full and outside off, pushed back to the bowler. KL Rahul went for the drive but gets it from the inner half of his bat. |
| 27.3 : Tabraiz Shamsi to KL Rahul, On middle, clipped to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 27.4 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Rishabh Pant, Short and outside off, Rishabh Pant makes room but could only push it towards covers. |
| 27.5 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Pulled away! Short again, on middle. This time Rishabh Pant rocks back and pulls it to wide of long on for a boundary. Beats the man at mid on easily. |
| 27.6 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Rishabh Pant, SIX! BANG! One-handed six! Rishabh Pant has started to cut loose. Loopy ball, on leg. Rishabh Pant dances down the track and hammers it over long on for a maximum. Looks like one-handed biggies have become a hallmark of Rishabh Pant. |
| 28.1 : Andile Phehlukwayo to KL Rahul, Length ball, outside off. KL Rahul punches it to sweeper cover for one. |
| 28.2 : Andile Phehlukwayo to Rishabh Pant, On a length, on off. Rishabh Pant turns it to deep mid-wicket for a single. 100-run partnership comes up now between Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul. This has been an impressive partnership for India. Just what the doctor ordered. |
| 28.3 : Andile Phehlukwayo to KL Rahul, FIFTY FOR KL RAHUL! His 10th fifty and first as a skipper as well. Length ball, on off. KL Rahul punches it to sweeper cover for a single. He will be definitely looking for a bigger score here especially after all the lifelines he has been given. These two would look to do just what Temba Bavuma and Rassie van der Dussen did in the second ODI. |
| 28.4 : Andile Phehlukwayo to Rishabh Pant, Slower delivery, on a length. Rishabh Pant slogs it one-handed. Luckily for him, it falls safely towards long on and the batters take a single. |
| 28.5 : Andile Phehlukwayo to KL Rahul, On off, pushed back to the bowler. |
| 28.6 : Andile Phehlukwayo to KL Rahul, Back of a length, outside off. KL Rahul dabs it to short third man for one. |
| 29.1 : Sisanda Magala to KL Rahul, On a good length, on middle. Punched to mid on for a run. |
| 29.2 : Sisanda Magala to Rishabh Pant, On the pads, clipped to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0.0 :  Pant has changed his bat and also a bowling change for South Africa. Sisanda Magala (3-0-29-0) is back into the attack. |
| 29.3 : Sisanda Magala to KL Rahul, Short of a length, outside off. Cut straight to point. |
| 29.4 : Sisanda Magala to KL Rahul, On middle and leg, pushed to long on for a single. |
| 29.5 : Sisanda Magala to Rishabh Pant, Slower ball, at 113 kph, outside off. Rishabh Pant looks to drive. It goes off the bottom half of his blade back to the keeper. |
| 29.6 : Sisanda Magala to Rishabh Pant, A tight single! Length ball, on off. Rishabh Pant pushes it to mid off and takes off for a quick single. The fielder has a shy at the bowler's end but misses. |
| 30.1 : Andile Phehlukwayo to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Pant is punishing South Africa here! A length ball, on off. Pant stays deep in his crease and just tonks it towards long off. One bounce into the fence. He moves into the 80s now. |
| 30.2 : Andile Phehlukwayo to Rishabh Pant, Shorter length delivery on middle. Pant backs away and pulls it to mid-wicket this time. |
| 30.3 : Andile Phehlukwayo to Rishabh Pant, A shorter length delivery again at 124 kph. Pant pulls it to backward square leg for a single. |
| 30.4 : Andile Phehlukwayo to KL Rahul, A slower full delivey at 109 kph on off. Rahul drives it to long on for a single. |
| 30.5 : Andile Phehlukwayo to Rishabh Pant, Slightly shorter in length, on off. Pant cuts it to sweeper cover for a single. |
| 30.6 : Andile Phehlukwayo to KL Rahul, Short delivery on off at 124 kph. Rahul rocks back and pulls it to deep mid-wicket. A single and he will retain the strike. 8 runs from the over and these two are going along nicely here. |
| 31.1 : Sisanda Magala to KL Rahul, OUT! CAUGHT! Rahul departs just after the Drinks break! This dangerous partnership has been broken! Sisanda Magala gets his first ODI wicket! A length ball, on middle. Rahul looks to work it away but gets the leading edge towards short mid-wicket. Rassie van der Dussen there takes a fine catch. KL Rahul departs after a fine knock. He is disappointed as he shakes his head walking back to the pavilion. South Africa have an openingt now. Can they fightback? |
| 0.0 : Shreyas Iyer walks out to bat. |
| Drinks! India have recovered really well after losing Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli in quick succession and they have to thank KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant for that. Both have played well and are building along a nice partnership. South Africa have been little sloppy in the field and now need a breakthrough desperately while KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant would look to continue and take India close to a target of around 300. |
| 31.2 : Sisanda Magala to Shreyas Iyer, A length ball, around leg. Iyer works it to fine leg for a single. He is off the mark. |
| 31.3 : Sisanda Magala to Rishabh Pant, A length delivery on middle. Pant works it to mid-wicket this time. |
| 31.4 : Sisanda Magala to Rishabh Pant, Slightly shorter on off. Pant punches it to sweeper cover for a single. |
| 31.5 : Sisanda Magala to Shreyas Iyer, His speed is up now! A length delivery outside off at 140 kph. Iyer punches it to deep cover for a single. |
| 31.6 : Sisanda Magala to Rishabh Pant, A fuller delivery on middle. Pant clips it to deep square leg for another single. End of a successful over from Sisanda Magala. |
| 32.1 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Rishabh Pant, Shorter length on off. Pant cuts it to point this time. |
| 32.2 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Rishabh Pant, Slower in the air on off. Pant waits for it and late cuts it to short third man. |
| 32.3 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Rishabh Pant, OUT! CAUGHT! Another wicket and one brings two here. Both the set batters are gone now. Shamsi is pumped up. A tossed up delivery on middle. Pant dances down the track and looks to launch it towards the on side. Got too close to the ball and hence, didn't get the elevation there. The ball goes towards long off and Aiden Markram there runs to his left and takes a good diving catch. Rishabh Pant departs too after a good knock. Big wicket for South Africa an |
| 32.4 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Venkatesh Iyer, Shorter length, on off. Venkatesh Iyer cuts it to sweeper cover for a single. |
| 32.3 : The new batter in is Venkatesh Iyer. |
| 32.5 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Shreyas Iyer, WIDE! Fuller and down the leg side. Shreyas Iyer looks to clip it but misses. |
| Tabraiz Shamsi to Shreyas Iyer, A fuller delivery on middle. Shreyas Iyer works it to mid-wicket and gets a single. |
| 32.6 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Venkatesh Iyer, Nicely tossed up on off. Venkatesh Iyer drives it to covers this time. Three runs and a wicket from the over. |
| 33.1 : Sisanda Magala to Shreyas Iyer, A fuller delivery on middle and leg. Shreyas Iyer flicks it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 33.2 : Sisanda Magala to Venkatesh Iyer, A short delivery this time outside off. Venkatesh Iyer lets it go. |
| 33.3 : Sisanda Magala to Venkatesh Iyer, Back of a length, on off at 136 kph. Venkatesh Iyer defends it towards the off side. |
| 33.4 : Sisanda Magala to Venkatesh Iyer, Ohh...Almost finds the edge this time! A good-length delivery around off. Venkatesh Iyer looks to drive but the ball seams away a tad and beats the outside edge of his blade. |
| 33.5 : Sisanda Magala to Venkatesh Iyer, Another play and a miss! A good-length delivery again. This time it is wider outside off. Venkatesh Iyer looks to drive again but gets beaten again. |
| 33.6 : Sisanda Magala to Venkatesh Iyer, Just one run from the over! A length ball, on off. Venkatesh Iyer taps it to point this time. |
| 34.1 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Shreyas Iyer, A fuller delivery on middle. Shreyas Iyer drives it to long on for a single. |
| 34.2 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Venkatesh Iyer, Slightly shorter on off. Venkatesh Iyer goes deep in his crease and pushes it to backward point. |
| 34.3 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Venkatesh Iyer, This time a fuller delivery on off. Driven to covers. Another dot ball. |
| 34.4 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Venkatesh Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer gets a single this time. A fuller delivery on off. Venkatesh Iyer drives this wide of cover and gets a single. |
| 34.5 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Shreyas Iyer, WIDE! A fuller delivery around leg and turning in. Shreyas Iyer looks to clip it but misses. |
| Tabraiz Shamsi to Shreyas Iyer, Tossed up on middle. Shreyas Iyer skips down the track and clips it to mid-wicket. |
| 34.6 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Shreyas Iyer, Shorter length delivery on middle. Shreyas Iyer pulls it to deep mid-wicket for just a single. Another tidy over for South Africa. |
| 35.1 : Sisanda Magala to Shreyas Iyer, On a length, on off. Shreyas Iyer defends it towards point. |
| 35.2 : Sisanda Magala to Shreyas Iyer, Another length delivery around off. Shreyas Iyer steers it to third man for a single. |
| 35.3 : Sisanda Magala to Venkatesh Iyer, A slower back-of-a-length delivery outside off at 119 kph. Venkatesh Iyer cuts this off the bottom of his blade to covers for a single. |
| 35.4 : Sisanda Magala to Shreyas Iyer, On a length, on off. Shreyas Iyer blocks this with soft hands towards off side for a single. |
| 35.5 : Sisanda Magala to Venkatesh Iyer, Back of a length, outside off. Venkatesh Iyer steers it to third man for a single. |
| 35.6 : Sisanda Magala to Shreyas Iyer, NO BALL! A short delivery on off. Shreyas Iyer pulls it to deep square leg for a single. Sisanda Magala has overstepped and a Free Hit is coming up now. |
| Sisanda Magala to Venkatesh Iyer, SIX! Venkatesh Iyer takes full advantage of this Free Hit! A length ball, on off. Venkatesh Iyer stays deep in his crease and tonks it over long on for a maximum. |
| 36.1 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Shreyas Iyer, Tossed up on off. Shreyas Iyer skips down the track and eases it to long on for a single. |
| 36.2 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Venkatesh Iyer, Huge appeal from Shamsi! But they decide to not take a review. A fuller delivery on middle. Venkatesh Iyer looks to sweep but misses. He is hit on the pads and there is a huge appeal. But just a leg bye in the end. |
| 36.3 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Shreyas Iyer, A fuller delivery on middle. Shreyas Iyer drives it down to long on for a single. |
