Player of the Match
Player of the Match

END OF OVER:
20 | 4 Runs 2 Wkts | IND: 202/8 | RR: 10.10

  • Arshdeep Singh5 (4b)
  • Marco Jansen4-0-24-1
  • Gerald Coetzee4-0-37-3

6:47pm A largely sparkling Indian innings, although it did fizzle out rather dramatically towards the end. Much of that sparkle and thrill was because Samson turned up, and he turned up the only way he can. He smashed the ball to all parts, cleared the fence with ease and made batting, at times, look like a walk in the park. He notched up his second T20I hundred, also becoming only the fourth (ever) to make it back-to-back tons in men's T20Is. Suryakumar and Tilak played cameos but none of the others really stood up, which meant India only mustered 35 in the last five.

While South Africa were a little all over the shop at the start and through the middle, they fought back brilliantly once they got rid of Samson. Jansen was probably the stand-out, with Coetzee popping up with a three-wicket haul. Maharaj wasn't bad either, while Peter was the one to put an end to Samson's fun. Given where they were at one stage, they will be happy chasing 203 and with the firepower they have, might even be quietly confident of chasing this down. Join us in a bit for the second innings!

19.6
W
Jansen to Ravi Bishnoi, OUT, Arshdeep tries to pinch a bye and sacrifices Bishnoi in the process! Banged into the track outside off. Bishnoi, like earlier in the over, swipes at it without watching the ball closely. Misses it completely and then has to rush to complete the bye. Klaasen relays it to Jansen, who takes off the bails. Bishnoi would have made it had he dragged his bat in but he didn't. Bat in the air and India finish with 202!

Ravi Bishnoi run out 1 (6m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 33.33

19.5
1
Jansen to Arshdeep Singh, 1 run, dropped by Jansen! Off-pace and into the track outside off. Arshdeep plays too early and plonks it back to the bowler. Jansen gets his hands high enough but can only palm it over the bar. He will be disappointed at having not held on
19.4
0
Jansen to Arshdeep Singh, no run, into the blockhole on leg stump. Arshdeep cannot get under it and only digs it out towards the bowler. Jansen let off the hook

South Africa 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st8AK MarkramRD Rickelton
2nd22T StubbsRD Rickelton
3rd14H KlaasenRD Rickelton
4th42DA MillerH Klaasen
5th1DA MillerPE Kruger
6th0PE KrugerM Jansen
7th6M JansenA Simelane
8th21G CoetzeeM Jansen
9th21KA MaharajG Coetzee
10th6KA MaharajN Peter