- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.2 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 4/126.2 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! 114/311.1 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 46/235.4 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! 167/531.6 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! 136/436.4 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! 169/642.4 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! 186/838.4 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! 172/744.3 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! 204/946.2 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! 211/10Extras11 (nb 1, w 10)TOTAL211 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)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB N Burger 10 0 30 3 3.00 46 3 0 4 0 LB Williams 9 1 49 1 5.44 32 5 1 2 1 BE Hendricks 9.2 1 34 2 3.64 40 5 0 1 0 PWA Mulder 4 0 19 0 4.75 11 2 0 0 0 KA Maharaj 10 0 51 2 5.10 32 3 2 2 0 AK Markram 4 0 28 1 7.00 9 2 1 1 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR27.5 Arshdeep gets Hendricks! Digs it in short and gets the reward. Hendricks, looking at the length, thinks he can swipe this over square leg. Comes quicker onto him than he expects, though, and he can only top-edge it. Mukesh settles under it, running to his left from fine leg and does the rest! 130/141.3 Rinku has his maiden ODI wicket! And he can barely believe it! Darted in on a back of a length outside off. van der Dussen looks for that cut but does not get the purchase he is after. Might have been a smidgen late on the stroke, meaning that he could only feather it through to Samson. Rinku off on his celebratory run, although it will not matter much in the context of the result of this game! 206/2Extras6 (nb 1, w 5)TOTAL215/2 (42.3 Overs, RR: 5.05)Fall of wickets: 1-130 (Reeza Hendricks, 27.5 ov), 2-206 (Rassie van der Dussen, 41.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mukesh Kumar 8 2 46 0 5.75 32 8 1 0 1 Arshdeep Singh 8 0 28 1 3.50 34 3 0 2 0 Avesh Khan 8 0 43 0 5.37 26 5 0 2 0 AR Patel 6 0 22 0 3.66 17 1 0 0 0 Kuldeep Yadav 8 0 48 0 6.00 24 3 3 0 0 NT Tilak Varma 3 0 18 0 6.00 9 1 1 0 0 RK Singh 1 0 2 1 2.00 4 0 0 0 0 B Sai Sudharsan 0.3 0 8 0 16.00 1 0 1 1 0
Match Details
Toss
South Africa , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
3-match series level 1-1
Match number
Season
Match days
19 December 2023 - day/night match (50-over match)
ODI debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 46 runs, 1 wicket)
- Over 0.2: Review by India (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - RD Gaikwad (Struck down)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 131 runs, 6 wickets)
- India: 50 runs in 13.2 overs (80 balls), Extras 3
- Drinks: India - 54/2 in 15.0 overs (B Sai Sudharsan 36, KL Rahul 1)
- B Sai Sudharsan: 50 off 65 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 68 balls (B Sai Sudharsan 25, KL Rahul 23, Ex 2)
- India: 100 runs in 23.2 overs (140 balls), Extras 5
- Drinks: India - 136/4 in 32.0 overs (KL Rahul 42)
- India: 150 runs in 34.2 overs (206 balls), Extras 6
- KL Rahul: 50 off 60 balls (6 x 4)
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 34 runs, 3 wickets)
- India: 200 runs in 43.5 overs (263 balls), Extras 8
- Innings Break: India - 211/10 in 46.2 overs (Mukesh Kumar 4)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 39 runs, 0 wicket)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 165 runs, 1 wicket)
- South Africa: 50 runs in 12.5 overs (77 balls), Extras 2
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 77 balls (RR Hendricks 18, T de Zorzi 33, Ex 2)
- Drinks: South Africa - 74/0 in 17.0 overs (RR Hendricks 24, T de Zorzi 48)
- T de Zorzi: 50 off 55 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
- South Africa: 100 runs in 20.6 overs (126 balls), Extras 2
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 126 balls (RR Hendricks 36, T de Zorzi 62, Ex 2)
- RR Hendricks: 50 off 71 balls (7 x 4)
- South Africa: 150 runs in 29.1 overs (176 balls), Extras 4
- Drinks: South Africa - 160/1 in 31.0 overs (T de Zorzi 88, HE van der Dussen 15)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 51 balls (T de Zorzi 23, HE van der Dussen 27, Ex 2)
- T de Zorzi: 100 off 109 balls (9 x 4, 4 x 6)
- South Africa: 200 runs in 38.6 overs (235 balls), Extras 5
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 11 runs, 1 wicket)
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