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‘Yea kaise bowlers hain’- Fans react as South Africa beat India by five wickets in 2nd T20I

South Africa beat India by five wickets in the 2nd T20I at St George’s Park, Gqeberha. Aiden Markram won the toss and chose to field first. Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal were […]

Dec 13, 2023 12:42 am

South Africa beat India by five wickets in the 2nd T20I at St George’s Park, Gqeberha. Aiden Markram won the toss and chose to field first. Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal were back to the pavilion without troubling the scorers. The Men in Blue have brought a new side with the majority of the senior members who were part of the ODI World Cup 2023 squad being given rest and they are trying with young guns with the T20 World Cup 2024 around the corner.

Skipper Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma put on a 49-run third-wicket stand-off 24 balls. The former scored 70 runs with Rinku Singh off only 48 balls before being back to the pavilion after scoring a valuable half-century when the team was struggling. Suryakumar beat former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s record for the highest score made by an India captain in a T20I match in the SA. He also became the joint second-fastest batter to 2000 T20I runs and levelling India star batter Virat Kohli. Rinku eventually scored his first T20I half-century and showed his finishing touches to the Proteas.

Gerald Coetzee picked two wickets in the final over making a comeback for the host. The Men in Blue scored 180/7 in 19.3 balls with the rain came down and the match was reduced to 15 overs the Proteas needed 152 runs to win the match.

Protea openers give a firey start

Sky scored 56 runs off 36 deliveries smashing three sixes and five fours. Rinku on the other hand showed his class playing an unbeaten knock of 68 runs off 39 balls hitting two sixes and 9 fours at a strike rate of 174.35. In reply, Protea openers Reeza Hendricks and Matthew Breetzke scored 42 runs in three overs before the latter was dismissed unfortunately by a miscommunication.

The hosts did not stop firing with their bat as Hendricks scored 49 runs off 27 balls and Markram scored 30 off 17 deliveries stitching a partnership of 52 runs and putting them in an advantageous position. Later on, David Miller and Tristan Stubbs made sure they were through. The former was dismissed but he made sure that the team was through.

Here’s how fans reacted: