END OF OVER:20 | 9 Runs 1 Wkt | IND: 211/4 | RR: 10.55
- Hardik Pandya31 (12b)
- Dinesh Karthik1 (2b)
- Anrich Nortje4-0-36-1
- Kagiso Rabada4-0-35-0
Not a good surface to bat, says Ishan, much like the on-air commentators earlier. Is that really the case? How will the chase pan out? Deiva will be here to kick proceedings shortly.
Here's Ishan Kishan:The ball was not coming on easily, 211 is a good score. It was important to keep the shape and you tend to miss it when the ball comes at high pace. I wanted to watch the ball till the last moment and hold my shape. We have to use the powerplay well and the wicket wasn't easy for new batters. My job was to hit the bad balls and keep the bowler under pressure. On this wicket when I saw the left-arm spinner, I told Iyer that I will take my chances and you can do too. I thought 150 was a good total and now it is important for us to keep the ball in the right areas.
8:33pm India's highest T20I score against South Africa! A power-packed batting performance from India to post the highest T20I total at the Arun Jaitley Stadium as well. Excellent batting by the middle order feat. Pant and Pandya to power India to a tall finish. Not to forget the contributions from Shreyas as well. But Ishan's knock at the top was quite instrumental for India to get to what they've got.