India restrict wasteful Proteas
STUMBLE SA pay price for poor running between the wickets and some indisciplined batting and set India a target of 192 IT WAS A SHAME TO SEE TWO SET BATSMEN GIFTING AWAY THEIR WICKETS AFTER SHOWING GREAT APPLICATION WHEN THE BALL WAS NEW.
tled the off-stump. De Kock scored 53 off 72 balls.
The exit of Faf du Plessis (157/5 in the 34th over) put the skids on the South Africans. The Indian bowlers consolidated with better length and line and smart fielding.
Jasprit Bumrah’s back-toback wickets of Chris Morris and Andile Phehlukwayo ensured that the South Africans would produce no fireworks in the final 10 overs.
It was a mini-procession thereonce after as Bhuvneshwar Kumar missed a hattrick. JP Duminy, never in control of his edgy innings, was left stranded on a laborious 20 (41 balls) as South Africa, lost their last wicket, again due to a run out.
Virat Kohli rotated his bowlers well and Jadeja once again stood out with his nagging line and length. So much so that not a single boundary was scored off his 10 overs that produced just 39 runs. He was the only bowler not to concede a wide as India gave away 16 extra runs, 10 of them being wides.
India’s fielding, a department that was a bit scrappy, looked sharp as the three runs outs justified. South Africa’s communication skills on a big day were simply atrocious.