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India vs South Africa, 1st T20I Highlights: David Miller, Rassie van der Dussen shine as South Africa beat India by 7 wickets
Avesh Khan to Temba Bavuma, Back of a length, on middle. Bavuma turns it towards mid-wicket for a single.
Avesh Khan to Temba Bavuma, FOUR! Cheeky but effective! Fuller and on off, Bavuma shuffles right across the stumps and ramps it fine of the fielder at short fine leg for another boundary.
Avesh Khan to Temba Bavuma, FOUR! Nonchalant from Temba Bavuma! Length ball, on off. Bavuma gets low and with just a flick of the wrist gets it over square leg for a boundary. The first one off the bat in this innings.
Avesh Khan to Quinton de Kock, TWO WIDES! Oh, that one flew off the surface! Banged in short and down leg, de Kock misses the pull and Pant fails to collect it cleanly. The batters sneak in a single as well.
Avesh Khan to Quinton de Kock, Quinton de Kock can't find the gap! A bit short and wide, there to be hit. De Kock taps it sweetly but straight to the man at cover-point.
Avesh Khan to Quinton de Kock, Avesh Khan starts off with a fullish delivery on off. The ball just shapes back in a touch as de Kock pats it back to the bowler.
Who will bowl from the other end? It is Avesh Khan.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Quinton de Kock, A single to end the first over and 7 runs come off it. Around the top of off, de Kock hangs back and just taps it towards point for a quick single.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Temba Bavuma, A tad shorter and around the pads, Bavuma flicks it off his hips towards deep square leg and gets off the mark with a single.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Temba Bavuma, Another big inswinger from Bhuvneshwar Kumar, swinging in from the off stump. Bavuma misses and gets hit on the pads. Bhuvi appeals but it's probably swinging down leg.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Temba Bavuma, FOUR LEG BYES! Big inswinger from Bhuvi and it's baffled everyone! Length ball, around off and this one swings back in a mile. Temba Bavuma gets hit on the back leg and the ball goes in between the keeper and first slip for a boundary.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Quinton de Kock, Good running! Around off, played with soft hands onto the off side and Quinton de Kock races through for a quick single. South Africa are up and running here.
We are back for the chase. The players are out in the middle. Temba Bavuma said earlier he will open and he walks out with Quinton de Kock. Bhuvneshwar Kumar to start with the ball. Here we go...
Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Quinton de Kock, Good shot for no run! Bhuvneshwar Kumar starts off with a regulation length ball outside off. Quinton de Kock drives it sweetly but straight to the man at cover.
South Africa got a bit of purchase early on but the rub of the green was with India. The bowlers asked questions in the first phase but never kept a lid on the run flow and failed to take wickets in a flurry as well. They found one but till then the batters had already done damage to the scoreboard before walking away. The spinners got some sharp turn as well but leaked runs and a lot of them. South Africa have a big chase waiting now.
On this wicket it is a very good total as it was not easy and the ball wasn't coming properly initially so we had to keep the intent at the same time and I think it worked well for my team. It was important to keep the shape initially and I was just planning to watch the ball till the last moment and keep the shape going. We have to use the powerplay well as it won't be easy to score easily for the upcoming batters and my job was to hit the bad balls for boundaries and keep the bowler under pressure. When the left-arm spinner came onto bowl, I told Shreyas that I will take my chances and told him that he can attack when Shamsi was bowling, because you have to be smart at this level. We just planned and it went our way. I thought 150 was a good total and now the job is to keep things simple and hit the right areas. We just need to keep that discipline and character. We should be able to defend it, but cricket is a funny game and anything can happen and they just need 1-2 batters to get going and our job is to not focus on what they are gonna do, we will try and emulate what we did in the practice sessions and what we planned with the support staff. We will keep it simple.
Ishan Kishan (76 off 48; 3x6s, 11x4s)
...The Chase...
What an entertaining start to the series! A box-office innings from India! It was all possible with a great start and it was well delivered by Ishan Kishan. Shreyas Iyer too came out with intent and started dealing in boundaries and both made sure the run rate kept floating around 10. Once both fell, Rishabh Pant and Hardik Pandya continued the good work and both went hard from the first ball and helped India get past 210-mark.
