India (219/6) defeat South Africa (208/7) by 11 runs to lead the 4-match T20I series by 2-1

[BouncerGuy]

Suryakumar Yadav's Team India is gearing up to face South Africa in the third T20I of the four-match series today on Wednesday evening at SuperSport Park in Centurion. After a setback at St George's Park, the visitors are looking to bounce back.

India secured a commanding 61-run victory in the first T20, setting a target of 203 that South Africa failed to chase. In the second match, despite Varun Chakravarthy's remarkable five-wicket haul, India narrowly lost by three wickets in a tightly contested game.

Squads:

India Squad: Sanju Samson(w), Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Axar Patel, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakaravarthy, Avesh Khan, Jitesh Sharma, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Ramandeep Singh, Yash Dayal

South Africa Squad: Ryan Rickelton, Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram(c), Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen(w), David Miller, Andile Simelane, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Nqabayomzi Peter, Patrick Kruger, Mihlali Mpongwana, Donovan Ferreira, Ottneil Baartman

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[sweep_shot]

Hopefully South Africa will win this one and make it 2-1.

 

[JaDed]

Hopefully South Africa will win this one and make it 2-1.

Will it matter lol, such an inconsequential game.

 

[FearlessRoar]

South Africa have won the toss and have opted to field

Teams:

India (Playing XI): Sanju Samson(w), Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Ramandeep Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakaravarthy

South Africa (Playing XI): Ryan Rickelton, Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram(c), Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen(w), David Miller, Marco Jansen, Andile Simelane, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Lutho Sipamla

 

[Champ_Pal]

Samson at his mercurial best.

2 ducks after 2 centuries. Cleaned up by Jansen again.

Bowled by an ordinary delivery.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Tilak in aggressive mood. Hope he rotates the strike and not play too many dot balls.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Samson at his mercurial best.

2 ducks after 2 centuries. Cleaned up by Jansen again.

Bowled by an ordinary delivery.

People were comparing him with peak rohit

 

[Champ_Pal]

Abhishek is hacking.

 

[Champ_Pal]

People were comparing him with peak rohit

Rohit was similar too. Very inconsistent in his first 5 years of his career. Even now, Rohit is like that a bit.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Lets see if Abhishek uses this opportunity. He is utterly brainless when it comes to shot selection.

 

[sweep_shot]

India - 41/1 (3.4 overs).

 

[Champ_Pal]

200 is minimum on this wicket. Beautiful batting surface.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Abhishek exposes his stumps way too often to score big hits. Extremely low percentage of success. He needs to understand that runs can be scored without trying to get out.

 

[Devadwal]

Empty threads for indian matches tells us how much is this series important for indian fans .

 

[Champ_Pal]

Empty threads for indian matches tells us how much is this series important for indian fans .

I am only watching to see what the bench strength can do.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Sipamla flukes.

SKY gone.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Would love to see Ramandeep Singh bat. What is the point of Hardik coming in these meaningless bilaterals?

 

[sweep_shot]

India - 120/3 (11 overs).

SA are pulling things back.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

120/3

 

[Champ_Pal]

Pandya playing a selfish i nnings. Totally sucked the momentum out of Indian batting after that start.

Now he is gone. Horrible innings. Not sure what he was doing there.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Pandya also wastes a review.

 

[Devadwal]

seen few overs when Hardik was batting

He is not playing for the team , somthing is cooking in his mind after they did not make him captain.

A very egoistic player

 

[Rajdeep]

The most worthless player in our team is the captain himself...only hype.

 

[Devadwal]

The most worthless player in our team is the captain himself...only hype.

Riyan parag is must for Middle overs .

 

[Devadwal]

This is very high scoring ground .

Even 230 is not a safe total at all.

 

[Champ_Pal]

seen few overs when Hardik was batting

He is not playing for the team , somthing is cooking in his mind after they did not make him captain.

A very egoistic player

Hardik was very selfish. He is a much better player than what he showed. Agreed that something is going on in his mind.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Rinku Singh has lost his batting skills. He is playing as a pure batsman and has shown nothing that he deserves a place in the team. He is struggling mightily in international cricket. In fact he struggled badly in last year IPL too IIRC.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Meanwhile Ramandeep showing why he he should be batting in middle order and not lower order. He is a batsman that deserves in the top or middle order.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

This is very high scoring ground .

Even 230 is not a safe total at all.

Yeah even 258 has been chased here, lol. No safe score at Supersport park

 

[Champ_Pal]

Tilak brilliant innings. Certainly eye catching one that will put him in selection radar for at least an year.

