South Africa who made their maiden appearance in T20 World Cup history scored 42 runs at the end of power play after losing two wickets. In the first inning, India too scored the same range but with an extra dismissal. India scored 45 runs for three wickets at the end of the first powerplay.
After an impressive bowling spell against India, South African batters made a decent score at the end of the power play after losing early wickets.
South Africa’s opening batter Reeza Hendricks and skipper Aiden Markram lost their wickets inside powerplay without making an impact on the scoreboard.
Indian spearhead Bumrah made the early breakthrough by dismissing Hendricks for just four while Arshdeep Singh dismissed Aiden for the same four runs in the third over.
Following a couple of early dismissals, South Africa was expected to struggle but Quinton de Kock and Tristan Stubbs made a stand and pulled the game towards them.
Speaking of the match, winning the toss India decided to bat first while Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli opened the inning. While every Indian cricket fan expected an outstanding opening partnership in the crucial game, the Indian skipper failed abruptly and returned pavilion after scoring just 9 runs.
following the dismissal, Rishabh Pant too lost his wicket for a duck and shocked every Indian cricket fan.
While Suryakumar Yadav was expected to make a match-saving knock, Rabada dismissed SKY for just three and loaded pressure over the Indian batters.
After losing three wickets inside the powerplay, Axar Patel and Virat Kohli made a decent partnership by building 72 runs partnership for the fourth wicket.
While everyone expected an impressive performance from Axar, he lost his wicket in an unexpected run-out dismissal and shattered the dreams of scoring big.
Following his dismissal, Shivam Dube joined hands with Virat and moved India’s scoreboard towards a decent margin. After securing his half-century, Virat Kohli shifted the momentum and turned things in favour of the Indian cricket team and scored 76 runs from 59 balls before being dismissed by Marco Jansen in the 19th over.
At the end of 20 overs, India scored 176 runs for 7 wickets loss and failed to reach the magic number of 180.
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While chasing, South Africa made a terrible start by losing a couple of wickets inside the powerplay.
Indian spearhead Bumrah made the early breakthrough by dismissing Hendricks for just four while Arshdeep Singh dismissed Aiden for the same four runs in the third over.
Following a couple of early dismissals, South Africa was expected to struggle but Quinton de Kock and Tristan Stubbs made a stand and pulled the game towards them. At the end of the powerplay, South Africa scored 42 runs two wickets loss.
