India vs South Africa Highlights Super 8: South Africa has surprised India by defeating India by 76 runs. The field was India’s, the fans were India’s, the conditions were favorable for Team India, but South Africa won. In this match played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, South Africa batted first and scored 187 runs. In reply, Team India could not even play the full 20 overs and were limited to 111 runs.
Team India lost badly
Team India, which came to chase the huge target of 188 runs, was able to score 31 runs in the powerplay and lost 3 wickets. Abhishek Sharma was under pressure of getting out on ‘0’ thrice in a row. This time he opened the account, but appeared completely out of touch. Abhishek could score 15 runs in 12 balls. Tilak Verma and Ishaan Kishan also flopped.
Suryakumar Yadav remained at the crease for some time, while Hardik Pandya also left after scoring 18 runs. Within no time, by the time the score reached 88, he had lost 8 wickets. Washington Sundar also got the start, but could score only 11 runs.
What would Shivam Dubey do alone?
For Team India, only Shivam Dubey could face the South African bowlers bravely. He played an innings of 42 runs in 37 balls. Dubey kept fighting till the 19th over, but he did not get support from the other end. Team India had the batting till the eighth order. Rinku Singh came to bat at number eight, who could not even open the account.
3 for 20, South Africa made 187
The South African team, which came to bat first, had lost the first 3 wickets by the time they reached 20 runs. But Dewald Brewis, David Miller and Tristan Stubbs together added 152 runs. Miller scored 63 runs in 35 balls, in this innings he hit 7 fours and 3 sixes. Whereas Brewis returned unbeaten after scoring 45 runs in 29 balls and Tristan Stubbs returned unbeaten after playing a stormy inning of 44 runs. Indian bowlers could not control these three batsmen.