| 36.4 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Venkatesh Iyer, A fuller delivery on off. Venkatesh Iyer pushes it to covers for a single. |
| 36.5 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Shreyas Iyer, OUT! LBW! Tabraiz Shamsi gets his man this time. Shreyas Iyer departs! A fuller delivery on off and turning into the batter. Shreyas Iyer looks to clip it but misses. The ball hits his back pad and there is a huge appeal. The umpire is unmoved and South Africa take a review this time. The replay rolls in and the UltraEdge shows no bat involved. The Ball Tracker rolls and it shows that the ball is pitching outside off, the impact is in line and it's |
| Shardul Thakur is the new batsman in. |
| 36.6 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Shardul Thakur, A tossed up delivery on middle. Shardul Thakur looks to work it towards the on side. The ball hits his pads and the ball loops towards the on side. |
| 36.5 : South Africa have taken a review for an LBW. UltraEdge shows no bat involved. Ball Tracking shows that the ball is pitching outside off, the impact is in line and is wickets hitting. The original decision will be overturned and South Africa have retained their review. |
| 37.1 : Lungi Ngidi to Venkatesh Iyer, Lungi Ngidi starts with a length delivery on off. Venkatesh Iyer drives this to point. |
| 37.2 : Lungi Ngidi to Venkatesh Iyer, A fuller delivery on off. Venkatesh Iyer square drives it again towards point. The fielder there diving to his left half-stops it and a single is taken. |
| 37.3 : Lungi Ngidi to Shardul Thakur, WIDE! Short and down the leg side this time. Shardul Thakur ducks under it. |
| Lungi Ngidi to Shardul Thakur, A length delivery and nipping in this time. Thakur drives this to mid on. |
| 37.4 : Lungi Ngidi to Shardul Thakur, Back of a length, outside off. Shardul Thakur cuts it to deep point and Sisanda Magala at the deep runs to his left and saves a couple for his team with a dive. Two runs for Thakur. |
| 37.5 : Lungi Ngidi to Shardul Thakur, Shorter length delivery on off. Thakur pulls it to fine leg this time for a single. |
| 37.6 : Lungi Ngidi to Venkatesh Iyer, A single to end the over! Back of a length, around off. Venkatesh Iyer punches it to deep cover for a single. |
| 38.1 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Venkatesh Iyer, Shorter in length and turning away from off. Iyer rocks back and cuts it to deep cover for a single. |
| 38.2 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Shardul Thakur, A fuller delivery around leg. Thakur looks to clip it but the ball brushes his pads and goes towards short fine leg. |
| 38.3 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Shardul Thakur, A fuller delivery on middle and leg and turning in. Shardul Thakur looks to clip it but misses. The ball hits his pads and there is a slight appeal there but no damage done. |
| 38.4 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Shardul Thakur, A flatter delivery outside off. Thakur looks to cut but misses. |
| 38.5 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Shardul Thakur, A fuller delivery around leg. Thakur looks to clip it but the ball hits his pads and falls short of leg slip. |
| 38.6 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Shardul Thakur, A fuller delivery on middle. Thakur works it to mid-wicket and gets a single this time. |
| 39.1 : Lungi Ngidi to Shardul Thakur, Shorter length delivery on off. Thakur pulls it to fine leg for just a single. |
| 39.2 : Lungi Ngidi to Venkatesh Iyer, A slower length delivery on off at 114 kph. Iyer taps it to point this time. |
| 39.3 : Lungi Ngidi to Venkatesh Iyer, Ohh..beaten this time! A good-length delivery around that fourth stump channel. Iyer looks to push at it but gets beaten off the outside edge. |
| 39.4 : Lungi Ngidi to Venkatesh Iyer, PUT DOWN! Rassie van der Dussen is the culprit this time. A slower length delivery, outside off. Venkatesh Iyer skips down the track and looks to drive it towards the off side. He miscues it and the ball loops in the air towards covers. Rassie van der Dussen there jumps to take the catch. He gets his one hand to it but fails to pouch it. A single in the end. |
| 39.5 : Lungi Ngidi to Shardul Thakur, Back of a length,outside off. Thakur looks to cut it but misses. |
| 39.6 : Lungi Ngidi to Shardul Thakur, In the air for some time but it is safe. A length delivery on off. Thakur works it aerially towards mid on. It falls well short of Bavuma there. A dot ball to end the over. |
| 40.1 : Keshav Maharaj to Venkatesh Iyer, Loopy ball, outside off. Venkatesh Iyer steers it to point. |
| 40.2 : Keshav Maharaj to Venkatesh Iyer, This is worked to mid-wicket. |
| 40.3 : Keshav Maharaj to Venkatesh Iyer, Floats it up, on off. Iyer punches it to mid off for one. |
| 40.4 : Keshav Maharaj to Shardul Thakur, Flatter, on middle. Shardul Thakur defends it out. |
| 40.5 : Keshav Maharaj to Shardul Thakur, On the pads, Shardul Thakur whips it to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 40.6 : Keshav Maharaj to Venkatesh Iyer, Quicker one, around off. Venkatesh Iyer pushes it to deep point for a single. Just 3 runs from the over. |
| 41.1 : Andile Phehlukwayo to Venkatesh Iyer, On a length, on off. Venkatesh Iyer pushes it to mid off. |
| 41.2 : Andile Phehlukwayo to Venkatesh Iyer, Fuller, outside off. Venkatesh Iyer frees his arms and drives it through covers. He crosses ends. |
| 41.3 : Andile Phehlukwayo to Shardul Thakur, Dots and singles won't help India at this stage. These two need to change gears now. This was on a length, on off. Driven towards covers. |
| 41.4 : Andile Phehlukwayo to Shardul Thakur, Short of a length, outside off. Shardul Thakur slaps the ball but straight to extra cover. The fielder there does well to dive to his left and stop the ball. |
| 41.5 : Andile Phehlukwayo to Shardul Thakur, SIX! Fanstastic hit! Much needed for India! An off-cutter, outside off. Shardul Thakur picks it early and deposits it over deep mid-wicket for a biggie. |
| 41.6 : Andile Phehlukwayo to Shardul Thakur, Fuller in length, on middle. Shardul Thakur clears his front leg and squeezes it out to mid-wicket. |
| 42.1 : Keshav Maharaj to Venkatesh Iyer, On middle, defended back to the bowler. |
| 42.2 : Keshav Maharaj to Venkatesh Iyer, Loopy ball, on leg. Venkatesh Iyer eases it down to long on for one. |
| 42.3 : Keshav Maharaj to Shardul Thakur, Slower through the air, on middle. Shardul Thakur lifts it to long on for a single. |
| 42.4 : Keshav Maharaj to Venkatesh Iyer, Slower ball, on middle. Venkatesh Iyer gently pushes it towards covers for one. |
| 42.5 : Keshav Maharaj to Shardul Thakur, Tossed up, on off. Punched through covers off the back foot for a run. |
| 42.6 : Keshav Maharaj to Venkatesh Iyer, On off, Venkatesh Iyer drives it down the ground for another single. |
| 43.1 : Andile Phehlukwayo to Venkatesh Iyer, Short of a length, on off. Venkatesh Iyer stabs the ball to point for a single. |
| 43.2 : Andile Phehlukwayo to Shardul Thakur, Length ball, on off. Shardul Thakur smashes it hard towards mid off. The fielder carries the ball on a bounce. |
| 43.3 : Andile Phehlukwayo to Shardul Thakur, FOUR! That was hit hard! On a length, right in the slot, on middle. Shardul Thakur smacks it right back past the bowler for a boundary. |
| 43.4 : Andile Phehlukwayo to Shardul Thakur, This is knocked back to the bowler. |
| 43.5 : Andile Phehlukwayo to Shardul Thakur, On middle, Shardul Thakur nudges it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 43.6 : Andile Phehlukwayo to Venkatesh Iyer, OUT! STUMPING! Length ball, down the leg side. Iyer looks to flick but misses. He loses his balance a little and de Kock quickly whips the bails off. He asks the square umpire if it's out and the umpire takes it upstairs as he wasn't sure. Replay rolls in and the third umpire first checks if there is any edge on it. UltraEdge detects no spike. Now now now, de Kock was very quick indeed as Iyer's foot was in the air when the bails were dislodged. Si |
| Andile Phehlukwayo to Ravichandran Ashwin, On middle and leg, Ravichandran Ashwin nudges it to mid-wicket. |
| 44.1 : Keshav Maharaj to Shardul Thakur, Loopy ball, outside off. Shardul Thakur pushes it to long off for a single. |
| 44.2 : Keshav Maharaj to Ravichandran Ashwin, Slower through the air, on middle. Ravichandran Ashwin blocks it out. |
| 44.3 : Keshav Maharaj to Ravichandran Ashwin, Tossed up, on middle. Driven back to the bowler. |
| 44.4 : Keshav Maharaj to Ravichandran Ashwin, On the pads, Ravichandran Ashwin pushes it to long on for a single. |
| 44.5 : Keshav Maharaj to Shardul Thakur, FOUR! Flatter, outside off. Shardul Thakur advances down the track and muscles it straight down the ground for a boundary. |
| 44.6 : Keshav Maharaj to Shardul Thakur, Outside off, pushed towards covers. |
| 45.1 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Ravichandran Ashwin, A slightly shorter length delivery and turning into the batter. Ashwin pushes this off the back foot to covers. |
| 45.2 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Ravichandran Ashwin, Shorter length around leg. Ashwin pulls it to short fine leg. |
| 0.0 : Is that a stumping? There is an appeal for stumping against Venkatesh Iyer. The replay rolls in and the UltraEdge shows that there is no bat involved. It shows that Venkatesh Iyer's leg is not grounded when Quinton de Kock whiped the bails off. So Venkatesh Iyer has to walk back. |
| 45.3 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Ravichandran Ashwin, Slightly shorter on middle. Ashwin goes deep in his crease and nudges it to backward square leg for a single. |
| 45.4 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Shardul Thakur, Outside off, Shardul Thakur slashes it to deep cover for just a single. |
| 45.5 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Ravichandran Ashwin, Drifting on the pads, Ravichandran Ashwin turns it to square leg for a single. |
| 45.6 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Shardul Thakur, FOUR! Shardul Thakur continues his attacking punch. 250 comes up for India! This was short and on middle, Shardul Thakur makes room and smashes it over covers for a boundary. |
| 46.1 : Keshav Maharaj to Ravichandran Ashwin, On middle, Ravichandran Ashwin uses his feet to flick it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 46.2 : Keshav Maharaj to Shardul Thakur, Loopy ball, outside off. Shardul Thakur cuts it to deep point. He pushes hard for the second run and gets it comfortably. |
| 46.3 : Keshav Maharaj to Shardul Thakur, Outside off, Shardul Thakur sweeps it to deep mid-wicket for one. |
| 46.4 : Keshav Maharaj to Ravichandran Ashwin, SIX! Well played! It's Ravichandran Ashwin this time! Tossed up, on middle. Ravichandran Ashwin gets low and sweeps it over deep square leg for a biggie. |
| 46.5 : Keshav Maharaj to Ravichandran Ashwin, Full and on off, driven towards deep cover for a run. |
| 46.6 : Keshav Maharaj to Shardul Thakur, Too full and outside off, just inside the tramline. Shardul Thakur looks to steer it down to third man but misses. |
