India (201/7) thrash South Africa (95) by 106 runs to win 2nd T20I - Series level at 1-1

[BouncerGuy]

Trailing 0-1, India face South Africa in the final T20I of their three-match series in Johannesburg, today on Thursday, December 14. Rain played spoilsport in the first T20I, which was washed out without a ball being bowled. Then in the second T20I, the home side crashed to a five-wicket defeat in Port Elizabeth, due to the DLS method.

In the second T20I, India posted 180/7 in 19.3 overs before rain forced the match into a 15-over chase, with the target being set at 153. Rinku Singh (68*) top-scored for the visitors, and captain Suryakumar Yadav (56) also got a half-century. On the other hand, Gerald Coetzee took a three-wicket haul for South Africa.

Chasing 152 in 15 overs, South Africa cruised to 154/5 in 13.5 overs. Reeze Hendricks was in top form for the Proteas, smacking a knock of 49 off 17 balls. Meanwhile, Mukesh Kumar scalped two dismissals for the home side.

For the third T20I, the weather is expected to be better in Johannesburg, with no rain predicted.

The Wanderers Stadium, where the match will be held, is the only regularly used international ground in South Africa where India have not lost more matches than they have won. They are level at 5-5 in Johannesburg.

But on the other hand, South Africa have a good record at the Wanderers, where they have been victorious in 65.98 percentage of their matches, across all formats.


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Squads

South Africa Squad: Reeza Hendricks, Matthew Breetzke, Tristan Stubbs, Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen(w), David Miller, Andile Phehlukwayo, Keshav Maharaj, Gerald Coetzee, Nandre Burger, Tabraiz Shamsi, Ottniel Baartman, Marco Jansen, Donovan Ferreira, Lizaad Williams

India Squad: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Ishan Kishan, Mukesh Kumar, Washington Sundar, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tilak Varma, Kuldeep Yadav

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[FearlessRoar]

As the series moves forward, India will aim for an improved performance to level the series in Johannesburg.

Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg T20I records

Win/loss record

South Africa have contested in 24 matches at The Wanderers Stadium. They have won 14 of these games and have lost 10 T20 matches at this venue

On the contrary, India have played five matches at this stadium, winning three and losing two.

Average Score

South Africa has scored at an average of 162 runs when playing a T20 match at this venue.

India's average score at The Wanderers Stadium is 147 runs.

Highest score

South Africa's highest score stands at 231/7 in 20 overs, made against the West Indies in 2015. West Indies beat South Africa by four wickets in that match.

Meanwhile, the highest total for India at the same ground came against South Africa in 2018, when they made 203/5 in 20 overs. India beat South Africa by 28 runs.

Lowest score

The lowest score of South Africa when playing at The Wanderers Stadium is 89/10, recorded against Australia in 2020. Australia beat South Africa by 107 runs.

The lowest score for India at The Wanderers Stadium is 157 scored against Pakistan in 2007. India won the final of the ICC World Twenty20 by five runs.

South Africa vs India T20 record at The Wanderers Stadium

Head-to-head: South Africa and India have faced each other on three occasions at The Wanderers Stadium. South Africa have won one of those fixtures while India have held the upper hand in two games.

Highest score: The highest score for a South Africa vs India match at this stadium is 219/4 made by South Africa in 2012.

Lowest score: South Africa ended with 126 on the scoreboard against India in 2006.

South Africa vs India head-to-head record in T20

South Africa and India have battled against each other on 25 occasions in T20s. While South Africa have won 11 matches, India have emerged victorious in 13 encounters. Meanwhile, one match yielded no result.

The last five T20 contests have seen South Africa win three times and India on two occasions. The highest score in these five matches is 237 by India while the lowest has been 106 by South Africa.

