India vs South Africa!

2022 - 10 - 30

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India vs South Africa, 2022 T20 World Cup report card: SKY's freaky ... (The Indian Express)

South Africa beat India by five wickets at the Optus Stadium in Perth to rise on top of Group 2 with five points. In a closely contested match, India put up ...

Shami added to India’s account of wickets early on as he picked the Proteas skipper Temba Bavuma. In his final over though, with just six to defend, Miller gloved one and touched another with his bat to get two boundaries and finish the game. The off spinner had trapped Markram in playing one straight to Virat Kohli at deep midwicket, but the 33-year-old couldn’t complete a regulation take. Despite wickets falling at the other end, the 32-year-old kept his nerve and guided India to a 127 before being picked by Wayne Parnell. However, he too fell for Lungi Ngidi’s short ball, trying to pull but catching a thick edge that carried to the boundary at long leg. South Africa in reply, chased down the total with two balls to spare and five wickets in hand.

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South Africa beat India by five wickets in T20 World Cup to move top ... (Sky Sports)

Lungi Nigidi takes four wickets before David Miller and Aiden Markram score half-centuries as South Africa inflict first T20 World Cup defeat on India and ...

South Africa's win leaves them unbeaten and on five points from three games - their other results were a rain-off against Zimbabwe and a 104-run demolition of Bangladesh - with India in second spot after suffering their first defeat of the campaign, having started with wins over Pakistan and Netherlands. South Africa needed six from six balls at the start of the 20th over but a dot and a Wayne Parnell single were followed by Miller gloving a short ball down the leg-side for four before chopping the next over cover. Markram holed out in the 16th over with South Africa needing a further 34 runs from 27 balls to top India's 133-9, with his dismissal ending a fourth-wicket stand of 76 from 60 balls with Miller (59no off 46) after the Proteas had been 24-3 in the sixth over.

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