| 47.1 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Ravichandran Ashwin, WIDE! Sprays this one down the leg side, Ravichandran Ashwin looks to flick but misses. Wided. |
| Tabraiz Shamsi to Ravichandran Ashwin, Tossed up, on leg. Ravichandran Ashwin again goes for the slog sweep but misses out on it this time. He gets hit on the pads and Tabraiz Shamsi appeals for an lbw but the umpire says no. Clearly going down leg. |
| 47.2 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Ravichandran Ashwin, Short and on leg, Ravichandran Ashwin goes for the pull but the ball stays a little low. It goes through his legs and Quinton de Kock collects it. |
| 47.3 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Ravichandran Ashwin, A tough chance but put down! Top effort from David Miller in the deep. Loopy ball, on off. Ravichandran Ashwin advances down the track and heaves it to long off. David Miller covers a lot of ground. He runs to his right and dives but couldn't held onto that one as he hits on the ground and the ball pops out of his hands. Two runs are taken. |
| 47.4 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Ravichandran Ashwin, Full and outside off, Ashwin drags it to long on for a run. |
| 47.5 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Shardul Thakur, On the pads, Shardul Thakur goes for the reverse sweep but the ball goes off the inside half to cover-point for a single. |
| 47.6 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Ravichandran Ashwin, On middle, blocked out. |
| 48.1 : Lungi Ngidi to Shardul Thakur, Length ball, way too outside off. Shardul Thakur gets inside the line and works it towards point. The fielder misfields and allows a single. |
| 48.2 : Lungi Ngidi to Ravichandran Ashwin, Length ball, outside off. Ravichandran Ashwin whips it past square leg for a couple of runs. |
| 0.0 : Lungi Ngidi (7.0-0-30-0)Â is back into the attack. |
| 48.3 : Lungi Ngidi to Ravichandran Ashwin, On a good length, outside off. Ravichandran Ashwin throws the kitchen sink at it but fails to connect. |
| 48.4 : Lungi Ngidi to Ravichandran Ashwin, Play and a miss again! Slower ball, on a length, outside off. Ravichandran Ashwin swings at it but only connects it with thin air around him. |
| 48.5 : Lungi Ngidi to Ravichandran Ashwin, Three dots in a row! India wouldn't want dots at this stage. Excellent bowling this from Ngidi. Length ball, was a slower one outside off. Ravichandran Ashwin swings but misses. He looks at the umpire as he thinks it was a wide but the umpire thinks elsewise. |
| 48.6 : Lungi Ngidi to Ravichandran Ashwin, Full and on off, Ravichandran Ashwin comes down the track and powers it to deep cover for a brace. |
| Sisanda Magala will bowl the last over. |
| 49.1 : Sisanda Magala to Shardul Thakur, Yorker, on middle. Shardul Thakur digs it to sweeper cover for a brace. Good running between the wickets. Sisanda Magala has overstepped and a no ball is signalled. Free hit coming up... |
| Sisanda Magala to Shardul Thakur, Caught but it was a free hit so won't matter. Outside off, Shardul Thakur gets inside the line and paddles it to short fine leg. The fielder takes the catch and the batters take a single. |
| 49.2 : Sisanda Magala to Ravichandran Ashwin, Fuller, outside off. Ravichandran Ashwin steers it to backward point for a single. |
| 49.3 : Sisanda Magala to Shardul Thakur, A low full toss, on middle. Shardul Thakur whips it to deep mid-wicket for another brace. India surely would want him to go big at the last three deliveries. |
| 49.4 : Sisanda Magala to Shardul Thakur, A low full toss, outside off. Shardul Thakur goes back and bunts it down to long off for a single. |
| 49.5 : Sisanda Magala to Ravichandran Ashwin, Slower yorker, on middle. Ravichandran Ashwin goes deep and tucks it to deep square leg for a brace. Can India finish with a boundary? |
| 49.6 : Sisanda Magala to Ravichandran Ashwin, FOUR! Yes, they can! Nice shot and nice timing on that one! It was a length ball, outside off. Ravichandran Ashwin gets inside the line of the ball and smacks it over covers for a boundary. India end things on high as they finish with 287/6. |
| South African bowlers failed to get the early breakthrough courtesy of a dropped catch very early in the innings off the bowling of Nigidi against Rahul. It was the introduction of the spin that did the trick for South Africa as India lost a couple of wickets in quick time. After a brilliant partnership in the middle overs, it was Magala who provided the crucial breakthrough. The wickets started falling after that as Shamsi troubled the batters with his superb spin bowling. Credit to Bavuma for |
| The Indian innings promised quite a lot when the partnerships were going on at the start and in the middle overs but was halted as India lost important wickets in middle overs. Rahul and Dhawan gave India a good start but the introduction of spin saw India losing Dhawan and Kohli in quick succession. Pant came out with positive intent as always and made sure that Rahul is given good company. The pair notched up a century partnership with both getting to their respective fifties but just when t |
| So a formidable total on the board for India and it will not be easy for South Africa to chase this down. Will we see the team batting first winning the game again or will South Africa chase this down? Stay tuned as the chase will begin shortly. |
| The momentum has shifted from one team to another throughout the course of this innings and in the end, India have got to a good total here courtesy to Shardul Thakur's knock of 40 and credit to Ravichandran Ashwin for supporting him well. Hadn't it been Thakur's knock, India would have not breached the 260 mark as well. The pitch is on the slower side and strokeplay is difficult here. Both teams will feel that they are in with a chance and it will be interesting to see how South Africa appr |
| ... THE RUN CHASE ... |
| 0.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Janneman Malan, Bumrah starts with a length delivery on middle and leg. Malan works it to fine leg for a single. Janneman Malan and South Africa are underway. |
| 0.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Quinton de Kock, On a length, on middle. Quinton de Kock looks to clip it away but he gets the inside edge of his blade and into the box. Quinton de Kock is smiling in pain. |
| 0.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Quinton de Kock, On a length, around off. Quinton de Kock dabs it to point this time. |
| 0.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Quinton de Kock, Quinton de Kock is off the mark now. A length delivery on middle. Quinton de Kock clips it to deep square leg and gets a couple. |
| 0.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! First boundary of the innings! A juicy half-volley on off. Quinton de Kock leans foward and drives it past mid off for a boundary. Superb timing. |
| 0.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Quinton de Kock, Back of a length, on off. Quinton de Kock dabs this towards the off side and looks for a single but is sent back. Good start for South Africa. |
| 1.1 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Janneman Malan, Kumar starts with a length delivery that is swinging away. Malan looks to push it away from his body towards the off side. He gets the inside edge and the ball goes past the stumps behind square on the on side for a single. |
| 0.6 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to bowl from the other end. |
| 1.2 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Quinton de Kock, A length delivery on middle. Quinton de Kock works it towards the leg side. |
| 1.3 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! Quinton de Kock looks in aggressive mood here! A length delivery on off. Quinton de Kock skips down the track and looks to hit it away. He gets the inside half of his blade and the ball races through mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 1.4 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Quinton de Kock, Back of a length, outside off. Quinton de Kock slaps it to mid off this time. |
| 1.5 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Quinton de Kock, SIX! This is poor bowling and Quinton de Kock is in mood today. Back of a length, on middle. Quinton de Kock just stays in his crease and pulls it over deep square leg for a maximum. |
| 1.6 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Quinton de Kock, WIDE! Bhuvneshwar Kumar goes 'round the wicket and bowls this down the leg side. Quinton de Kock lets it go. |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! Superb timing there! Back of a length, on off. Quinton de Kock punches this from his crease and gets this past mid on for another boundary. Expensive start from Bhuvneshwar Kumar. |
| 2.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Janneman Malan, On a length, on off. Malan defends it solidly. |
| 2.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Janneman Malan, A length ball, on off. Malan pushes it to covers and gets a single this time. |
| 2.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Quinton de Kock, Ohh...beaten! A good-length delivery and angling away from Quinton de Kock on off. Quinton de Kock looks to drive but misses. |
| 2.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Quinton de Kock, Pulls his length back a little this time and bowls this on off. Quinton de Kock is solid in his back foot defence. |
| 2.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! WOW! A length delivery on middle. Quinton de Kock leans forward and flicks it nonchalantly through mid-wicket for a boundary. Superb shot. |
| 2.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Quinton de Kock, End of another good over for South Africa. A length delivery on off. Quinton de Kock taps it towards the off side and sets off for a quick single but is sent back by his partner. |
| 3.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Janneman Malan, Ashwin tosses this up on middle. Malan pushes it to long on and gets a single. |
| 3.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Quinton de Kock, A fuller delivery on off. Quinton de Kock drives it to covers this time. |
| 0.0 : So, Bhuvneshwar Kumar is removed off the attack straightaway. He gets replaced by Ravichandran Ashwin. |
| 3.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Quinton de Kock, Slightly shorter on off. Quinton de Kock makes room and punches it to covers yet again. |
| 3.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! This time he gets the boundary! A fuller delivery on off. Little width on offer and Quinton de Kock drives it through cover-point for a boundary. |
| 3.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Quinton de Kock, A fuller delivery on off. Driven to covers this time. |
| 3.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Quinton de Kock, A flatter and quicker delivery on middle. Quinton de Kock pushes it wide of mid on for a single. |