South Africa vs India, 3rd T20I prediction

South Africa have won three of the last five encounters against India and will go as favourites in the upcoming contest.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

South Africa have won the toss and have opted to field

Teams:

South Africa (Playing XI): Reeza Hendricks, Matthew Breetzke, Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen(w), David Miller, Donovan Ferreira, Andile Phehlukwayo, Keshav Maharaj, Lizaad Williams, Tabraiz Shamsi, Nandre Burger

India (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar​

 

[Champ_Pal]

Great batting surface. This is a 220-240 pitch.

India - 29/0 after 2 Overs.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Gill is not a cross batted player, but he is playing cross batted shots. Very poor from him. His place in T20 team is in great danger. He is behind Jaiswal, Rohit, Gaikwad.

 

[Champ_Pal]

WTH Tilak. That should have been deposited in the stands. But he hits it straight to long on.

 

[FearlessRoar]

Keshav Maharaj takes two wickets in two balls. What a bowler

 

[PakEngFan]

Gill should stick to Ahmedabad pitches. Struggling against SA C.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Keshav Maharaj takes two wickets in two balls. What a bowler

Lucky LBW as ball was clearly missing leg.
Varma gives catching practice.

Gets 2 lucky wickets.

 

[FearlessRoar]

Maharaj has taken his white-ball cricket to the next level this year.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Shubman gill has failed to live to his hype. I think Rohit would have been better in this place.

 

[kron]

Gill should stick to Ahmedabad pitches. Struggling against SA C.

He dint exactly do well there either?
He was pretty poor in the WC. Maybe just australia? As there won't be much seam movement and there would be true bounce. He is bad vs spin, swing.

 

[FearlessRoar]

Very good from Andile Phehlukwayo who leaks only two singles from the first over outside the powerplay.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Shubman gill has failed to live to his hype. I think Rohit would have been better in this place.

He is not an opener. Too much pressure on him to score at 200 S/R. He should take the role of a 130 S/R batsman and be consistent at it.

Trying to match the Strike Rates of Jaiswal, Kishan will only work against him. Eventually he has to find his place in the middle order. Bashing the ball from the get go is not his strength.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

He is not an opener. Too much pressure on him to score at 200 S/R. He should take the role of a 130 S/R batsman and be consistent at it.

Trying to match the Strike Rates of Jaiswal, Kishan will only work against him. Eventually he has to find his place in the middle order. Bashing the ball from the get go is not his strength.

The why India send gill as opener.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

After 9 overs, India 83/2.

 

[Rana]

First time I am watching Surya score a RizBar type innings

 

[jnaveen1980]

First time I am watching Surya score a RizBar type innings

Not anymore 3 sixes in one over and a four so far

 

[jnaveen1980]

Can't support this side that is still backing Jadeja. Total favoritism

 

[Rana]

Not anymore 3 sixes in one over and a four so far

Amazing shift of gears

 

[Champ_Pal]

Good innings by Jaiswal. He will only mature more as he gets more chances.

 

[jnaveen1980]

It is mind boggling how this guy plays completely differently in T20. It has to do with playing fairly newish ball with no worry about losing the wicket. India should stick with SKY only for T20s

 

[Champ_Pal]

6 Overs for Rinku to show his magic again.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Good innings by Jaiswal. He will only mature more as he gets more chances.

Veryty rarely you need maturity in T20. You need fearlessness. Does of maturity is helpful. But it should largely be based on fearlessness.

 

[Rana]

Surya was 23 off 21

Now he is 81 off 43

Unreal acceleration!

 

[Champ_Pal]

Veryty rarely you need maturity in T20. You need fearlessness. Does of maturity is helpful. But it should largely be based on fearlessness.

He throws away his wicket after hitting 2 sixes in a row. There should be controlled aggression. Otherwise, he would be just a lefthand version of Afridi.

 

[jnaveen1980]

SA keeps producing 140-145kph bowlers. Both Burger and Williams comfortably bowl at 145kph

 

[Champ_Pal]

Looks like India will be short by about 20 runs.

After 19 Overs, India are 192/4.

 

[Champ_Pal]

SKY gone. That should have been a six.

