Clinical South Africa level series with dominant win

Wednesday 20th December 2023 05:34 EST
 

In a role-reversal of sorts, South Africa thumped India by eight wickets in the second ODI of the three-match series at St George's Park on Tuesday to draw level in the series with a game to play. Tony de Zorzi's maiden ton headlined the win that was majorly set up by a collective bowling performance led by Nandre Burger (3/30) and Beuran Hendricks (2/34).
Chasing an under-par target of 212, the South African openers were severely tested in the first ten overs with the ball swinging and seaming. The variable bounce also made things harder but it was one of those days when India's bowlers could only beat the bat and not find the edge. Arshdeep Singh in particular cranked it up with the new ball and on another day, the hosts could have lost a plethora of early wickets like they did in the series opener. Earlier on, put into bat, India were off to a shocking start as Ruturaj Gaikwad fell off just the second ball of the game, LBW to a pacy Burger inswinger. The left-arm pacer proved too hot to handle in his new-ball spell as he also nipped out a struggling Tilak Varma. However, Sai Sudharsan and skipper KL Rahul put on a steady 68-run stand to put the innings on track as India slowly managed to get some momentum into their innings. The Men in Blue secured a victory over the Proteas by 8 wickets in the first ODI, which took place at the Wanderers Stadium on December 17. The Indian team is captained by KL Rahul while Aiden Markram is at the helm for the host team.
Suryakumar, Kuldeep star as India crush South Africa
In the third T20 series, India defeated South Africa by 106 runs, tying the three-match series 1-1. After being assigned to bat first, captain Suryakumar Yadav scored an incredible 100 runs off just 56 balls, his fourth T20I century, as India amassed 201 for 7. Yashasvi Jaiswal, the opener, scored 60 off of 41 balls. Then, in 13.5 overs, India bowled South Africa out for 95.
Ravindra Jadeja took two wickets while Kuldeep Yadav claimed five for 17 runs.


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