 

[SpiritOf1903]

Indian production line is epic

 

[Aang_The_last_airbender]

Yeah even 258 has been chased here, lol. No safe score at Supersport park

I dont think pitch is that comfortable. South Africa will roll over around 160

 

[Aang_The_last_airbender]

Batters are not able to time the ball well .... if we ball well it should be easy win

 

[Nikhil_cric]

I dont think pitch is that comfortable. South Africa will roll over around 160

The square boundaries are really short - shorter than Chinnaswamy and it's at an elevation of 1450 m. The ball really flies here

 

[Aang_The_last_airbender]

The square boundaries are really short - shorter than Chinnaswamy and it's at an elevation of 1450 m. The ball really flies here

Pitch is two paced ... Tilak Verma made it look too easy rest no one was even able to place bat on ball and thanks to nearly 20 extra runs and balls by South Africa. Its a tough pitch.

 

[followed]

Lol this tilak verma guy was struggling like no tomorrow in emerging cup.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Pitch is two paced ... Tilak Verma made it look too easy rest no one was even able to place bat on ball and thanks to nearly 20 extra runs and balls by South Africa. Its a tough pitch.

New ball is easier to score. As the ball receives some pounding in the power play, it is getting difficult for batsmen to time.

Credit to Tilak and Abhishek for utilizing the powerplay very well.

Pandya and Rinku killed the momentum. Otherwise, India would have scored 250.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Lol this tilak verma guy was struggling like no tomorrow in emerging cup.

That is his weakness. He blows hot and cold like many young Indian batsmen.

He just turned 22. Lots of time to improve on that consistency.

 

[followed]

That is his weakness. He blows hot and cold like many young Indian batsmen.

He just turned 22. Lots of time to improve on that consistency.

Apart from yashasvi jaiswal I don't really see any special talent in India. I could be wrong though.

 

[Cricket Warrior]

SA needs to attack Indian pacers to make this chase possible because i dont think they can attack their spinners.

 

[sweep_shot]

Game has been paused due to flying ants.

#AfricaProblem

SA - 7/0 (1 over; target: 220).

 

[Rana]

India on two occasions post 200+

Recently they smashed close to 300 in T20….

(All without Jaiswal)


Yet we have a Pakistan cricket fan here who claims he cannot see any talent coming out of India besides Jaiswal.

This is the reason why I argue Pakistan cricket fans are as mediocre as their sides white ball approach.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Apart from yashasvi jaiswal I don't really see any special talent in India. I could be wrong though.

Jaiswal and Gill are set to represent India for a decade. The rest of the spots are up for grabs in T20's. The likes of Pandya, SKY will only be there for another 2 or 3 years. SKY is 34 already. He will be the first one to go when he hits 36.

Lots of spaces will be up for grabs in the batting lineup in a couple of years. So far no one has performed consistently to announce themselves. Samson did it with a couple of centuries, but threw it away with a couple of ducks. Abdhishek reminds me of slightly better version of Kishan. Not much different though.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Game has been paused due to flying ants.

#AfricaProblem

SA - 7/0 (1 over; target: 220).

Africa always has these weird problems.

 

[Kianig89]

So the Rona Dhona also carried to this thread

 

[Rana]

So the Rona Dhona also carried to this thread

Maybe covid fans should refrain from belittling Indian cricket? Especially when they are promoters of two openers who struck at 90 and 100 in the last two ICC tournaments?

 

[Kianig89]

Maybe covid fans should refrain from belittling Indian cricket? Especially when they are promoters of two openers who struck at 90 and 100 in the last two ICC tournaments?

Have known Indian cricket since the time of Saba Karim Vijay Dhaiya & Sunil Joshi, stop hyping them

 

[Rana]

Have known Indian cricket since the time of Saba Karim Vijay Dhaiya & Sunil Joshi, stop hyping them

Bongiya band karo please!

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

Why is Rabada, Nortje and Ngidi? Who are these Sipamla and simelane?

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Why is Rabada, Nortje and Ngidi? Who are these Sipamla and simelane?

Ngidi is no longer first choice.

I don't think Nortje has signed a central contract.

Rabada has been rested because there's a long home Test season coming up and he just finished a tour of Bangladesh

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

Ngidi is no longer first choice.

I don't think Nortje has signed a central contract.

Rabada has been rested because there's a long home Test season coming up and he just finished a tour of Bangladesh

I would have Ngidi over these club level bowlers.

Surprised to know about Nortje and quite understandable in Rabada's case.

