T20 World Cup, Super 12: South Africa beat India by 5 wickets

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T20 World Cup, Super 12: South Africa beat India by 5 wickets (Image: Twitter/@T20WorldCup)
T20 World Cup, Super 12: South Africa beat India by 5 wickets (Image: Twitter/@T20WorldCup)

New Delhi : Credit to some poor fielding from the Indian side, South Africa managed a comfortable win by 5 wickets at the Men’s T20 World Cup at Perth Stadium on Sunday.

Suryakumar Yadav scored a brilliant 68 runs off 40 balls to help India reach a decent score of 133/9 to defend. Lungi Ngidi shattered India with his nerve wrecking spell of 4/29.

Miller (59 not out off 46 balls) and Markram (52 off 41 balls) rescued South Africa from a shaky 24/3 with a 76-runs stand off 60 balls for the fourth wicket to complete the chase with two balls to spare.

Arshdeep Singh, however, gave India some hope with early wickets, but he could not find a way to get Markram and Milled go off the field.

Another major concern was the dropped catches and missed runouts from the Indian side. Virat Kohli, one of the finest fielders, dropped Markram’s catch and then Rohit Sharma missed a golden run out opportunity of Markram, who later proved to be devastating for India.

At one point South Africa was at 40/3 in 10 overs and India had good chance to take the game to their side but this did not happen.

After the drinks break, Markram and Miller showed signs of changing gears as the duo took a four each off Pandya in a 16-run 11th over.

Smashing Indian bowlers from there, the Proteas won the game by 5 wickets and reached on top of the leaderboard.

Brief Scores: India 133/9 in 20 overs (Suryakumar Yadav 68; Lungi Ngidi 4/29, Wayne Parnell 3/15) lose to South Africa 137/5 in 19.4 overs (David Miller 59 not out, Aiden Markram 52; Arshdeep Singh 2/25, Mohammed Shami 1/13) by five wickets