Suryakumar hundred, Kuldeep five-for demolish South Africa

India 201 for 7 (Suryakumar 100, Jaiswal 60, Maharaj 2-26) beat South Africa 95 all out (Miller 35, Kuldeep 5-17) by 106 runs

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Jaiswal got here again from his duck at St George's Park with an entertaining fifty off 34 balls and was outpacing his captain till the thirteenth over. With tempo proving too tempting for the batters, Andile Phehlukwayo opted for a slower ball however Suryakumar picked it up early and despatched it over long-on for six. He despatched the following supply by brief third for 4 after which hit Phehlukwayo for back-to-back sixes over large long-on and midwicket to convey up fifty in 32 balls - fewer than Jaiswal - and demonstrated his potential to benefit from scoring areas aside from his favoured one over the 'keeper's head. His subsequent fifty runs got here off 23 balls as he joined Rohit Sharma and Glenn Maxwell as the one batters to attain 4 lots of in T20Is.

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All however over both aspect of the Powerplay

Markram and Heinrich Klaasen are the type of batters who might rating at greater than 10 runs an over to win a T20I match however wanted to navigate by a wily Indian assault. Arshdeep Singh's slower ball had Klaasen sweeping onerous however not effectively sufficient to get previous deep midwicket and he was caught by Rinku Singh on the boundary. Arshdeep now has 26 T20I wickets this yr, the joint-most amongst Full Member bowlers alongside Mark Adair. Ravindra Jadeja, main the crew Suryakumar off the sector nursing a bruised leg, introduced himself on instantly after the Powerplay, his first ball gripped within the floor and Markram top-edged a pull to Jaiswal. South Africa have been 42 for 4 within the seventh over and their problem was all however full.

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Jadeja ought to have had David Miller in his subsequent over, when he discovered the surface edge with a supply that went straight on and Jitesh Sharma took the catch behind the wicket however Miller was given not out on-field and DRS was not working on the time. Replays later confirmed Miller had hit the ball and may have been out for 18. He went on to attain 35 however India bought their revenge with the opposite batters. Donovan Ferreira, Phehlukwayo and Maharaj have been dismissed in every of the following three overs as Miller might solely watch the collection win transfer additional away. He was the final batter dismissed, within the 14th over.

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