I would have loved to see Ngidi and Nortje at least to make it bit more interesting. Right now it looks a local club bowlers vs India

 

[Champ_Pal]

I would have Ngidi over these club level bowlers.

Surprised to know about Nortje and quite understandable in Rabada's case.

I would have loved to see Ngidi and Nortje at least to make it bit more interesting. Right now it looks a local club bowlers vs India

Jansen and Coetzee are very good. Maharaj is good.

Sipamla and Similane seems to be a DEI recruits. Not international quality.

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

Jansen and Coetzee are very good. Maharaj is good.

Sipamla and Similane seems to be a DEI recruits. Not international quality.

Yes Jansen was extremely good despite high score from India. Maharaj too did well on a pitch which offers nothing to spinners.

Coetzee is too new, played just 9 T20 internationals, long way to go.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Axar is unlucky.

 

[Smbhayi]

So Samson scored another duck.. He'll be a better ODI bat than a T20I bat... He bats well when he takes time to settle in..

Anyway brilliant innings by Thilak Varma, excellent finish by him too despite other end batsmen had a horrible game (except Ramandeep Singh)..

 

[Rana]

Apart from yashasvi jaiswal I don't really see any special talent in India. I could be wrong though.

It’s not you could be. You are wrong. Don’t underestimate yourself in being clueless.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

I would have Ngidi over these club level bowlers.

Surprised to know about Nortje and quite understandable in Rabada's case.

I would have loved to see Ngidi and Nortje at least to make it bit more interesting. Right now it looks a local club bowlers vs India

Nortje's extra pace would have been useful no doubt. But Saffers rarely seem to play both Coetzee and Nortje together.

Ngidi has an economy rate of 10 against India and in his last 35 T20Is has an economy rate of 9.76.

He was getting smashed by Irish batters last time played any international cricket.

I don't think he would have improved this side much to be honest.

 

[Hellion]

Apart from yashasvi jaiswal I don't really see any special talent in India. I could be wrong though.

Agreed. India does not have any real talent apart from Jaiswal.

Nothing on Abdullah, Saim, Haider Ali level talents at any rate.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Axar super catch. Redeems himself with the earlier drop.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Good effort from these Indian youngsters. They have performed very well so far in this series.

 

[Devadwal]

BIG klaasen is still there , can he win the match for South Africa?

 

[Nikhil_cric]

BIG klaasen is still there , can he win the match for South Africa?

Gone. Any chance now ?

 

[Devadwal]

Gone. Any chance now ?

Jansen is smashing our trundlers

Maybe he can win for South Africa

 

[Champ_Pal]

Hardik feeding hit me length balls.

Taking revenge on SKY for stealing his captaincy

 

[Champ_Pal]

Jansen is smashing our trundlers

Maybe he can win for South Africa

Not going to win.

Final over by Arshdeep.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

What a fight back by Jansen, anyway it's a done deal

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Jansen is smashing our trundlers

Maybe he can win for South Africa

Yeah. Very difficult ground to defend. Even 222, 258 type scores were chased here in 19 overs previously.

 

[Devadwal]

18 from 4.

What a hitting by Jansen

 

[Devadwal]

Yeah. Very difficult ground to defend. Even 222, 258 type scores were chased here in 19 overs previously.

Sky is not captain material.he is a very average captain.

 

[Smbhayi]

Why Jansen runs that.. He's out anyway..

 

[Nikhil_cric]

14 off 2. Just no wides or no balls Arsh

 

[Mahee]

we already won the world cup and we are the greatest team in the history of T20I cricket, why are we still playing these useless bilateral series ? I don't understand.

 

[Vikram1989]

Extremities of Arshdeep,Samson came out quite nicely. Arsh was very poor on pacers wicket in last match and he is top class on an excellent batting wicket.Avesh must have gone easily 80/90 .

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Good fight from SA but the target was just too much.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Btw is Pandya completely out of the picture for tests?

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Btw is Pandya completely out of the picture for tests?

Hasn't played even FC cricket in 6 years . No chance of Test comeback . He will breakdown in very first bowling innings.

 

[Devadwal]

Hopefully South Africa will win this one and make it 2-1.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Terrific hitting by Jansen. But one must say Hardik pandya played like he wanted to lose the match. Does he want captaincy back?

 

[jnaveen1980]

There is no better place than SA for T20. These grounds, audience are designed for T20 games. Vibe is phenomenal for a pointless bilateral.

 

[sweep_shot]

SA batted very well. Fell short by 11 runs only.

Hopefully they will finish the series on a high (by winning the final game).