 

[FearlessRoar]

SKY just hit different in T20 cricket. Phenomenal

 

[Champ_Pal]

Poor finish by India. This is a 240 pitch. India is now 40 runs short.

 

[jnaveen1980]

SA will win by 16th or 17th over if India bowls well.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

A daunting task for Protease. But hope they can chase it down. Let's see.

 

[FearlessRoar]

Innings break

India 201/7 ( 20 overs)

A tough chase for south Africa

 

[jnaveen1980]

A daunting task for Protease. But hope they can chase it down. Let's see.

lol daunting task 201 in bull ring is like 150 in most places. Against this attack this is more like 135.

 

[Rana]

Big test for Surya’s captaincy

 

[jnaveen1980]

Hope Jadeja gets ripped apart. One of the worst guy to play T20 for India. Playing T20 for India for 14 years.

 

[Devadwal]

Three slips in T20 .have you ever seen?

 

[Devadwal]

Mukesh Kumar is rubbish .

 

[Rana]

Hendricks batting like Rizwan now

 

[The Bald Eagle]

South Africa 22/1 in 3 overs.
M. Breetzke departs after making 4 runs.

 

[Devadwal]

South Africa 23-2 after 3.2 over

 

[Devadwal]

Arshdeep another trundler .

 

[Cricket Warrior]

Another 2 wickets of SA and they are done in this chase.

 

[Cricket Warrior]

Going to be a difficult chase for SA, they are 42/4 in 6 Overs

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Sa 75/5 after 10 overs. Very difficult to turn the fortunes from here. It looks like India is going to level the series.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

SA 94/8 now in 13 overs. India closing in on massive victory here.

 

[MenInG]

 

[The Bald Eagle]

South Africa wasted a great opportunity to grab the series.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Not a good result. Jadeja escaped.

 

[TheRock]

Both these choker teams would get eliminated in the league stage of the WT20 in Windies.

 

[Cricket Warrior]

Suryakumar Yadav smashed a century off just 55 balls to guide India to a huge total in the final T20I against South Africa in Johannesburg.

Having notched up his fourth T20I century, Suryakumar Yadav went level with Rohit Sharma and Glenn Maxwell for most centuries in the format.

All four of SKY's centuries have come in the last two years and each of them has been scored in a different country – he has a century each in England, New Zealand, India and now South Africa.

At 26 off 24 balls at one point, the stand-in skipper took the attack to South Africa in the second half of the innings. The onslaught began in the 13th over where Andile Phehlukwayo was picked apart for three sixes and a four.

Unleashing a flurry of shots after a sedate start, SKY showed just why he has been ranked the No.1 T20I batter in the MRF Tyres ICC Men's Rankings as he went on to record yet another hundred.

Surya's century was laced with seven fours and eight sixes. During the course of his knock, he also became the second-highest six-hitter (123 sixes) for India in T20Is, going past Virat Kohli who has 117 maximums. Only Rohit Sharma (182) has more sixes for India than Yadav in the shortest international format.

Suryakumar Yadav's century propelled India to a massive total of 201, despite losing a flurry of wickets in the last two overs. He was well-supported by Yashasvi Jaiswal (60), with whom he formed a century partnership for the third wicket.

In reply, South Africa stumbled early on and never managed to recover from the three Powerplay wickets. Mohammed Siraj set the tone with some sublime bowling and despite not picking the wicket, built pressure for his fellow bowlers to do the damage at the other end.

The spinners came to the party in the latter half of the innings, with Kuldeep Yadav capping off his birthday with a five-wicket haul and career-best T20I figures (5/17).

Only three Proteas batters managed to get to double figures as they were skittled out for 95 in the final T20I, 106 runs short of the target. The honours were shared between the two teams after the series ended 1-1, with the first game washed out due to rain.

The two teams will remain in Johannesburg for the ODI series, which will commence at the same venue on 17 December.

 

[globetrotter]

Amazing performance by Indian team…

Yashasvi Jaiswal, SKY, Rinku, Kuldeep all rocks