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So, that's it from our side. South Africa prevailed in a cagey encounter to level the series. Credit to the Proteas and it will do their confidence a world of good. Got to feel for Varun Chakaravarthy - it's rare that you pick up a 5-fer and your team ends up on the losing side. India lost tonight after winning 11 games in a row in this format. They would hope that it was a bad day at office and will be eager to bounce back strongly. The action shifts to Centurion for the next game. Join us to catch all the action. This is Abhinav Guha signing off on behalf of Nikhil Jadhav and Venky. Until next time, goodbye and cheers!
Aiden Markram | South Africa captain: I thought we bowled really well, some really good plans and our bowlers executed really well. From the batting point of view, you want to break the back of the chase at the mid-way stage but it didn't work out today. Sometimes when you lose wickets in a cluster it doesn't look pretty. We need to take it on the chin, we are definitely going to keep our brand of cricket going. (On the blow to his helmet and on-field bruise) I'm fine, so far so good. (On Stubbs and Coetzee) They are coming in after a break, nice to see the fire in their bellies. Really proud of course, the role Simelane and Peter played with the ball was massive. To all the guys on the younger side, they inspired the older guys. We need to take one game at at time. We won this game to level the series and we are happy.
Suryakumar Yadav | India captain: You always have to back whatever total you get. Of course, in a T20 game you don't want to get 125 or 140 but I'm proud of the way our boys bowled. (On Varun Chakaravarthy's 5-fer) In a T20 game someone getting a 5-fer defending 125 and in this situation, it's incredible. He worked really hard on his game and he has been waiting for this stage, and everyone enjoyed it. Brilliant performance from him. Two games to go, a lot of entertainment left and it will be fun at Jo'burg.
Tristan Stubbs, Player of the Match: The run rate never got away from us. Coetzee came in and played that innings in the end and we got over the line. He (Coetzee) walked in and said we can win this. It was always two hits away being back to run-a-ball. I just tried to breathe. It's my mom's birthday so there were 20-30 people who came to watch the game. This is my favourite place to play cricket. I was nervous, so I was trying to control by breathing.
Stats by Deepu Narayanan
Most consecutive wins for India in T20Is (including Super Over wins) 12 Nov 2021 - Feb 2022 12 Dec 2003 - June 2024 11 July 2024 - Nov 2024 - streak ended today
Pace vs spin in South Africa innings Pace: 1/86 in 10 overs (ER 8.60) Spin: 6/40 in 9 overs (ER 4.44)
Varun Chakravarthy's 5/17 is the best figures for a bowler from a Full Member nation that ended in a defeat in T20Is. Previous best: 5/22 each by Mustafizur Rahman (vs NZ Kolkata 2016) & Matt Short (vs Eng Cardiff 2024) Previous best for India: 4/13 each by Bhuvneshwar Kumar (vs SA Cuttack 2022) & Ravi Bishnoi (vs Zim Harare 2024)
19:43 Local Time, 17:43 GMT, 23:13 IST: An absolute thirller of a clash at St George's Park and SA have held their nerves to clinch the low-scoring
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Arshdeep Singh to Tristan Stubbs, FOUR, Tristan Stubbs finishes it off in style!
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Arshdeep Singh to Tristan Stubbs, FOUR, to long-on
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Arshdeep Singh to Tristan Stubbs, no run
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Arshdeep Singh to Tristan Stubbs, no run, confusion but no harm done! Back of a length ball outside off, Tristan Stubbs punches it to backward point and takes o
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Arshdeep Singh to Tristan Stubbs, FOUR, to third man