Player of the Match
Player of the Match

Another one-sider, one each for team and each team's fans to enjoy. Karthik Krishnaswamy's match report is up here. There will be analysis later on. Do check it out. Thanks for joining us today. Hope you had fun. It's goodbye for now from me, Ekanth, and our scorers, Thilak and Sudeep.

Quinton de Kock, POTM: It's just happening, low and high scores. When I do get going, I try and make it count. I think it's because we play each other so many times, and on good wickets (that's why his record's good vs India). Arshdeep's got me out plenty of times, in the same way. Was just a technical thing to be aware of, and then play naturally. Conditions: The wicket was slow up front. Any new batter would find it harder. Just a matter of me, Aiden holding on and then build a stand. When India batted, it went the other way - two paced with more pace. That was the difference.

Aiden Markram, South Africa captain: Much better tonight. Started with a special knock from QDK and some contributions. Bowlers are trending in the right direction. Fielding good too. Pitch was good, something for the bowlers. If batters got in, they could put bowlers under pressure. Great support for India, good stadium. You, as a player, want to be given games in a run. The priority is to pick the best team in the WC. By the time SA20 is done, we need to give all the players some gametime. You put your hand up and do whatever was needed. I've batted in the middle order, you're never bigger than the team. That's a good trait to have. We'll reflect, my knock in the middle, could've been better.

Suryakumar Yadav, India captain: It's okay, completely fine. SA realised the lengths to bowl from the first innings. Little bit of dew. We should've gone to a second plan if the first didn't work. Gotta learn from SA. With bat, myself and Shubman could've given a good start. Abhishek can't always do it. I should've batted deeper, we learn and try to do better. Axar at 3, we've seen him bat and wanted him to do the same. He did bat well, gotta see what happens in the next games.

Ottneil Baartman The seamers let me do my thing. We knew something was in the surface and we tried to use the purchase off it. The swing bowlers did their thing, we just tried to use wobble and cross seam and went shorter than fuller. Whenever the captain calls you up, you gotta be ready to bowl.

Srini: "2 one-sided matches. But the first one seems to be a team having a bad night whereas this one throws so many concerns regarding Indian team's composition and approach. We are outplayed in all departments including strategy"

10:42pm A drubbing from South Africa after one from the other side earlier. Dew has not been decisive but Axar's promotion to No. 3 may have been. The early wickets provided by Ngidi and Jansen were also decisive. Tilak was the only batter to look in flow. Hardik struggled, Jitesh tried but couldn't get Tilak on strike. Sipamla gave away some boudnary balls, but Baartman was brilliant. Jansen was the pick of the bowlers despite taking two, as compared to Baartman's four. SA just hit the pitch instead of going just full and short. Linde's control of length was impressive considering the wet ball. In the end, it was a one-sided contest.

Avinash : "Wow...!! That unfolded rather quickly"

19.1
W
Ngidi to Tilak Varma, OUT, India have gone from 157 for 5 to 162 all out. 136ks full ball around off, Tilak drove through the line and couldn't clear long-on. Cross-seamer seemed to pick up pace off the pitch.

NT Tilak Varma c Markram b Ngidi 62 (76m 34b 2x4 5x6) SR: 182.35

END OF OVER:
19 | 4 Runs 3 Wkts | IND: 162/9 (52 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 8.52, RRR: 52.00)

  • Tilak Varma62 (33b)
  • Ottneil Baartman4-0-24-4
  • Lutho Sipamla4-0-46-2
18.6
W
Baartman to Varun, OUT, High ball... taken at long-on. Slot ball on middle and off, Varyn camps back in the crease and looks to club it straight. Found Markram to precision

CV Varun c Markram b Baartman 0 (2m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0

18.5
0
Baartman to Varun, no run, Looks to hook this fine. Gets it off the sticker, ball loses pace and deep fine leg is able to cut it off. Single not taken
18.4
W
Baartman to Arshdeep Singh, OUT, Shortish ball over middle. Arshdeep looks to repeat the shot from two balls ago, can't keep it down. Steers it straight to backward point