| 4.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Quinton de Kock, Back of a length, on off. Quinton de Kock blocks it solidly. |
| 4.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Quinton de Kock, A length ball, on off. Quinton de Kock punches it to mid off this time. |
| 4.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Quinton de Kock, Back of a length, on middle. Quinton de Kock looks to work it towards the on side but gets the leading edge. The ball goes towards mid off and a single is taken. |
| 4.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Janneman Malan, A length ball, on off. Malan pushes it wide of mid off and takes another quick single. |
| 4.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Quinton de Kock, Slower delivery at 125 clicks. Back of a length, on middle. Quinton de Kock works it to square leg for a single. |
| 4.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Janneman Malan, An attempted yorker this time. It is outside off and is very full. Malan steers it to third man for another single. |
| 5.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Janneman Malan, Quicker one, on middle. Janneman Malan defends it out. |
| 5.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Janneman Malan, Loopy ball, around off. Janneman Malan guides it to point. |
| 5.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Janneman Malan, Full and on off, pushed to mid off. |
| 5.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Janneman Malan, Four dots in a row! Tossed up, on off. Janneman Malan blocks it out. |
| 5.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Janneman Malan, Make that five now! Outside off, this it tapped to point. |
| 5.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Janneman Malan, Excellent over from Ravichandran Ashwin! A maiden over! Tossed up, on middle. Janneman Malan prods and knocks it back to the bowler. |
| 6.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Quinton de Kock, Back of a length, on middle. Quinton de Kock tucks it to square leg for a single. |
| 6.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Janneman Malan, Back of a length, on off. Janneman Malan stands up on his toes and meets the ball with a dead bat. |
| 6.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Janneman Malan, On a length, outside off. Janneman Malan pushes it through covers and runs two. Good running! |
| 6.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Janneman Malan, Length ball, on the pads. Janneman Malan closes the face of the bat early as he looks to work it on the leg side. Gets a leading edge towards covers. |
| 6.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Janneman Malan, On a good length, outside off. Janneman Malan punches it towards covers. |
| 6.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Janneman Malan, Short of a length, outside off. Janneman Malan mistimes his shot and defends it to the off side. He wanted to pull but pulled out at the end. A couple of good overs for India. Just 3 from this over. |
| 7.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Quinton de Kock, Tossed up, on off. Quinton de Kock defends it towards covers. |
| 7.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Quinton de Kock, MISSED STUMPING! Tossed up nicely, outside off, spinning away. Quinton de Kock comes down the track and heaves but completely misses the ball. Rishabh Pant fails to collect it and Quinton de Kock gets a lifeline. |
| 7.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Quinton de Kock, SIX! BOOM! And now he hits a maximum. Adds salt on the injury, does Quinton de Kock. Tossed up, on middle. Quinton de Kock gets down on one knee and slog-sweeps it over deep square leg for a biggie. |
| 7.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Quinton de Kock, Nicely tossed up around leg. Quinton de Kock takes it on full and works it to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 7.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Janneman Malan, FOUR! Superb shot by Janneman Malan! A fuller delivery on middle. Janneman Malan gets on his knee and reverse-sweeps it through the backward point region. Good thinking this from the opener. Fifty runs partnership comes up and South Africa are off to an ideal start. |
| 7.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Janneman Malan, On middle, worked to mid-wicket. A good over for South Africa now. 11 runs off it. |
| 8.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Quinton de Kock, On the pads, Quinton de Kock helps it on it's way to fine leg for a single. |
| 8.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Janneman Malan, On a good length, on leg. Janneman Malan looks to flick but gets hit on the pads. |
| 8.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Janneman Malan, Good-length ball, around off. Janneman Malan plays it towards covers. |
| 8.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Janneman Malan, Short of a length, on middle. Janneman Malan nudges it to mid-wicket. |
| 8.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Janneman Malan, FOUR! Nicely played! The timing was good from Malan. On the pads, Janneman Malan gets on his toes and turns it through mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 8.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Janneman Malan, Good running! Short of a length, outside off. Janneman Malan dabs it uppishly to deep point for a brace. |
| 9.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Quinton de Kock, Flatter ball, on off. Quinton de Kock cuts it to point. Venkatesh Iyer dives to his right and makes an important stop. Just a single. |
| 9.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Janneman Malan, Tossed up, on middle. Pushed back to the bowler. |
| 9.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Janneman Malan, Full and on leg, pushed to long on for one. |
| 9.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! Quinton de Kock continues to be aggressive! Slower through the air, outside off. Quinton de Kock uses his feet and lifts it overs covers. He loves this region and bags a boundary. Moves to 45. |
| 9.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Quinton de Kock, This is driven to long off for a run. |
| 9.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Janneman Malan, NOT OUT! Flatter and full, outside off. Janneman Malan again for the reverse sweep but misses. He gets pinged on the pads. Rishabh Pant tells Ravichandran Ashwin that the ball didn't hit the bat so we can go for the review. And in fact, India does opt for it. UltraEdge shows there is no spike as the ball passes the bat. Ball Tracking shows that the ball was pitching outside off and the impact is outside off. So, India lose a review. |
| 10.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Quinton de Kock, Yuzvendra Chahal starts with a tossed up delivery, on middle. Quinton de Kock turns it to square leg for a single. |
| 0.0 : Review! India have taken a late review for LBW against Janneman Malan. The replays roll in and the UltraEdge shows no bat involved. The Ball Tracker rolls and it shows impact is outside off. So the original decision stays and Janneman Malan survives. |
| End of Powerplay 1! That means now 4 fielders will be allowed outside the 30-yard circle until the end of 40th over. Yuzvendra Chahal is into the attack now. |
| 10.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Janneman Malan, On leg, Janneman Malan punches it off the back foot to long on for a single. |
| 10.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Quinton de Kock, Loopy ball, on middle. Quinton de Kock reverse-sweeps it but finds the man at point. |
| 10.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Quinton de Kock, Floats it up, on middle. Quinton de Kock eases it down to long on for a run. |
| 10.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Janneman Malan, NOT OUT! Tosses this one up nicely, outside off. Janneman Malan presses forward and looks to drive but gets beaten on the outside edge. Rishabh Pant whips the bails off and asks the umpire if it was out. The umpire wasn't sure so he takes it upstairs. Replay shows that Janneman Malan's feet were grounded when the bails were whipped off. |
| 10.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Janneman Malan, WIDE! Quicker one, down the leg side. Janneman Malan misses his flick. Wided. |
| Yuzvendra Chahal to Janneman Malan, Tossed up, on middle. Janneman Malan sweeps it to deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs. |
| 11.1 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Quinton de Kock, FIFTY! Well fielded at cover but a wayward throw at the keeper's end allows Quinton de Kock to take one more. Good-length ball, on off. Quinton de Kock punches it to the right of cover. The fielder there dives and stops the ball. But throws the ball over Rishabh Pant and allows the batters to take a run more. Quinton de Kock raises his bat. He just loves batting India. |
| 0.0 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar is back into the attack. |
| 11.2 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Quinton de Kock, Outside off, steered to point. |
| 0.0 : Is Janneman Malan stumped? The replay rolls in and the umpire first checks whether there is an edge on that or not. The UltraEdge confirms no edge. The replay rolls in to check the stumping and it shows that Janneman Malan's feet is grounded. So no damage done. |
| 11.3 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Quinton de Kock, Back of a length, on off. Quinton de Kock blocks it solidly from his crease. |
| 11.4 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Quinton de Kock, On a length, around off. Quinton de Kock drives it to sweeper cover for a single. |
| 11.5 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Janneman Malan, Back of a length at 126 kph on off. Malam stays upright and punches it to mid on. |
| 11.6 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Janneman Malan, On a length, on off. Malan is on his toes again and punches it to mid off this time. Three runs from the over. |
| 12.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Quinton de Kock, Tossed up, outside off. Quinton de Kock defends it out. |
| 12.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Quinton de Kock, On middle, worked to deep square leg for a single. |
| 12.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Janneman Malan, Very full, on middle and leg. Janneman Malan pushes it to long on for a run. |
| 12.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Quinton de Kock, On the pads, Quinton de Kock uses his wrists to turn it past short fine leg. Venkatesh Iyer from deep square leg runs across and cuts it off. Saves a run for his side. |
| 12.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Janneman Malan, Flatter, on off. Janneman Malan defends it back to the bowler. |
| 12.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Janneman Malan, Flighted ball, outside off. Janneman Malan pushes it to long off for a single. |
