- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR11.3 length on middle. Skidding straight through. Rahul tries the sweep, misses, hits him on the pad. Appeal for LBW and a quick out call from the umpire. Rahul asks Kohli what to do, and eventually chooses to review. No bat involved, and ball-tracking says? OH-YOU-TEE. Crashing into middle and leg. Second wicket for Maharaj but Rahul gets a massive applause from the Guwahati crowd for his 28-ball 57 tonight 107/29.5 taken at deep midwicket! Not full enough for Rohit to hit the slog sweep the way he wants to. Doesn't middle it, ends up dragging it to the sweeper fielder on the leg side. Maharaj's economy under six while the Innings run-rate is almost 10. Drinks 96/118.1 mix-up and it is only a run-out that could get this man out today. Kohli smacked a cut to Bavuma at point, and Suryakumar had taken off for a single to get back on strike. However, both men know there is no single, and Kohli was ball-watching too. Suryakumar doesn't even bother running back since he is so far down. Good throw from the captain, a composed collection from Nortje. 209/3Extras10 (b 1, lb 3, nb 2, w 4)TOTAL237/3 (20 Overs, RR: 11.85)Fall of wickets: 1-96 (Rohit Sharma, 9.5 ov), 2-107 (KL Rahul, 11.3 ov), 3-209 (Suryakumar Yadav, 18.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB K Rabada 4 0 57 0 14.25 8 6 4 2 0 WD Parnell 4 0 54 0 13.50 8 7 3 0 1 L Ngidi 4 0 49 0 12.25 8 4 3 1 1 KA Maharaj 4 0 23 2 5.75 11 3 0 0 0 A Nortje 3 0 41 0 13.66 3 5 2 1 0 AK Markram 1 0 9 0 9.00 2 0 1 0 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.2 Taken at mid-off! Bavuma tried to loft a length ball on the up over the infield. It went off the bottom, Kohli backtracked a couple of steps and took it comfortably. Arshdeep smiles in celebration. 1/11.4 Dinesh Karthik juggles and takes it on the third attempt! It was a short ball outside off. Rossouw charged him early, tried to drag the pull. Skied it off the edge. DK got to it at cover, fumbled it. It wriggled aside but he managed to cling on. 1/26.2 Beaten on the cover drive, and ball hits top of off! It was on a length, angling in. Markram stayed leg side and tried to loft it inside out. Spun away a little bit and Axar gets his man. 47/3Extras13 (nb 3, w 10)TOTAL221/3 (20 Overs, RR: 11.05)Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Temba Bavuma, 1.2 ov), 2-1 (Rilee Rossouw, 1.4 ov), 3-47 (Aiden Markram, 6.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB DL Chahar 4 1 24 0 6.00 12 3 0 1 0 Arshdeep Singh 4 0 62 2 15.50 5 4 4 2 3 R Ashwin 4 0 37 0 9.25 7 2 2 4 0 AR Patel 4 0 53 1 13.25 5 2 5 0 0 HV Patel 4 0 45 0 11.25 2 4 1 2 0
Match Details
Toss
South Africa , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
India led the 3-match series 2-0
Match number
Season
Match days
2 October 2022 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 57 runs, 0 wicket)
- India: 50 runs in 5.3 overs (33 balls), Extras 3
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 33 balls (KL Rahul 25, RG Sharma 25, Ex 3)
- Snake stops Play! A Snake finding its way onto the outfield briefly halted the game at the end of 7th over
- Drinks: India - 96/1 in 9.5 overs (KL Rahul 48)
- India: 100 runs in 10.3 overs (63 balls), Extras 5
- KL Rahul: 50 off 24 balls (5 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Over 11.3: Review by India (Batting), Umpire - VK Sharma, Batter - KL Rahul (Struck down)
- India: 150 runs in 14.6 overs (90 balls), Extras 5
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 23 balls (V Kohli 14, SA Yadav 41, Ex 0)
- SA Yadav: 50 off 18 balls (5 x 4, 4 x 6)
- India: 200 runs in 17.2 overs (106 balls), Extras 7
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 41 balls (V Kohli 38, SA Yadav 61, Ex 3)
- Innings Break: India - 237/3 in 20.0 overs (V Kohli 49, KD Karthik 17)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 45 runs, 2 wickets)
- Floodlight Failure: South Africa - 5/2 in 2.1 overs (Q de Kock 5, AK Markram 0)
- South Africa: 50 runs in 7.1 overs (44 balls), Extras 5
- Drinks: South Africa - 70/3 in 10.0 overs (Q de Kock 21, DA Miller 10)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 33 balls (Q de Kock 14, DA Miller 35, Ex 2)
- South Africa: 100 runs in 11.6 overs (73 balls), Extras 7
- DA Miller: 50 off 25 balls (3 x 4, 3 x 6)
- 4th Wicket: 100 runs in 54 balls (Q de Kock 40, DA Miller 55, Ex 5)
- South Africa: 150 runs in 15.2 overs (94 balls), Extras 10
- Q de Kock: 50 off 39 balls (3 x 4, 2 x 6)
- South Africa: 200 runs in 18.6 overs (117 balls), Extras 13
- 4th Wicket: 150 runs in 78 balls (Q de Kock 53, DA Miller 93, Ex 8)
- India penalised for slow over-rate at the end of 18th over
- DA Miller: 100 off 46 balls (8 x 4, 7 x 6)
Match Coverage
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Suryakumar had 'a bigger impact on the game', says Player-of-the-Match Rahul
"We were in our minds saying 180-185 would be a really good target, but the game always surprises you"
Dazzling Suryakumar, Rahul, Kohli give India series win
Miller's 47-ball 106* in vain as the hosts register their first T20I series win against South Africa at home
Snake and floodlight failure stop play in Guwahati
After the unwelcome visitor in the first innings, one floodlight tower went off during the chase