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India vs South Africa Highlights, 2nd T20I 2022: India beat South Africa by 16 runs to seal the series 2-0
Wayne Parnell to Rohit Sharma, Short of a length and going down the leg side. Sharma misses his flick. Might have gone off the pads but Rohit Sharma doesn't think so and is not happy. Signals for a review in a funny way.
The physio is out. Rohit Sharma looks fine but needs assistance. He is fine and ready to resume.
Wayne Parnell to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! The skipper is off the mark! Not the most convincing way! On a length and on middle. Sharma looks to paddle it over the leg side but mistimes and it goes off the left forearm and over the slip fielder for a boundary. Rohit Sharma is getting some treatment.
Wayne Parnell to Rohit Sharma, Parnell angles this away, this is full and outside off. Sharma looks to go over covers but plays way inside the line.
Wayne Parnell to Rohit Sharma, Short in length and on middle, it nips a bit in. Sharma stays on his toes as he blocks it out.
Who will bowl from the other end? It is Wayne Parnell.
Kagiso Rabada to KL Rahul, A length ball, outside off. Rahul prods and blocks it again.
Kagiso Rabada to KL Rahul, Length ball, outside off. Rahul blocks it on the off side.
Kagiso Rabada to Rohit Sharma, Leg bye! Rabada follows Sharma on the leg side with a full ball. Rohit tries to heave but misses and it goes off the pads to square leg. A leg bye.
Kagiso Rabada to Rohit Sharma, A length ball, angling around middle, bit of inswing and Sharma stays back to defend.
Kagiso Rabada to KL Rahul, Better from Rabada! This is around off on the shorter side. Rahul gets on his toes and taps it to point for a quick single.
We are all set for the action. The South African players are in the middle. The opening pair of India - Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul are also out in the middle. Kagiso Rabada has the new ball in hand. A slip in place. Let's play...
Kagiso Rabada to KL Rahul, FOUR! What a start for India! Short of a length and outside off, width there and Rahul punches off the back foot through point for a boundary.
The body is feeling pretty good. The last 3-4 games have helped me get back into rhythm. The seam-up deliveries are hitting 140ks and I am thinking clearly. The best way to attack on pitches like the last one (in Trivandrum) was to hit the right lengths in the right channel. You don't need to do anything else and just have to keep it simple. In terms of execution, we didn't try out a lot of plans in the last game because the game didn't go down to the wire. But expect SA to come back hard. I am just going to try and execute my plans and see where it takes me.
India pacer Harshal Patel
Yes (Would have fielded as well). Just want to come out, play some good cricket and entertain the crowd. We have never beaten these guys here and it's gonna take a lot of effort from everyone to do that and we have come out prepared and pretty much ready for the game. Not too sure how the conditions will be. When I touched the pitch there was some stickiness and we gotta be a little cautious at the start. We got a solid batting line-up and it will be a challenge upfront. We are playing the same team.
India skipper Rohit Sharma
India (Unchanged Playing XI) - KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma (C), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (WK), Dinesh Karthik, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Deepak Chahar, Arshdeep Singh.
