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Tristan Stubbs scored 47 runs to lead South Africa to victory.
South Africa defeated India by 3 wickets in the second T20 International. Team India lost the toss and batted first and scored 124 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. South Africa achieved the target of 125 runs by losing 7 wickets in 19 overs. Tristan Stubbs played an unbeaten inning of 47 runs. He was the top run scorer of this low-scoring match.
At one time the African team was struggling after losing 7 wickets at the score of 86 runs. The pitch was helping the spinners and Varun Chakraborty had taken 5 wickets. Despite this, captain Suryakumar Yadav decided to bowl the death overs with fast bowlers. This decision proved costly for the team and Stubbs and Gerard Cooties (19 runs on 9 balls) made an unbeaten partnership of 42 runs on 20 balls for the 8th wicket. Here Indian spinner Akshar Patel has three overs left.
Gerald Coetzee turned the momentum towards South Africa by hitting a six against Arshdeep Singh in the 17th over.
Match analysis in 5 points
1. Stubbs’ inning snatched the match from India Chasing the target of 125 runs, South Africa started cautiously. The team had lost only one wicket at the score of 32 runs after 5 overs. From here Varun Chakraborty took 5 wickets and sent South Africa on the back foot. Here the host team’s score became 66/6. But, Tristan Stubbs, who came to bat at number-4, stood at one end, he remained till the end and scored 47 runs and led the team to victory. For this performance he received the Player of the Match award.
2. Reasons for defeat
- Top order failure: Team India’s top order, which came to bat first after losing the toss, flopped badly. Sanju Samson could not even open his account, while Abhishek Sharma and captain Suryakumar Yadav were out after scoring 4-4 runs. The team had lost the first 3 wickets at the score of 15 runs only.
- Tail starts only after 6 wickets fall: After early wickets fell, Tilak Verma, Axar Patel and Hardik Pandya took charge of the innings. India lost 6 wickets for 87 runs, here Arshdeep Singh came to bat, whom Hardik could not trust. He left many singles, due to which the team could score only 31 runs in the last 4 overs. Here Hardik was left alone at last.
- Surya’s weak captaincy: Despite the small target, India had made a comeback in the match. The team had reduced South Africa’s 7 wickets for 88 runs in 16 overs. Here, there were 3 overs left for spinner Akshar Patel, who had given only 2 runs against Stubbs in the first over. In place of Akshar, Surya made the pacers bowl.
3. Gamechanger of the match South Africa lost the 7th wicket in the 16th over, here Gerald Cootzie came to bat. He hit 2 fours and a six against Arshdeep Singh and Avesh Khan. His batting made the job of Stubbs standing at the non-striker’s end easier. Cootji scored 19 runs on 9 balls. He had spent only 11 runs in the last 2 overs against Hardik in the first innings. Due to which India could not even make a big score.
Gerald Cootzie gave only 11 runs in 12 balls in the death overs.
4. Fighter of the Match Varun Chakraborty Team India almost lost the match after scoring 124 runs in the first innings. The team looked weak even in the first 5 overs of the second innings, then Varun Chakraborty came to bowl. Who took a wicket in every over and pushed the home team on the backfoot by taking 5 wickets in the spell. Varun ended his spell in the 13th over, after which South Africa’s score was 67/6. However, even his performance could not lead the team to victory.
5. Match Report: India’s poor start Team India, who came to bat first after losing the toss, lost 3 wickets in the powerplay. After 6 overs the team could score only 34 runs. Sanju Samson could not even open an account. Abhishek Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav were out after scoring 4 runs each.
The team could score only 124 runs after losing 6 wickets in 20 overs. From the team, Hardik Pandya scored 39 runs, Akshar Patel scored 27 runs and Tilak Verma scored 20 runs. The rest of the batsmen could not even touch the 10-run mark. Marco Janson, Gerald Cooties, Andile Simelane, Aiden Markram and N Peter got 1 wicket each from South Africa. A batter runout also occurred.
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Miller took the catch by diving with one hand, Tilak crossed six stadiums
South Africa defeated India by 3 wickets in the second T20 match. Batting first, India scored 124 runs. In reply, South Africa achieved the target by losing 7 wickets in 19 overs.
Many moments were seen in this match played in Kebera on Sunday night. These included David Miller taking a diving catch with one hand, Tilak Verma’s 103 meter six, which went outside the stadium.
