Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

T Stubbs
T Stubbs
47(41) 7x4 - 0x6
Control %81%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 12 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
13 0 3 6 6 3 7 9
HH Pandya
HH Pandya
39(45) 4x4 - 1x6
Control %66%
  • Productive Shot
  • cut shot
  • 10 runs
  • 1x4 - 1x6
9 3 1 1 10 3 8 4

Best performances - Bowlers

CV Varun
CV Varun
O4
M0
R17
W5
Eco4.25
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
2W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
AK Markram
AK Markram
O1
M0
R4
W1
Eco4.00
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Scorer: @Thilak_Rama | Commentator: Shashank Kishore

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

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