| 13.1 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Janneman Malan, Length ball, outside off. Janneman Malan chops it towards covers for a single. |
| 13.2 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Quinton de Kock, On a good length, outside off. Quinton de Kock prods and drives it to mid off for one. |
| 13.3 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Janneman Malan, FOUR! Shot! Short of a length, on middle. Janneman Malan gets into the position early and pulls it with power towards deep mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 13.4 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Janneman Malan, Back of a length, on leg. Tucked to deep square leg for a single. |
| 13.5 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Quinton de Kock, Short of a length, outside off. Quinton de Kock pulls it to deep mid-wicket for another single. |
| 13.6 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Janneman Malan, On a length, around off. Janneman Malan drags it down to long on for a single. Bhuvneshwar Kumar is not looking in his rhytm today. Has been expensive in his three overs. |
| 14.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Janneman Malan, Fligthed, full and on leg. Janneman Malan prods and blocks it out. |
| 14.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Janneman Malan, Slower through the air, on middle. Janneman Malan pushes it gently to long off for a single. |
| 14.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Quinton de Kock, Slower through the air again, on middle. Quinton de Kock turns it to mid-wicket for one. |
| 14.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Janneman Malan, Short and on middle, worked to long on for a run. |
| 14.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Quinton de Kock, Loopy ball, on middle. Quinton de Kock nudges it to mid-wicket. |
| 14.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Quinton de Kock, Full and outside off, driven to mid off. Things looking ominous for India. South Africa have a firm control over the game at the moment. India need wickets desperately here. |
| 15.1 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Janneman Malan, A length delivery on off. Malan looks to punch it towards the off side off the back foot. He gets the bottom of his blade and the ball goes onto the turf and towards the off side. |
| 15.2 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Janneman Malan, FOUR! This is not looking good for India. A length delivery on off. Malan takes a step or two forward and then drives it on up through covers for a boundary. |
| 15.3 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Janneman Malan, Another length delivery on off. Malan just eases it down to long on for a single. |
| 15.4 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Quinton de Kock, SIX! South Africa are all over India now. 100 partnership comes up with this maximum. A Shorter length delivery on off. Quinton de Kock just pulls it in front of square powerfully for a maximum. Kumar is too slow to bowl this length. |
| 15.5 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Quinton de Kock, On a length, on off. Quinton de Kock blocks this onto the turf now. |
| 15.6 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Quinton de Kock, A single to end a very good over! A length ball, on off. Quinton de Kock drives it to long on and retains the strike with a single. |
| 16.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Quinton de Kock, A full toss on middle. Quinton de Kock pushes it to long on for a single. |
| 16.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Janneman Malan, Tossed up on off. Malan looks to sweep but gets the inside edge onto his back leg. |
| 16.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Janneman Malan, Nicely tossed up on off. Malan defends this off the front foot towards the off side. |
| 16.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Janneman Malan, A fuller delivery on off. Malan sweeps this time and gets it towards deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 16.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Quinton de Kock, Tossed up on middle. Quinton de Kock tucks it towards deep square leg for another single. |
| 16.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Janneman Malan, Flatter and quicker this time. This is shorter in length, on off. Malan looks to cut but gets the thick outside edge to short third man for a single. |
| 17.1 : Shardul Thakur to Janneman Malan, Back of a length, on off. Malan punches it to sweeper cover for a single. |
| 0.0 : DRINKS! South Africa are cruising along nicely here. Quinton de Kock have notched up his fifty and looks all set for a big score while Janneman Malan is supporting him equally well and is inching closer to his half century as well. Indian bowlers now need to chip in with some wickets to gain some momentum otherwise the game could slip out of their grasp in no time. A bowling change now. Shardul Thakur is brought into the attack. |
| 17.2 : Shardul Thakur to Quinton de Kock, Thakur bowls this on a length at 127 kph around off. Quinton de Kock looks to drive and gets the inside half of his blade. The ball goes towards mid-wicket. |
| 17.3 : Shardul Thakur to Quinton de Kock, A length ball, on the pads. Quinton de Kock flicks it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 17.4 : Shardul Thakur to Janneman Malan, A length delivery, outside off at 128 kph. Malan punches it to sweeper cover for another easy single. |
| 17.5 : Shardul Thakur to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! What a shot! A fuller delivery on off. Quinton de Kock gets across and sweeps it towards backward square leg for a boundary. He is looking set for a century here. |
| 17.6 : Shardul Thakur to Quinton de Kock, A fuller delivery on off. Quinton de Kock drives it crisply but straight to the fielder at cover. |
| 18.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Janneman Malan, A tossed up delivery on middle. Malan drives it to covers this time. |
| 18.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Janneman Malan, A fuller delivery around leg. Malan sweeps it to fine leg and gets an easy single again. |
| 18.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Quinton de Kock, Tossed up delivery on off at 81 kph. Quinton de Kock heaves it towards deep mid-wicket. Virat Kohli at the deep runs across to his right and keeps it to just two runs. |
| 18.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Quinton de Kock, A fuller delivery on middle. Quinton de Kock drives it back to the bowler. |
| 18.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Quinton de Kock, A nicely tossed up delivery on middle. Quinton de Kock turns it towards deep square leg for a single. |
| 18.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Janneman Malan, A quicker delivery this time on off. Malan just defends this with soft hands towards covers and gets a single. |
| 19.1 : Shardul Thakur to Janneman Malan, Back of a length, on off. Malan punches it to mid of this time. |
| 19.2 : Shardul Thakur to Janneman Malan, Back of a length, on off. Malan pushes it to mid off. Another dot ball. |
| 19.3 : Shardul Thakur to Janneman Malan, On a length, on middle. Malan works it to mid-wicket. Three dots in a row now. |
| 19.4 : Shardul Thakur to Janneman Malan, This time Malan gets a single. A length ball, outside off. Malan calmly pushes it to sweeper cover for a single. India need to stop these easy singles. |
| 19.5 : Shardul Thakur to Quinton de Kock, On a length at 124 kph on middle. Quinton de Kock plays it back to the bowler. |
| 19.6 : Shardul Thakur to Quinton de Kock, So only one run from the over! Good bowling by Thakur. Back of a length, on off. Quinton de Kock only manages to play it back to the bowler. |
| 20.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Janneman Malan, Tossed up, on leg. Janneman Malan turns it to mid-wicket. |
| 20.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Janneman Malan, Smart batting from Janneman! Loopy ball, on off. Janneman Malan reaches out and paddles it to fine leg for a brace. |
| 20.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Janneman Malan, Tossed up, on middle. Janneman Malan knocks it down the ground to to long on for one. |
| 20.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Quinton de Kock, Loopy ball, outside off. Quinton de Kock drives it to long off for a single. |
| 20.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Janneman Malan, Flighted ball, outside off. Janneman Malan drives it through covers for a single. |
| 20.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Quinton de Kock, Full and on middle, swept to long leg and Quinton de Kock will keep the strike. |
| 21.1 : Shardul Thakur to Quinton de Kock, Another missed chance? By the reaction of Rishabh Pant, it looks like it. Yup, a missed chance as there was an inside edge there. Good-length ball, outside off. Quinton de Kock gets inside the line and tries to swipe it across but gets an inside edge. Rishabh Pant is standing up close behind the stumps and he fails to pouch it. It was a tough chance though as it first hit the thigh pad of de Kock and then went over the stumps. Shardul Thakur has his ha |
| 21.2 : Shardul Thakur to Quinton de Kock, Back of a length, on off. Quinton de Kock pulls it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 21.3 : Shardul Thakur to Janneman Malan, A length ball, on middle. Malan punches it straight to mid on this time. |
| 21.4 : Shardul Thakur to Janneman Malan, On a length, on middle. Malan works it to mid-wicket. |
| 21.5 : Shardul Thakur to Janneman Malan, WIDE! Thakur bowls it short this time and Pant standing up to the stumps jumps and stops it. Malan lets it go as it is too high and outside off. Wide called for height. |
| Shardul Thakur to Janneman Malan, FIFTY! Janneman Malan reaches his fifty as well. Classy performance from the opener. Length ball, outside off. Janneman Malan punches it through covers for a single. His third fifty in ODIs. Raises his bat and soaks the applause from the dressing room. |
| 21.6 : Shardul Thakur to Quinton de Kock, WIDE! Length ball, way too outside off. Quinton de Kock leaves it alone. Wided. |
| Shardul Thakur to Quinton de Kock, OUT! LBW! A low full toss, on middle, swung really late. De Kock looks to whip it on the leg side but misses. A loud appeal from Thakur and Pant but the umpire says no. Thakur is very confident and straightaway asks KL Rahul to review it. He listens to his teammate and challenges the umpire. UltraEdge shows that there is no bat invovled. Ball Tracking shows that the impact was in line and the ball was crashing into the base of midde stump and the third u |
| Review! India have reviewed for a LBW against Quinton de Kock. The replays roll in and the UltraEdge shows that there is not bat invloved. The Ball Tracker rolls and it shows that the impact is in line and the the ball is hitting stumps. It is dead straight and the decison will be reversed. So Quinton de Kock has to walk back. |
