Player of the Match
Player of the Match
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    0.2 lovely correction of length. Beats the inside edge, hits the pad, given, and Gaikwad reviews it. Just pulls the length back enough to deny him the drive. The ball swings past his inside edge, is pitching middle and leg, and hitting leg. India lose the review too 4/1
    26.2 brutish delivery, and it gets the better of Sudharsan! Hard length outside off and this kicks up off the surface. Sudharsan is shaping for the cut but by the time his bat comes down, the ball whistles off the glove through to Klaasen. The keeper is taken aback by the extra pace and bounce too, and parries it up into the air once before holding on. Crucial wicket for South Africa! 114/3
    11.1 finally rewards. Burger has been superb again. Bounces him this time, gets it up, and also cramps him up. Varma is hurried into the hook, tries to keep it down, but it is a long way down, and it carries to fine leg 46/2
    35.4 straight to backward point, what a way to depart! Length outside off and Rahul's eyes light up looking at the width. Throws the kitchen sink at it but cannot quite keep it down. The ball flies off the outside half of the bat and Miller gobbles up a sharp chance, reverse-cupped at chest height. Vital, vital wicket at this stage! 167/5
    31.6 chops it on! Samson falls! Length delivery angled across the batter just outside off. Samson has a flat-footed poke at it and does not show any real conviction. Might have been trying to steer it to third man but all he managed was an inside edge that rattled into the stumps. India in a spot of bother now! 136/4
    36.4 beautiful bowling, and excellent keeping! Dangles the carrot tantalizingly on a fullish length outside off. Rinku lunges far forward and tries to work it with the spin into the on side. The only problem, though, is that this has gone straight through. Breezes past the outside edge and Klaasen whips off the bails in a flash, with Rinku's back foot in the air and outside his crease. South Africa are all over India now! 169/6
    42.4 holes out to long off! Markram gives it a bit of air on a full length on off stump, and Axar cannot resist the temptation to have a pop at it. Does not get to the pitch of the ball, though, and has to reach out, meaning that the ball eventually hits the lower part of the bat. Long off runs in from the fence and completes the catch sliding forward. India 186-8 now! 186/8
    38.4 soft, soft dismissal! Gives it plenty of air outside off and Kuldeep thinks he can swipe this away. Reaches out for it with his sweep but he just does not have any pace to work with. The ball bounces a smidgen extra too and loops up off the top edge. Hendricks does the rest at backward square leg, and India are seven down now! 172/7
    44.3 straight up, and Arshdeep bites the dust! Hard length on middle and off. Arshdeep, like he has been wanting to do the last few balls, tries to smash this over cow corner. The ball comes on quicker than he expects, though, and gets big on him. Pops up high off the splice and goes nowhere. Miller snares the chance and South Africa just one wicket away from bowling India out now! 204/9
    46.2 that will be that! A run-out to end a stuttering innings! Right at the stumps and Avesh punches it down the ground to mid off. Hares off for a single that is simply not there and does not even ground his bat in the end. Mulder hit the stumps at the bowler's end, and Avesh was well short of his ground! 211/10
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    Extras
    11 (nb 1, w 10)
    TOTAL
    211 all out (46.2 Overs, RR: 4.55)
    Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Ruturaj Gaikwad, 0.2 ov), 2-46 (Tilak Varma, 11.1 ov), 3-114 (Sai Sudharsan, 26.2 ov), 4-136 (Sanju Samson, 31.6 ov), 5-167 (KL Rahul, 35.4 ov), 6-169 (Rinku Singh, 36.4 ov), 7-172 (Kuldeep Yadav, 38.4 ov), 8-186 (Axar Patel, 42.4 ov), 9-204 (Arshdeep Singh, 44.3 ov), 10-211 (Avesh Khan, 46.2 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    N Burger1003033.00463040
    LB Williams914915.44325121
    BE Hendricks9.213423.64405010
    PWA Mulder401904.75112000
    KA Maharaj1005125.10323220
    AK Markram402817.0092110

Match Notes

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South Africa 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st130RR HendricksT de Zorzi
2nd76HE van der DussenT de Zorzi
3rd9AK MarkramT de Zorzi