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0.2

Paterson to Sharma, SIX runs, that's short and wide outside off, plenty of width, and Rohit gets underneath the length, slashes and gets enough power behind it to clear the third man boundary

0.5
Paterson to Rohit, SIX, Rohit is one of the good players of the pull shot in the team and he wont mind the short stuff from the bowler.

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0.6

Paterson to Sharma, FOUR runs,

INDIA 18/0 (1/20 ov)

Sharma 18(5
Dhawan 1(1

1.2
Dala to Sharma, FOUR runs,

Review time

Gawn!!!!!!!!

1.5

Dala to Sharma, OUT, short on middle and leg, Rohit backs away, looking to cut the ball over third man. The ball goes through to the keeper, Klaasen goes up in appeal. And he is so confident that they call for the review. Big noise as bat passes ball, there is a spike on Snicko, so South Africa have their first. Junior Dala has his first international wicket!

RG Sharma c †Klaasen b Dala 21 (9b 2x4 2x6) SR: 233.33

IND 23/1 (1.5 Ovs) CRR: 12.55

Suresh Raina at 3

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2.5
Paterson to Raina, SIX runs, flat-batted for six. Raina-d for six. He backs away, gets a short ball, it sits up for Raina, who swats it away in trademark style, over midwicket for six

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2.6
Paterson to Raina, FOUR runs, dropped and it trickles away for four. Back of a length again, around middle, Raina slaps the ball over mid-off, the fielder races back, Behardien the fielder, and gets there. But just can't hold on, the ball slips out of the fingertips and goes for four.

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3.1
Dala to Dhawan, SIX runs, full on middle and leg, in the slot and Dhawan flicks it away for six. Too easy. Flicked away nonchalantly, way over midwicket

gawn

3.6
Dala to Raina, OUT, 147 kph, Dala takes his second. Raina's belligerent innings ends. A full delivery, around middle and leg, Raina clears his front leg, looking to hoick away into the leg side, but the ball takes the leading edge and lobs back to the bowler. An easy catch, Dala is pumped

SK Raina c & b Dala 15 (7b 2x4 1x6) SR: 214.28

4.3
Morris to Kohli, 2 runs,

4.6
Chris Morris to Dhawan, FOUR, to fine leg

4.5
Chris Morris to Dhawan, FOUR, top edge, but it goes straight behind the keeper and fine leg had no chance. Unlucky for the bowler. Short delivery on the stumps, Dhawan pulls

Junior Dala is one angry transformer..

IND 60/2 (5.0 Ovs) CRR: 12

Virat Kohli *3 (5
Shikhar Dhawan 19 (10

5.1
Junior Dala to Kohli, FOUR, stunning hit! Kohli and his cover drives. He actually had to reach out to meet this full ball as Junior Dala bowled way outside off stump, Kohli extended his arms and timed it from the middle of the bat to beat cover

5.5
Junior Dala to Dhawan, SIX, you cannot bowl short and on the leg-side for Dhawan, especially with short boundaries. He waits for the ball to come and swivels and helps it away over the fine leg fence

Kohli given out LBW and he reviews

9.3
Shamsi to Kohli, OUT, and given! Shamsi is absolutely thrilled, but Kohli reviews! Kohli is quite confident. Flat outside off, the ball pitches and spins back in, beats Kohli on the inside edge and hits him in front of middle and leg. Hit him on the back pad. Three reds on HawkEye, so the decision stays. And he finds consolation for the drop in the previous over. Some respite for SA.

Kohli lbw b Shamsi 26(20) [4s-2 6s-1]

In reply to Narper

did he get a send off from Tabraiz?

he sledged the chest pad man in the last odi lol

A sitter was dropped on the boundary off the same bowler. Just to be complete...fair and balanced.

11.1
6
Shamsi to Pandey, SIX runs,

11.3
Shamsi to Dhawan, FOUR, to deep mid-wicket

Shikhar Dhawan *51 (27

11.5
Shamsi to Manish Pandey, no run,
LBW check sent upstairs as the umpire doesn't raise the finger. Got to be hitting the wickets and it's umpire's call. Pandey escapes, South Africa retain the review.

IND 128/3 (12.0 Ovs) CRR: 10.67

13.3
Junior Dala to Dhawan, FOUR, oh my god! This game is so cruel for the bowlers. Thankfully it wasn't coming at it. This is a fast bowler bowling but Dhawan has got down on one knee to slog it him flat over mid-wicket and almost cleared the boundary as well. Gee, such power

13.6
Junior Dala to Dhawan, FOUR, mistimed hit but the ball lands safely at deep mid-wicket. Shortish slower ball, Dhawan doesn't find the middle of the bat

IND 149/3 (14.0 Ovs) CRR: 10.64

S Dhawan* 68 (36

MK Pandey 14 (13

14.3
Phehlukwayo to Dhawan, FOUR, oh hit so well! Didn't bother moving his feet, short and just outside off stump, Dhawan cuts and hits it in the air, gets it to the left of backward point and it runs away for four

Gawn !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Slower delievry

14.4
Phehlukwayo to Dhawan, out Caught by Klaasen!! This is an unfortunate dismissal for Dhawan. Phehlukwayo bowled the slower ball, Dhawan moved across and tried to scoop the ball, the keeper did well too to move quickly to his right as a reaction to the batsman's act at the crease

