India’s defeat in T20 World Cup, South Africa won the important match by 76 runs

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India suffered a crushing defeat in Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad: An important match of Super-8 round between India and South Africa was played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. In this match, the Indian team had to face defeat by 76 runs, which proved to be a big setback for them.

This was the Indian team’s first defeat in the tournament, and ended India’s **T20 World Cup** consecutive winning streak. Batting first, South Africa scored 187 runs for 7 wickets, while India ended its innings at 111 runs in 18.5 overs.

The magic of the pair of Miller and Brewis

South Africa’s start was nothing special. Captain Aiden Markram (4), Quinton de Kock (6) and Ryan Rickelton (7) were out early. After the fall of the first three wickets, David Miller and young batsman Dewald Brewis made a brilliant partnership of 97 runs in 50 balls for the fourth wicket, which gave strength to the team.

Bumrah’s impressive bowling

Brewis scored 45 runs in 29 balls, which included three fours and three sixes. At the same time, Miller played an aggressive inning of 63 runs in 35 balls and hit 7 fours and 3 sixes in his innings. In the end, Tristan Stubbs strengthened South Africa’s score by scoring 44 runs in 24 balls. For India, **Jasprit Bumrah** took 3 wickets, while Arshdeep Singh took 2 wickets.

India’s slow start

Chasing the target of 188 runs, India had a very poor start. Ishan Kishan was out without scoring any runs. After this, Abhishek Sharma contributed 15 runs and Tilak Verma contributed 1 run. Captain **Suryakumar Yadav** could also score only 18 runs in 22 balls.

Dedication of Indian batsmen

In the middle order, Washington Sundar scored 11 runs and Hardik Pandya scored 18 runs. The maximum runs for India were scored by Shivam Dubey, who played a fighting inning of 42 runs in 37 balls, but he could not get support from other batsmen and could not save the team from defeat.

Big blow to India in Super-8

South Africa’s bowling was amazing, in which **Marco Jensen** broke the axis of India’s batting by taking 4 wickets. Along with this, spinner Keshav Maharaj took 3 wickets. This defeat has given a big blow to India in **Super-8**.