After Abhishek-Sanju, Hardik and Tilak’s blast, India gave target of 232 runs to South Africa
IND vs SA 5th T20 Match: The fifth and last T20 match between India and Sri Lanka is being played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, Team India has scored 232 runs for 5 wickets. Hardik Pandya and Tilak Verma played stormy innings.
Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson gave a fast start
Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma, who came to open for Team India, made a fast start. There was a partnership of 63 runs between the two for the first wicket, but then Abhishek was out after playing a brilliant inning of 34 runs in 21 balls. During this, he hit 6 fours and 1 six.
Suryakumar Yadav flopped again
After this Sanju Samson was out after playing a brilliant innings. Sanju scored 37 runs on 22 balls. During this he hit 4 fours and 2 sixes. Captain Suryakumar Yadav once again flopped and walked away after scoring only 5 runs. After this, the storm of Tilak Verma and Hardik Pandya was seen. Both the players were badly beaten by the South African bowlers.
Stormy half-centuries of Hardik Pandya and Tilak Verma
There was a partnership of 105 runs in 44 balls for the fourth wicket between Tilak Verma and Hardik Pandya. Both of them scored stormy half-centuries. After this, Hardik Pandya was out after playing an innings of 63 runs in 25 balls. He hit 5 fours and 5 sixes. Tilak Verma was also run out in the last over after scoring 73 runs in 42 balls. He hit 10 fours and 1 six. Whereas Shivam Dubey remained unbeaten after scoring 10 runs. Corbin Wash took 2 wickets for South Africa.
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Playing eleven of both the teams
India’s playing eleven: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Varun Chakraborty, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh.
South Africa’s playing eleven: Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (captain), Dewald Brewis, David Miller, Donovan Ferreira, George Linde, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Lungi Ngidi, Otniel Baartman.
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