Crushing the hopes of all Indian fans in the stadium, David Miller hits a winning boundary and finishes the match in style. Miller scored an unbeaten 59 off 46 balls. With a fabulous run-rate of 128.26, he is the man of the hour. With this win, South Africa is at the helm of the Group-2 tally, with 5 points in the kitty. Team India has sunk to 2nd position with 5 points and the last hope of Pakistan qualifying for semi-finals has also been crushed.
David Miller completes his 50 off 40 balls. Bhuvneshwar Kumar will bowl the last over while Parnell is on the non-strike at. The Proteas now need 6 from 6 balls.
Ashwin gets a success, Tristan Stubbs returns to pavilion with six runs on 6 balls, seems like drama isn’t over it.
David Miller hits straight down the ground, two big sixes, crushing Indian hopes of winning the match.
Indian fans are delighted as Hardik Pandya dismisses Aiden Marakarm at 52. Tristan Stubbs steps on crease, when South Africa is already in a strong position.
Aiden Markaram is unstoppable, scores his half-century at just 38 balls. Arshdeep Singh gives 10 runs in his 3rd over. Indian hopes of winning the match are on the verge of dying.
The highest ranking Indian spinner, Ravichandran Ashwin got teased by South African batsmen. Faces two sixes by David Miller on first and last ball of his over.
Virat Kohli leaves a big one. Ashwin bowls to Aiden Markaram, who hits along the boundary. Sadly former Indian Captain Virat Kohli misses.
SA batsmen comes out firing, hitting one after another boundaries, getting the momentum they needed to chase. Seems like, the team has discussed upon playing aggressive during the drinks break.
South Africa gets back to back three boundaries in Hardik Pandya’s over, one by David Miller and two by Aiden Markram.
After half of the overs being thrown, David Miller and Aiden Markram are still on crease, maintaining their partnership, in an attempt to stabilize their team’s inning.
Mohammed Shami dismisses, SA skipper Temba Bavuma, who gave an easy catch to Indian wicket keeper Dinesh Karthik.
South African captain Temba Bavuma hits a big six over the long-off.
Following Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s over, Arshdeep took charge and dismissed Quinton de Kock at 1 and Rilee Rossouw for 0. His spell has instilled some hope for the Indian cricket fans.
Last over come in with lost of drama. Mohammad Shami gave away his wicket in a run out. Arshdeep walked in for last two balls and both Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Singh took two runs in the last ball and put up 133 on the score board. And that’s it for India. SA need to score 134 to win and knock out India from T20 World Cup 2022.
Just when it felt like Indian batters were taking down proteas, Wayne took over the last hope for India. First is dismissed Ravichandran Ashwin and later sent back big fish Suryakumar Yadav for 68 for 40 balls.
Wayne fights back and dismisses Dinesh Karthik for 6 of 15 balls. The sixth number batsman could not play the role of a finisher and got succumbed into this big pressure match.
India crosses 100 as Suryakumar Yadav scores his 9th half-century. A much-needed 50 out of 30 balls. India: 101-5.
Suryakumar Yadav and wicket keeper batsman seem like the only hope for India. The two batsman have made a partnership of more than 30 runs and have brought stability to Indian innings. SKY also hit a big six against Keshav Maharaj and told proteas that the game is not over yet
India vs South Africa Live: Hardik Pandya fails to deliver. Lungi Ngidi takes the 4th wicket of the night. Kagiso Rabada takes a brilliant one at the boundary. India in deep trouble.
Anrich Nortje dismissed Deepak Hooda for 0. Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav take on the crease.
The sixth over came with lot of drama as Virat Kohli welcomed Lungi Ngidi with two back-to-back boundaries but the South African bowler turned the tables and took the most important wicket. Lungi dismissed Virat for 12 of 8 balls.
Lungi Ngidi dismisses Indian skipper Rohit Sharma for 15 of 13 balls. The skipper got baffled and could not read the ball. Lungi only took the catch and sent Rohit back to the pavilion. And on the fifth ball he also dismissed struggling KL Rahul for 9. Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav are currently on the crease.
KL Rahul has finally ended his boundary jinx as he scored a big six against Wayne Parnell. The opener might have struggled in the first over but seems more confident in the Team India’s third fixture of T20 World Cup 2022.
The first over bowled by Wayne Parnell to Team India might have been a maiden over but Indian skipper Rohit Sharma’s big six on the long off has compensated for it.
Indian skipper Rohit Sharma had won the toss and decided to bat first. Team India is also coming with just one change against South Africa. In the third fixture, Deepak Hooda has replaced Axar Patel. This decision was taken to deal with too many left handers in South African cricket team. Team India had reached Perth first and had started to practice and get comfortable on the bouncy pitch.
IND vs SA Playing XI
India: KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma (C), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Deepak Hooda, Dinesh Karthik (WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh and Mohammad Shami
South Africa: Temba Bavuma (C), Quinton de Kock (wk), Rilee Rossouw, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Wayne Parnell, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje and Tabraiz Shamsi