Arshdeep Singh c Miller b Baartman 4 (2m 3b 1x4 0x6) SR: 133.33

Arunabh : "In this series, team bowling second would most matches. Dew remains an even factor for both teams dur e to shortness of format and team bowling second learns from mistakes of inning 1"

18.3
0
Baartman to Arshdeep Singh, no run, Clears the front leg and nearly swings himself off his feet while trying to cut the shortish ball over fourth
18.2
4
Baartman to Arshdeep Singh, FOUR, Arshdeep guides the first ball he faces wide of deep third. Hard length over fourth. Arshdeep got across before making room and then opened the face fully
18.1
W
Baartman to Dube, OUT, Wow, that stump went flyin! 141ks rock on a llength, landed on middle and decked off stump. Seam-up. Dube looking to swat that over midwicket but that skidded past Dube well before he could get his bat down and across

S Dube b Baartman 1 (2m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50

END OF OVER:
18 | 16 Runs 1 Wkt | IND: 158/6 (56 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 8.77, RRR: 28.00)

  • Shivam Dube1 (1b)
  • Tilak Varma62 (33b)
  • Lutho Sipamla4-0-46-2
  • Marco Jansen4-0-25-2
17.6
1
Sipamla to Dube, 1 run, Wide and fullish, slashed to long-off with limited timing
17.5
W
Sipamla to Sharma, OUT, Leading edge goes very high... and is taken by Baartman at short third. Linde, at backward point, were searching for it. The latter took it after getting right under it, with bent knees. Was a length ball at the stumps that Jitesh looked to flick over midwicket

JM Sharma c Baartman b Sipamla 27 (17m 17b 2x4 2x6) SR: 158.82

Avinash: "Quick question for you, if Jansen was in the Indian team, where would GG have slotted him in the batting order??" No. 8

17.4
6
Sipamla to Sharma, SIX, Bouncer is pulled over square leg. The 117ks ball sat up and finished around chest-height. Bat went from low to up
17.3
1
Sipamla to Tilak Varma, 1 run, Length on fourth, looks to pull it over midwicket. Inside edges it to deep square leg
17.2
2
Sipamla to Tilak Varma, 2 runs, Heaves it across from well outside off. Brevis charges to the left, pulls the ball in at the deep-midwicket boundary
17.1
6
Sipamla to Tilak Varma, SIX, Full and wide, reaches out and slaps it over cover. Was a slower ball, Tilak still manufactured enough power and gave it lift-off

END OF OVER:
17 | 6 Runs | IND: 142/5 (72 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 8.35, RRR: 24.00)

  • Jitesh Sharma21 (15b)
  • Tilak Varma53 (30b)
  • Marco Jansen4-0-25-2
  • Ottneil Baartman3-0-20-1
16.6
0
Jansen to Sharma, no run, Banged in short. 134ks, looked faster. Landed around leg and middle, finished over fourth, beats the pull. Just six off the over when 78 was needed off 24!
16.5
2
Jansen to Sharma, 2 runs, Fullish and very wide, looks to slash it over cover. Inside edges it into the ground, to the leg side
16.4
2b
Jansen to Sharma, 2 byes, Slower one is wide and shortish. Beats the pull and half-volleys the keeper. He throws at the bowler's. Tilak knows no one's backing up till long-on, so he calls Jitesh for a second

India 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st9Shubman GillAbhishek Sharma
2nd10AR PatelAbhishek Sharma
3rd13SA YadavAR Patel
4th35AR PatelNT Tilak Varma
5th51HH PandyaNT Tilak Varma
6th39JM SharmaNT Tilak Varma
7th1S DubeNT Tilak Varma
8th4Arshdeep SinghNT Tilak Varma
9th0CV VarunNT Tilak Varma
10th0JJ BumrahNT Tilak Varma