Dhawan c Klaasen b Phehlukwayo 72(39) [4s-10 6s-2]

IND 155/4 (14.4 Ovs) CRR: 10.57

MS Dhoni comes to the crease

14.5
Phehlukwayo to Dhoni, 1 run, to mid-on

IND 157/4 (15.0 Ovs) CRR: 10.47

Manish Pandey *15 (14

MS Dhoni *1(1

15.1
Shamsi to Manish Pandey, 3 runs, nicely opens the face of the bat at the last moment and guides it to third man, Phehlukwayo dives to his left at short third man but fails to stop the ball

IND 164/4 (16.0 Ovs) CRR: 10.25

IND 170/4 (16.4 Ovs) CRR: 10.2

16.6
Chris Morris to Dhoni, FOUR, to deep backward point

17.2
Paterson to Dhoni, FOUR, oh what power from Dhoni! Jumps out of the crease, converts it into a half-volley and muscles it past mid-off, thankfully the bowler didn't fancy stopping that with his boot

18.1

Morris to Dhoni, OUT, bowled him. Morris foxes Dhoni. He walks across the stumps expecting a wide yorker again. But this is speared in at leg stump and Dhoni can't get bat on it

MS Dhoni b Morris 16 (11b 2x4 0x6) SR: 145.45

18.4
Chris Morris to Hardik Pandya, FOUR, to backward square leg

18.3
Chris Morris to Hardik Pandya, FOUR, did he even see that ball? Swung really hard at it, got into a good position to pull this short ball and square leg had no chance

IND 203/5 (20.0 Ovs) CRR: 10.15

RSA 6/0 (1.0 Ovs) CRR: 6 REQ: 10.42

2.5
Bhuvneshwar to Smuts, out Caught by Dhawan!! That has gone past the atmospheric layer and into the stratosphere. Full delivery on the pads, a lofted whip and the ball is launched into the clouds, before Dhawan judges it to perfection and settles under it. India draw first blood.

Smuts c Dhawan b Bhuvneshwar 14(9) [4s-3]

RSA 35/1 (4.0 Ovs) CRR: 8.75 REQ: 10.56

Reeza Hendricks *17 (12

Jean-Paul Duminy 2 (3

4.6
Bhuvneshwar to Duminy, out Caught by Raina!! Wow! What a catch running backwards by Raina! A length ball on middle and ironically, a Raina-esque heave onto the on-side by Duminy, and Raina just ran back and showed immaculate judgement to grab that as it fell out of the night sky. The skipper departs.

Duminy c Raina b Bhuvneshwar 3(7)

RSA 41/2 (6.0 Ovs) CRR: 6.83 REQ: 11.64
South Africa need 163 runs in 84 balls

11.5
Chahal to Hendricks, FOUR, square of the wicket

11.4
Chahal to Hendricks, FOUR, crouches down and slog sweeps the ball away

11.2
Chahal to Behardien, FOUR, reverse sweep and four! The batsman played it fine enough to send it past the man at short third man. The Proteas will take it

Reeza Hendricks 51 (37

RSA 112/3 (13.0 Ovs) CRR: 8.62 REQ: 13.14
South Africa need 92 runs in 42 balls

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13.1
Bumrah to Behardien, SIX, welcome Mr. Bumrah says Behardien. Drifting on to the pads and clipped away with disdain

14.6
Chahal to Behardien, out Caught by Manish Pandey!!

Behardien c Manish Pandey b Chahal 39(27) [4s-3 6s-2]

RSA 129/4 (15.0 Ovs) CRR: 8.6 REQ: 15
South Africa need 75 runs in 30 balls

RSA 139/4 (16.0 Ovs) CRR: 8.69 REQ: 16.25
South Africa need 65 runs in 24 balls

17.1
Bhuvneshwar to Hendricks, out Caught by Dhoni!! The slower wide ball does it for India and Bhuvneshwar. The ball soared up high and the revs in the air never mattered much for the coolest glovesman. He called for it and took it with elan. Has a rise smile on his face

Hendricks c Dhoni b Bhuvneshwar 70(50) [4s-8 6s-1]

17.4
Bhuvneshwar to Klaasen, out Caught by Raina!!

Klaasen c Raina b Bhuvneshwar 16( [4s-1 6s-1]

RSA 158/6 (17.4 Ovs) CRR: 8.94 REQ: 19.71
South Africa need 46 runs in 14 balls

17.5
Bhuvneshwar to Chris Morris, out Caught by Raina!!
Chris Morris c Raina b Bhuvneshwar 0(1)

Bhuvneshwar Kumar *3.5 0 23 5 on hattrick

run out!!!
17.6
Bhuvneshwar to Paterson, out Paterson Run Out!! 1 run completed. Another one gone. They are going down like a lead balloon now. It is a team hat-trick. The shortish ball was punched off the back foot

Paterson run out (Hardik Pandya/Dhoni) 1(1)

19.4
Unadkat to Phehlukwayo, out Caught by Chahal!! Unadkat opens his account. The slower delivery

Phehlukwayo c Chahal b Unadkat 13( [4s-2]

Proteas still #1 in choking

IND 203/5 (20.0 Ovs)
RSA 175/9 (20.0 Ovs) CRR: 8.75
India won by 28 runs

In reply to positiveg

Even after transformation?