Indoor: South Africa overcame the humiliation of complete defeat in pre-World T20 series in fine style. They won the third match against India by 49 runs.
Chasing a huge target of 228 runs, India faced heavy setbacks in the beginning. On the second ball faced, skipper Rohit Sharma is out (0), followed by Shreyas Iyer (1). Pant (27) was dismissed while Rishabh Pant and Dinesh Karthik were moving the score quickly. Karthik was out for 46 runs in 21 balls as he faced the South African bowlers with ruthless shots in a poor form. Karthik’s innings consisted of four fours and a six.
But with their return, the Indian batsmen forgot to establish themselves at the crease. The tail-enders Deepak Chahar (31 off 17 balls) and Umesh Yadav (20 off 17 balls) were caught later. India’s struggle ended on 178 when Mohammad Siraj was dismissed with nine balls to spare. Pretorius, who replaced Norquay in the team today, took three wickets conceding only 26 runs in 3 overs. Keshav Maharaj, Wayne Parnell and Lungi Ngti who took two wickets including Karthik’s took wickets but took wickets.
Riley Russo (100 off 48 balls) who scored a century earlier, Quinton de Kock who scored 68 runs off 43 balls and David Miller who scored 19 runs off just five balls gave South Africa a huge total.