| 22.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Janneman Malan, On middle and turning into the batter. Malan turns it away towards square leg. |
| 22.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Janneman Malan, SIX! AÂ half-tracker and punished! A shorter length delivery on off. Malan rocks back and slams it over deep mid-wicket for a biggie. Poor delivery. |
| 22.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Janneman Malan, A fuller delivery around leg. Malan tucks it to fine leg for a single. |
| 22.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Temba Bavuma, On middle. Bavuma paddle-sweeps it fine towards long leg for a couple. |
| 22.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Temba Bavuma, A fuller delivery on middle. Bavuma works it to mid-wicket this time. |
| 22.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Temba Bavuma, Full and on off, pushed to long on for a single. |
| 23.1 : Venkatesh Iyer to Temba Bavuma, Venkatesh Iyer starts with a short ball, outside off. Temba Bavuma dabs it to backward point for a single. |
| 23.2 : Venkatesh Iyer to Janneman Malan, Almost chopped on! Quicker and outside off, Janneman Malan looks to cut but gets an inside edge and it deflects Rishabh Pant's boots. The ball rolls to third man for a single. |
| Venkatesh Iyer comes on to bowl for the first time in the series. |
| 23.3 : Venkatesh Iyer to Temba Bavuma, Back of a length, outside off. Temba Bavuma dabs it to backward point. |
| 23.4 : Venkatesh Iyer to Temba Bavuma, On a length, on middle. Bavuma works it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 23.5 : Venkatesh Iyer to Janneman Malan, Keeps it full and on middle, Janneman Malan drives it back to the bowler. Rishabh Pant is heard on the stump mic saying to Venkatesh Iyer that keep mixing things. |
| 23.6 : Venkatesh Iyer to Janneman Malan, Back of a length, outside off. Janneman Malan steers it to backward point. A tidy over from Venkatesh Iyer. Three runs from it. |
| 24.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Temba Bavuma, Drifting on the leg side, Temba Bavuma turns it to square leg for a single. |
| 24.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Janneman Malan, Tossed up, turning into the right-hander. Janneman Malan looks to work it on the leg side but gets a leading edge. The ball goes uppishly towards covers for a single. |
| 24.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Temba Bavuma, On middle, nudged to mid-wicket for a run. |
| 24.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Janneman Malan, A low full toss on off. Malan eases it down to long on for a single. |
| 24.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Temba Bavuma, FOUR! Lovely shot! Tossed up, on middle and leg. Temba Bavuma moves inside the line and sweeps it to deep square leg for a boundary. Bhuvneshwar Kumar gives it a chase but in vain. |
| 24.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Temba Bavuma, Flighted ball, around off. Temba Bavuma presses forward to defend. |
| 25.1 : Venkatesh Iyer to Janneman Malan, Iyer bowls this fuller outside off. Malan drives it to covers this time. |
| 25.2 : Venkatesh Iyer to Janneman Malan, FOUR! Malan is latching on anything short! AÂ slightly shorter length delivery on middle. Malan pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 25.3 : Venkatesh Iyer to Janneman Malan, A length delivery on middle. Malan works it to mid-wicket now. |
| 25.4 : Venkatesh Iyer to Janneman Malan, A fuller delivery on off. Malan eases it down to long on for a single. |
| 25.5 : Venkatesh Iyer to Temba Bavuma, In the air...but safe! A fuller delivery on off. Bavuma looks to drive but gets the bottom of his blade and ball loops in the air wide of mid off. Bhuvneshwar Kumar runs to his left but ball falls short of him and a single is taken. |
| 25.6 : Venkatesh Iyer to Janneman Malan, A fuller delivery on off. Malan drives it to long off and gets a single. |
| 26.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Janneman Malan, Shorter length on off. Malan cuts it to short third man this time. |
| 26.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Janneman Malan, Nicely tossed up on off. Malan drives it to long off for another easy single. |
| 26.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Temba Bavuma, Good loopy delivery on off. Bavuma plays it back to the bowler. |
| 26.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Temba Bavuma, Shorter length, outside off. Bavuma cuts it to covers. The fielder there half-stops it and a single is taken. |
| 26.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Janneman Malan, A fuller delivery on middle. Malan works it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 26.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Temba Bavuma, FOUR BYES! Ohh...superb delivery this! A tossed up delivery on middle and leg. Bavuma looks to work it away towards the on side. But the ball turns away sharply and beats the outside edge of his blade. Pant behind the stumps also moves towards to his left but misses the ball. Beats everyone and it is four byes in the end as it races away towards the fence. |
| 27.1 : Venkatesh Iyer to Janneman Malan, A length delivery on middle. Malan works it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 27.2 : Venkatesh Iyer to Temba Bavuma, On the pads, it is worked away to backward square leg for a single. |
| 27.3 : Venkatesh Iyer to Janneman Malan, A fuller delivery on off. Malan eases it down to long on for a single. |
| 27.4 : Venkatesh Iyer to Temba Bavuma, A length delivery on off. Bavuma drives and gets the inside half of his blade. The ball goes towards deep square leg for a single. |
| 27.5 : Venkatesh Iyer to Janneman Malan, A fuller delivery on off at 106 kph. Malan drives it to long off for a single. |
| 27.6 : Venkatesh Iyer to Temba Bavuma, This time it is bowled at 121 kph. On a length, on middle. Bavuma works it to deep mid-wicket for a single. He retains the strike. |
| 28.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Temba Bavuma, Shorter length delivery on off. Bavuma pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 28.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Janneman Malan, On off and Malan punches it to cover-point. Dot ball. |
| 28.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Janneman Malan, In the air but safe! A fuller delivery on middle. Malan looks to paddle-sweep but gets the top edge. The ball goes in the air towards fine leg and a single is taken. |
| 28.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Temba Bavuma, A fuller delivery on middle. Bavuma sweeps it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 28.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Janneman Malan, Nicely bowled! Turn there for Chahal! A fuller delivery outside off, Malan looks to dab it away but misses as the ball turns away sharply. |
| 28.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Janneman Malan, Fuller and outside off again. Malan looks to sweep but gets beaten again as the ball turns away. |
| 29.1 : Venkatesh Iyer to Temba Bavuma, Short of a length, on off. Temba Bavuma punches it to sweeper cover for a single. |
| 29.2 : Venkatesh Iyer to Janneman Malan, A fuller delivery on leg. Malan flicks it straight to short fine leg this time. |
| 29.3 : Venkatesh Iyer to Janneman Malan, On a length, on off at 107 kph. Malan drives it to sweeper cover for a single. |
| 29.4 : Venkatesh Iyer to Temba Bavuma, A length delivery on off at 118 kph this time. Bavuma pushes this off the inside half of his blade to mid-wicket. |
| 29.5 : Venkatesh Iyer to Temba Bavuma, A length delivery on off. Bavuma dabs it to point this time. |
| 29.6 : Venkatesh Iyer to Temba Bavuma, Back of a length, on middle. Bavuma works it to backward square leg. The batters gets back for a couple as Chahal cuts it off. 108 needed now from 120 balls. |
| 30.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Janneman Malan, FOUR! Yet another boundary for Janneman Malan! Gets into the position of reverse-sweeping even before Yuzvendra Chahal bowls. Was a loopy ball and Janneman Malan sends it to deep point for a boundary. |
| 30.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Janneman Malan, Tossed up, on middle and leg. Janneman Malan defends it with soft hands. |
| 30.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Janneman Malan, Flighted delivery, on middle. Janneman Malan once again sweeps it deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 30.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Temba Bavuma, Flighted ball, on middle and leg. Temba Bavuma defends it out. |
| 30.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Temba Bavuma, Nothing going India's way. This was touch short, outside off. Temba Bavuma rocks back and cuts it straight to point. Virat Kohli collects it and throws it wide of Rishabh Pant. There is no one backing up and the batters take a run off overthrows. |
| 30.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Janneman Malan, On middle, worked to long on for a single. Another good over for South Africa. |
| 31.1 : Shardul Thakur to Janneman Malan, FOUR! Janneman Malan wants to get to his century quickly now. Although, this was a poor ball and needed to be punished. Dragged it short and down the leg side, Janneman Malan pulled it behind square on the leg side and got the desired result. A boundary. |
| 31.2 : Shardul Thakur to Janneman Malan, On a length, on off. Janneman Malan punches it to sweeper cover and jogs to the other end. |
| 0.0 : Shardul Thakur (3.0-0-12-1)Â is back into the attack. |
| 31.3 : Shardul Thakur to Temba Bavuma, On a length, on leg. Temba Bavuma flicks it to deep square leg for a couple of runs. |
| 31.4 : Shardul Thakur to Temba Bavuma, Deft touch! Short of a length, outside off. Temba Bavuma guides it to third man for a single. |
| 31.5 : Shardul Thakur to Janneman Malan, Full and on off, Janneman Malan drives it through covers for a single. |
| 31.6 : Shardul Thakur to Temba Bavuma, Length ball, hit hard but straight to covers. |
| 32.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Janneman Malan, On a length, outside off. Janneman Malan mistimes his cut and the ball rolls back to the keeper. |
| 32.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Janneman Malan, Fuller in length, outside off. Janneman Malan bunts it to mid-wicket. |
| 0.0 : Drinks! South Africa are running away with the game here. Shardul Thakur got the wicket of Quinton de Kock but that was the only thing to cheer for India. The bowling is looking flat and India need quick wickets here, otherwise the game will be done and dusted soon. 92 needed now from 108 balls. Jasprit Bumrah (5.0-0-26-0) is brought back into the attack. |
| 32.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Janneman Malan, On a good length, outside off. Janneman Malan prods and blocks it to covers. |
