New Delhi (Nilesh Tiwari), November 11: South Africa won a nail-biting contest against India by 3 wickets in the second T20I in St George’s Park, Gqebera, on Sunday. Tristan Stubbs scored 47 runs to help South Africa win by three wickets against India, tying the series at 1-1.
South Africa won the toss and opted to bowl India’s innings as they scored 124/6 against South Africa. Proteas made a strong start to their chase and achieved the target in 19 overs and leveled the series at 1-1.
Full Scorecard:
INDIA SCORECARD:
ABHISHEK 4(5) SANJU 0(3) SURYAKUMAR 4(9) TILAK 20(20) HARDIK 39(45) RINKU SINGH 9(11) AXAR PATEL 27(21) ARSHDEEP SINGH 7(6)
SOUTH AFRICA BOWLING:
MARCO JANSEN 1 WICKET MARKRAM 1 WICKET GERALD COETZEE 1 WICKET PETER 1 WICKET SIMELANE 1 WICKET
SOUTH AFRICA SCORECARD:
MARKRAM 3 (8) RIYAN. 24 (13)
MILLER. 0(1) KLASEEN. 2(3) TRISTAN. 47(41) JANSEN. 12(8) SIMELANE 7(10) GERALD 19(9)
INDIA BOWLERS:
VARUN CHAKRAVARTHY WICKET
ARSHDEEP SINGH
We always back whatever total we put up, and I reminded the team to fight till the end, regardless of the score. In T20, defending 125 isn’t ideal, but I’m proud of how we bowled. Varun Chakaravarthy’s five-wicket haul was remarkable, especially under pressure defending a low total. He’s worked hard, and it showed today. We are heading to Jo’burg with the series tied 1-1, and it promises to be exciting cricket
Aiden Markram | South Africa Captain:
I thought we bowled well today. The bowlers stuck to the plans, and I am proud of them. Our batting wasn’t great as we lost wickets in clusters, which made things tricky. Thankfully, my finger’s doing fine. Hats off to Coetzee and Stubbs, they came off a break and showed great hunger. To deliver such a performance against India is always satisfying. Leveling the series going into the Highveld is fantastic, even if it was not the way we ideally wanted to get over the line.
Player of the Match: Tristan Stubbs
