Proteas get well from 20‑3 to publish 187‑7, beating the Males in Blue by 76 runs of their first Tremendous 8 match
South Africa captain Aiden Markram celebrates after dismissing India’s Ishan Kishan throughout the Tremendous Wicket Pool match at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday. Photograph: X
South Africa bulldozed defending champions India by 76 runs on Sunday of their Tremendous Eight Group One conflict within the Twenty20 World Cup, underlining their title credentials and sending a powerful sign to their rivals.
Selecting to bat in a rematch of the 2024 World Cup remaining, South Africa surged to a commanding 187‑7 following a outstanding restoration from a precarious 20-3.
In reply, event co-hosts India’s timid top-order faltered swiftly, and their innings by no means fairly escaped the grip of scoreboard stress. They have been bundled out for 111 in 18.5 overs, slipping to their first defeat of the World Cup.
“We performed towards them rather a lot as nicely,” David Miller, whose breezy 63 earned him player-of-the-match award, mentioned of the Indian bowlers.
“So it was simply matching the depth, if not elevating the depth, towards their bowlers, and placing them beneath the pump.
“They’re good bowlers, however they do bowl dangerous balls. So it is ensuring you are in that place to do this.”
Earlier, India shortly took the sting out of South Africa’s top-order following Aiden Markram’s resolution to bat first on the Narendra Modi Stadium.
Jasprit Bumrah bowled Quinton de Kock, whereas Arshdeep Singh had Markram snared at mid-off to depart South Africa with none of their openers inside three overs.
Bumrah’s management (3‑15) shone once more when he, with a deft change of tempo, deceived Ryan Rickelton, who chipped tamely to Shivam Dube at mid‑off.
From there, a blistering 97‑run partnership between Miller and Dewald Brevis (45) not solely halted the slide but additionally turned the warmth again on India.
Brevis missed a nicely‑deserved fifty however Miller powered to his in simply 26 balls.
Spinner Varun Chakravarthy eliminated Miller within the sixteenth over, however Tristan Stubbs offered the final flourish with an unbeaten 44 off 24 balls that included three sixes.
India’s chase started in close to‑an identical style to South Africa’s innings, however with out the identical rescue act.
With three left-handers in India’s high three, off-spinner Markram started with the brand new ball and the ploy quickly paid off.
Markram dismissed the in-form Ishan Kishan within the first over and Marco Jansen dismissed quantity three Tilak Varma within the second.
Opener Abhishek Sharma (15) averted a fourth successive duck however neither he nor Washington Sundar (11) may present the steadiness that India wanted at that stage.
India captain Suryakumar Yadav (18) departed within the tenth over, leaving India reeling at 51-5 and the chase drifting farther from attain with every passing supply.
Keshav Maharaj then successfully extinguished India’s fading hopes in a single telling burst.
The left‑arm spinner dismissed Hardik Pandya (18), Rinku Singh and Arshdeep Singh within the eventful fifteenth over, breaking the again of the decrease center order and clearing the trail for South Africa’s victory.
Dube’s gallant 42 merely lent some respectability to India’s margin of defeat.
Marco Jansen dismissed Dube and Bumrah with successive deliveries to complete with figures of 4-22.