| 32.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Janneman Malan, Good-length ball, angling into the pads. Janneman Malan tucks it to fine leg for one. |
| 32.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Temba Bavuma, On middle, turned to mid-wicket. |
| 32.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Temba Bavuma, Inside edge but drops short of Rishabh Pant! Good-length ball, outside off, nipping in. Temba Bavuma looks to drive but gets an inside edge. The ball though falls inches short of Rishabh Pant despite his dive ahead. Luck still favoring South Africa. |
| 33.1 : Shardul Thakur to Janneman Malan, On a length, outside off. Janneman Malan pushes it to covers. |
| 33.2 : Shardul Thakur to Janneman Malan, FOUR! Janneman Malan enters the nervous 90s now! Length ball, outside off. Janneman Malan drives it perfectly through point. The timing and placement was equisite and gets a boundary. |
| 33.3 : Shardul Thakur to Janneman Malan, This is pushed to long on for a single. |
| 33.4 : Shardul Thakur to Temba Bavuma, FOUR! Temba Bavuma is in some form. We saw that in the Test series and in the first ODI and now carrying that rich form in this match as well. Short and on middle, Temba Bavuma pulls it to long on for a boundary. |
| 33.5 : Shardul Thakur to Temba Bavuma, FOUR! Deft touch! Escapes the gloves of the keeper and gets a boundary again. On a good length, around off. Temba Bavuma deliberately plays it late. It goes past Pant and into the third man fence. |
| 33.6 : Shardul Thakur to Temba Bavuma, Back of a length, on leg. Temba Bavuma punches it to long on and retains the strike. South Africa need just 77 runs now and have 16 overs to get that. |
| 34.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Temba Bavuma, Back of a length, around off. Temba Bavuma fends it away to third man for a single. |
| 34.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Janneman Malan, Around off, Janneman Malan taps it to point. |
| 34.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Janneman Malan, Full and on leg, Janneman Malan digs it out to mid-wicket. |
| 34.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Janneman Malan, OUT! BOWLED! Janneman Malan misses out on a well-deserved century by 9 runs! Got to feel for Janneman Malan. Played so well but has to depart. Back of a length, angling in on leg, was a slower one as well. Jasprit Bumrah just rolls his finger over this time. Janneman Malan gets beaten by the lack of pace and gets beaten on the inside edge. The ball takes the gloves and rolls back to dislodge the bails. End of an excellent knock from Janneman Malan. He w |
| Aiden Markram walks out at number 4. |
| 34.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Aiden Markram, On a length, on middle. Aiden Markram blocks it out solidly. |
| 34.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Aiden Markram, A slight misfield there allows a single. A fuller delivery on middle. Aiden Markram clips it to short mid-wicket. The fielder there misfields and a single is taken. 75 needed now from 90 balls. |
| 35.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Aiden Markram, A tossed up delivery on middle. Aiden Markram defends it solidly off the front foot. |
| 35.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Aiden Markram, A fuller delivery on middle. Aiden Markram sweeps it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 35.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Temba Bavuma, Ohh..nicely bowled! A tossed up delivery on off. Bavuma pushes it towards the off side. |
| 35.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Temba Bavuma, OUT! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! Bavuma departs and two quick wickets for India now. A nicely tossed up delivery on off. Bavuma tries to work it away towards the on side. He gets the leading edge and ball goes straight towards Yuzvendra Chahal. He takes a fine catch and India will now to look to capitailse on this opening now. Still South Africa's game to lose from here. |
| Rassie van der Dussen is the new batsman in. |
| 35.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Rassie van der Dussen, A fuller delivery on off. Rassie van der Dussen works it towards the leg side for a single. |
| 35.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Aiden Markram, Ohh..almost another wicket! A shorter length delivery on off. Aiden Markram cuts it to covers and thenRassie van der Dussen looks for a single. He is sent back by his partner and Rahul fires in a throw at the bowler's end. Luckily for Rassie van der Dussen, he misses. He was well short of his crease and it would have been curtains for him had that hit. |
| 36.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Rassie van der Dussen, Fuller in length, on off. Rassie van der Dussen defends it out. |
| 36.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Rassie van der Dussen, On a length, on off. Rassie van der Dussen pushes it to cover. |
| 36.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Rassie van der Dussen, On a length, on middle. Rassie van der Dussen gets across and works it to fine leg for a single. |
| 36.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Aiden Markram, Back of a length, outside off. Aiden Markram looks to dab it towards the off side. He gets the inside edge and a single is taken square of the wicket on the leg side. |
| 36.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Rassie van der Dussen, A fuller delivery on off. Rassie van der Dussen drives it to covers this time. |
| 36.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Rassie van der Dussen, Just two runs from the over! Back of a length, on off. Rassie van der Dussen taps it to backward point. |
| 37.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Aiden Markram, FOUR! Superb shot! A fuller delivery on off. Aiden Markram sweeps and sweeps it well. This one races through mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 37.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Aiden Markram, Slightly shortter in length. Aiden Markram again sweeps and gets it to deep square leg this time for a single. |
| 37.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Rassie van der Dussen, A tossed up delivery on off. Rassie van der Dussen pushes this to cover-point. |
| 37.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Rassie van der Dussen, Shorter in length, on off. Rassie van der Dussen punches it to covers this time. |
| 37.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Rassie van der Dussen, Another beautiful delivery by Chahal. A classic leg-spinner's delivery. Tossed up on off. Rassie van der Dussen presses forward to defend but the ball beats the outside edge of his blade as it turns away sharply. |
| 37.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Rassie van der Dussen, A slightly shorter length delivery on off. Rassie van der Dussen punches it through covers. Ashwin runs across and stops it with his boot. Three runs taken. |
| 38.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Rassie van der Dussen, FOUR! Ashwin is greeted with a boundary in his new spell! A fuller delivery on off. Rassie van der Dussen reverse-paddles it and gets it fine towards third man fence for a boundary. |
| 38.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Rassie van der Dussen, A fuller delivery on off. Rassie van der Dussen drives it to covers for a single this time. |
| 38.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Aiden Markram, Shorter length on off. Aiden Markram punches it to covers but the fielder in the ring does well and stops it with a dive. Only a single in the end. |
| 38.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Rassie van der Dussen, FOUR! Another boundary! A carrom ball and it is on the shorter side on off. Rassie van der Dussen punches it through covers for a lovely boundary. |
| 38.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Rassie van der Dussen, Shorter in length outside off. Rassie van der Dussen cuts it to backward point. |
| 38.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Rassie van der Dussen, Slightly short again on off. Rassie van der Dussen punches it to deep extra cover for a couple. Good over for South Africa. |
| 39.1 : Venkatesh Iyer to Aiden Markram, A length delivery on middle. Aiden Markram works it to dep mid-wicket for a couple. |
| 39.2 : Venkatesh Iyer to Aiden Markram, FOUR! Short of a length, on leg. Aiden Markram pulls it to the fine leg region for a boundary. India are just leaking runs at the moment. 20 off the last two overs and 6 off this already. |
| 39.3 : Venkatesh Iyer to Aiden Markram, A fuller delivery on off. Aiden Markram drives it to covers this time. |
| 39.4 : Venkatesh Iyer to Aiden Markram, A yorker length delivery on off. Aiden Markram digs it out square of the wicket towards the off side for a single. |
| 39.5 : Venkatesh Iyer to Rassie van der Dussen, On a length, on middle. Rassie van der Dussen works it to fine leg for a single. |
| 39.6 : Venkatesh Iyer to Aiden Markram, A dot to end the over! A length delivery on middle. Aiden Markram works it to mid-wicket. 43 needed now from 60 balls. |
| 40.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Rassie van der Dussen, Close! Ravichandran Ashwin cannot believe that didn't hit the stumps. Was a quicker ball, around off. Rassie van der Dussen looks to cut but misses. It was whiskers away from hitting the off stump. |
| 40.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Rassie van der Dussen, Rassie van der Dussen bunts this loopy ball to long on for a single. |
| 40.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Aiden Markram, Another quick ball, on off. Aiden Markram clips it to mid-wicket. |
| 40.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Aiden Markram, Tossed up, on off. Aiden Markram steps out and pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 40.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Aiden Markram, Flighted ball, on off. Aiden Markram drives it to long on for a run. |
| 40.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Rassie van der Dussen, On middle, turned to deep square leg for a single. 40 needed from 54 balls. |
| 41.1 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Rassie van der Dussen, Length ball, on off. Rassie van der Dussen pushes it to sweeper cover for a brace. 250 up for South Africa! |
| 41.2 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Rassie van der Dussen, On a length, outside off. Steered to deep cover for just one. |
| 41.3 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Aiden Markram, On a good length, on off. Punched straight to cover. |
| 41.4 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Aiden Markram, Outside off, Aiden Markram guides it to deep cover for another single. |
| 41.5 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Rassie van der Dussen, On a good length, on leg. Rassie van der Dussen punches it to mid on. |
