Player of the Match
Player of the Match

END OF OVER:
19 | 16 Runs | SA: 128/7 | RR: 6.73

  • Tristan Stubbs47 (41b)
  • Gerald Coetzee19 (9b)
  • Arshdeep Singh4-0-41-1
  • Avesh Khan3-0-23-0

Thanks a ton for joining us. The series is set up superbly. Can't wait for Jo'burg. From Monga, myself and Thilak - take care, stay safe and see you soon.

It's time for the presentation...

Aiden Markram: We bowled really well, ultimately it comes down to execution and we executed really well. Wanna keep taking the game on, sometimes when we lose wickets in a cluster, it doesn't look pretty. I'm fine, so far so good [when asked about the concussion and on-field bruise]. Good to see the fire in the belly of the youngsters."

Tristan Stubbs is the Player of the Match for his 47 not out off 41. "Fortunately the run rate never got away from us. I had 30 in mind to get off the last three, and the dew came in to help us also. He [Coetzee] came in and said "we can win this." We were always two hits away, the crowd was behind us and it was amazing. It was my mum's birthday, 20-30 people came here last night to watch. It gives us momentum to take into the Highveld. This is my favourite place to play cricket. I was nervous, so I was trying to control by breathing."

Suryakumar Yadav: Of course in a T20 game you don't wanna get 120, but proud of the way we bowled. In a T20, someone getting a five-for defending 125 is incredible. Varun has been waiting for this for a long time, working hard on his bowling, and everyone enjoyed it. Two games to go, lot of entertainment left. 1-1 going into Jo'burg gonna be a lot of fun."

Robin Uthappa on Sports 18 says it was a "no-brainer" when asked if Axar needed to be bowled for at least another over. Pretty sure that theory has plenty of takers here on comms feedback as well. Amol, Vijay Desai, Bhuvnesh and many, many more - all of them upset Axar wasn't called on. We'll hopefully hear about this from Surya at the post-match presentation.

7.45pm South Africa have got out of jail. India, seemingly in control going into the final three overs, have seen it come crashing down. Arshdeep and Avesh were properly under the pump and lost their radar slightly, to see it quickly get away from them.

Got to wonder if Suryakumar Yadav erred in not bringing Axar Patel back, despite spinners having a massive say. Equally, got to credit Gerald Coetzee for fuelling South Africa's chase that gave Tristan Stubbs some wriggleroom to bat through before teeing off.

It's not often that a five-for of the kind Varun Chakravarthy picked up is consigned to being second-best, but in a game of fine margins, India's pacers were slightly off and it cost India bigtime. What a game of cricket we've hand nonetheless. A low-scoring thriller that's given a strong Sunday crowd plenty of cheer and entertainment. The series is level at 1-1

18.6
4
Arshdeep Singh to Stubbs, FOUR, pulled and that's four to the square leg fence. South Africa win, the scores are level, the bands are playing, the fans are jumping. What a carnival atmosphere, what a series we've got in store.
18.5
4
Arshdeep Singh to Stubbs, FOUR, brute force to the fore! Scores level. Arshdeep bangs one in short, except it sits up and Stubbs flat-bats it down the ground. Wow. What a turnaround
18.4
0
Arshdeep Singh to Stubbs, no run, driven straight to cover as Arshdeep goes slower and fuller
18.3
0
Arshdeep Singh to Stubbs, no run, pushed to point, Coetzee was halfway down when he turned back. The throw was lobbed back to Arshdeep instead of being fired in.

South Africa one hit away from a series levelling-win

18.2
4
Arshdeep Singh to Stubbs, FOUR, drives away from the body, gets a thick outside edge that flies wide of short third.
18.1
4
Arshdeep Singh to Stubbs, FOUR, clobbered! Arshdeep goes short and Stubbs pulls him in front of square, one bounce into the boundary.

SA have scored 23 off the last two overs. Arshdeep will bowl out

END OF OVER:
18 | 12 Runs | SA: 112/7 (13 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 6.22, RRR: 6.50)

  • Tristan Stubbs31 (35b)
  • Gerald Coetzee19 (9b)
  • Avesh Khan3-0-23-0
  • Arshdeep Singh3-0-25-1
17.6
1
Avesh Khan to Stubbs, 1 run, another full toss, flicked to deep square
17.5
1
Avesh Khan to Coetzee, 1 run, gets a thick bottom edge in trying to slog down the ground, Samson half-stops to keeps it to a single
17.4
0
Avesh Khan to Coetzee, no run, goes right under the bat as Avesh bowls yorker-length outside off, Coetzee was looking to scythe this behind point
17.3
2
Avesh Khan to Coetzee, 2 runs, squeezes this yorker-length wide of long-on, two easy. Superb running
17.2
4
Avesh Khan to Coetzee, FOUR, width outside off and that has been clubbed away over cover! As a consequence of erring in bowling full, Avesh ends up shortening his length but this one just sat up to be walloped. How the game has turned
17.1
4
Avesh Khan to Coetzee, FOUR, muscled down the ground! Avesh bowls a juicy full toss and Coetzee hits it well and right off the middle.

END OF OVER:
17 | 12 Runs | SA: 100/7 (25 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 5.88, RRR: 8.33)

  • Tristan Stubbs30 (34b)
  • Gerald Coetzee8 (4b)
  • Arshdeep Singh3-0-25-1
  • Ravi Bishnoi4-0-21-1
16.6
4
Arshdeep Singh to Stubbs, FOUR, full toss from Arshdeep and Stubbs takes a step outside the crease and caresses it to the extra cover boundary.
16.5
1
Arshdeep Singh to Coetzee, 1 run, squeezed back to long-off as Arshdeep bowls full again. Cramped him for room from around the stumps

Peeyush: "Axar bowled such an amazing over. Yet he is not being bowled on a pitch where 6 wickets are taken by spinner. Can't make sense of this."

16.4
0
Arshdeep Singh to Coetzee, no run, yorker-length outside off, squeezed back to the bowler

Arshdeep from around the stumps

16.3
6
Arshdeep Singh to Coetzee, SIX, sensational hit onto the roof! Arshdeep bowls a full ball right into his hitting arc. Coetzee has a shimmie and pumps it over long-off. Superb hit.
16.2
1
Arshdeep Singh to Stubbs, 1 run, driven down to long-off
16.1
0
Arshdeep Singh to Stubbs, no run, attempts to reverse scoop but is beaten

Still no Axar. It's Arshdeep

South Africa 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st22RR HendricksRD Rickelton
2nd11RR HendricksAK Markram
3rd11RR HendricksT Stubbs
4th20T StubbsM Jansen
5th2H KlaasenT Stubbs
6th0DA MillerT Stubbs
7th20T StubbsA Simelane
8th42T StubbsG Coetzee