| 41.6 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Rassie van der Dussen, On a length, outside off. Rassie van der Dussen punches it to deep cover for a single. 5 runs from the over but that is still more than the required rate. 35 needed now from 48 balls. |
| 42.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Rassie van der Dussen, Loopy ball, on middle. Rassie van der Dussen clips it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 42.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Aiden Markram, On leg, Aiden Markram uses his feet and punches it to mid-wicket. |
| 42.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Aiden Markram, Loopy ball, on leg. Aiden Markram advances again and keeps it out. |
| 42.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Aiden Markram, Short and on off, Aiden Markram rocks back and works it to long off for one. |
| 42.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Rassie van der Dussen, On the pads, clipped to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 42.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Aiden Markram, Tossed up, on off. Aiden Markram rocks back and carves it past point for a couple of runs. Good running between the wickets. 30 needed from 42 balls. |
| 43.1 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Rassie van der Dussen, On a good length, on off. Rassie van der Dussen pushes it through covers for another brace. |
| 43.2 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Rassie van der Dussen, Length ball, outside off. Rassie van der Dussen steers it to point. The fielder has a shy at the bowler's end and scores a direct hit. Aiden Markram was well in though. The ball ricochets off the stumps and rolls to long on. The batters collect a single. No reaction from Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Just walks back to his bowling mark. |
| 43.3 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Aiden Markram, FOUR! Shot! So pleasing to the eyes! Fuller in length, on middle. Aiden Markram extends the elbows and lifts it over extra cover for a boundary. Pure elegance! |
| 43.4 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Aiden Markram, FOUR! Back of a length, on leg. Aiden Markram pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a boundary. Bhuvneshwar Kumar coninues to be expensive. |
| 43.5 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Aiden Markram, On off, punched towards covers. |
| 43.6 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Aiden Markram, Length ball, on off. Aiden Markram punches it to long off for one. |
| 44.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Aiden Markram, Slower bouncer, outside off. Aiden Markram goes for the pull but there was no pace on the ball. Ends up playing it to backward point. |
| 44.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Aiden Markram, Slower one again and Aiden Markram gets beaten by it again. Length ball, outside off. Aiden Markram makes some room and has a swing at it but misses. |
| 0.0 : Jasprit Bumrah (8.0-0-31-1)Â is back into the attack. |
| 44.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Aiden Markram, A low full toss, on off. Aiden Markram drives it to mid off for a single. |
| 44.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Rassie van der Dussen, Good-length ball, on off. Rassie van der Dussen looks to drive but gets an inside edge onto the pads. |
| 44.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Rassie van der Dussen, WIDE! Short of a length, going down the leg side. Wided. |
| Jasprit Bumrah to Rassie van der Dussen, Around off, Rassie van der Dussen defends it to point. |
| 44.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Rassie van der Dussen, Outside off, poked to point. |
| 45.1 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Aiden Markram, Good-length ball, on middle, nipping in. Aiden Markram looks to pull but misses. Rishabh Pant does well to dive to his left to stop the ball. |
| 45.2 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Aiden Markram, Ouch! That must have hurt! Rassie van der Dussen is down on the floor. Length ball, on middle. Aiden Markram drives it uppishly and it hits Rassie van der Dussen right in the box. He seems fine now though. |
| 45.3 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Aiden Markram, Length ball, on off. Aiden Markram chips his drive to long off for a single. |
| 45.4 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Rassie van der Dussen, On middle and leg. Rassie van der Dussen steps out and tucks it to deep square leg for one. |
| 45.5 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Aiden Markram, A low full toss, on off. Aiden Markram drives this with ease to long off for a brace. |
| 45.6 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Aiden Markram, Fuller in length, outside off. Aiden Markram digs it out. Just 12 needed now! |
| 46.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Rassie van der Dussen, Back of a length, angling in on leg. Rassie van der Dussen plays it with soft hands and blocks it out. |
| 46.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Aiden Markram, A full toss, outside off. Aiden Markram goes hard at it but mistimes it back to the bowler. |
| 46.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Rassie van der Dussen, Good-length ball, outside off. Rassie van der Dussen drives this on the up through covers for three runs. |
| 46.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Aiden Markram, Short of a length, on middle. Aiden Markram is early on his pull. He misses and gets hit on the body and the ball rolls to the off side for a leg bye. |
| 46.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Rassie van der Dussen, Fuller, on off. Drilled down to mid on for a single. |
| 46.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Aiden Markram, Short of a length, on middle. Aiden Markram again for the pull but misses. Just 7 needed now. |
| 47.1 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Rassie van der Dussen, On middle, this is worked down to long on for a single. |
| 47.2 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Aiden Markram, Length ball, on the pads. Pushed to long on for a single again. |
| 47.3 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Rassie van der Dussen, Short of a length, on middle. Pulled to deep mid-wicket. Rassie van der Dussen calls for two and gets it comfortably. |
| 47.4 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Rassie van der Dussen, On a length, outside off. Rassie van der Dussen steers it to deep cover for a single. |
| 47.5 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Aiden Markram, On a good length, on off. Aiden Markram punches it to extra cover. He sets off for a quick single. There is a shy at the bowler's end from the fielder but he misses. |
| 47.6 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Rassie van der Dussen, Fuller in length, outside off. Rassie van der Dussen presses forward and blocks it out. |
| 48.1 : Shreyas Iyer to Aiden Markram, Aiden Markram hits the winning runs! Shreyas Iyer bowls it short, on off. Aiden Markram works it to mid off for a quick single. The fielder has a shy at the bowler's end and Aiden Markram makes it back with a dive. The fielder didn't hit the stumps though and with that, SOUTH AFRICA WIN THE SERIES AND WIN THE MATCH BY 7 WICKETS! |
| South Africa clinch the ODI series in a rather comfortable fashion with still a game to go. The dressing room erupts and full credit to this South African unit for their brilliant performance. They have chased down this total with ease and have carried the momentum they gained in the Test series into this ODI series. India will be disappointed with their effort with the ball especially after a decent performance with the bat earlier in the day. Indian spinners have been outbowled by the South Af |
| 47.6 : Interestingly, KL Rahul hands the ball to Shreyas Iyer. Just 1 run is needed and KL Rahul asks Shreyas Iyer to bowl. |
| 48.1 : South Africa have pulled off a very clinical win here. They needed 288 to chase and the game seemed to be on a balance at the end of the first innings. But the way South Africa have gone about their chase has been very impressive. They kept the pressure on Indian bowlers right from the start as Quinton de Kock and Janneman Malan never let any bowler settle. Both the openers missed out on a well-deserved century but they had done their job till then and it was easy for the batters after them to |
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| India have been really flat with the ball. They never looked like putting pressure on the South African bowlers and easy singles were given away quite easily throughout the innings. The man with the golden arm, Shardul Thakur eventually got the wicket of Quinton de Kock but the third wicket partnership between Bavuma and Malan ensured that India does not comeback into the game. Indiaâs strike bowler, Bumrah got the wicket of Bavuma and Chahal also managed to get rid of Malan after that. Bu |
| Quinton de Kock is the PLAYER OF THE MATCH for his brilliant performace with the bat. He says that it was nice to get out there and score some runs. Mentions that lack of game time obviously catches up but says it was just good to be out there and score. Tells that the more he batted, the more he felt that his rhythm was back. Says that he and Janneman Malan had a good partnership. Says that they share a great understanding. On asked how life is as a father, he says that he had only a couple |
| Temba Bavuma, the South African skipper says that he is very happy.  He adds that this was the objective before the series but he did not expect to win the series in just two games. He states that Quinton de Kock played well and showed how valuable a player he is. He mentions that they have a lot of self-belief and they fight for each other and they try to put a  team effort. He adds that no one had many expectations from them and they have done really well here. He states that the spinners |
| KL Rahul, the Indian skipper says that South Africa is playing good cricket at home and they are making some mistakes and it needs to be looked upon. He says that it is a learning curve for them. Mentions that they are a team that takes pride in winning but it has been a good learning for them and hopes that they grow from this. Tells that the wicket does feel like one at home and it didn't look like they will chase it down but credits them for batting really well. Adds that the way Rishabh Pan |
| Right then! This is all we have from this second ODI and the series now moves to Newlands, Cape Town for the third and final ODI. The series is already sealed by South Africa but India would like to avoid a whitewash here. The final ODI will take place on Sunday, 23rd December and the action starts at 2.00 pm IST (8.30 am GMT). But as you know, our coverage will start well in advance. So do join us for the same. Till then, goodbye and cheers! |
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