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DURBAN: Spinners Varun Chakravarthy and Ravi Bishnoi took three wickets each after Sanju Samson’s century to help India defeat South Africa in the first T20I of the four-match series here on Friday.

Chasing a target of 203, South Africa were bundled for 141 in 17.5 overs.

The hosts had an unwanted start to the run-chase as they lost skipper Aiden Markram (8) in the first over. They lost two more wickets inside the powerplay before Heinrich Klaasen (25) and David Miller (18) stitched a 42-run partnership to stabilize the innings.

However, Chakravarthy dismissed both batters in the same over to diminish all hopes of South Africa, leaving them struggling at 87-5 inside 12 overs.

Bishnoi also took two wickets in the next over to further increase South Africa’s troubles.

Gerald Coetzee played a cameo of 23 runs from 11 balls before India bundle South Africa for 141, with Chakravarthy and Bishnoi leading the bowling attack.

Avesh Khan also chipped in with two wickets, while  Arshdeep Singh bagged one.

Earlier, South Africa opted to field first and drew first blood with Gerald Coetzee taking the wicket of Abhishek Sharma (7).

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However, Sanju Samson knitted a quick partnership of 66 runs from 37 runs with the captain Suryakumar Yadav (21). Patrick Kruger got rid of Yadav, bringing out Tilak Varma to the crease.

Samson and Varma added 77 runs for the third wicket from only 34 balls to push the team’s total to 167 inside 15 overs. However, both batters fell in quick succession to leave India struggling.

Varma scored 33 runs off 18 balls before falling prey to Keshav Maharaj, while Samson was dismissed by Nqabayomzi Peter in the next over.

Samson top-scored with a blistering 107-run knock from 50 balls, laced with seven boundaries and ten sixes.

South Africa bowlers did not allow India to recover from this double blow as the visitors slipped from 167-2 to 202-8 with the eighth wicket falling off the last ball of the innings.

Coetzee led the bowling attack of South Africa with the figures of 3-37, while Maharaj, Peter, Kruger and Marco Jansen bagged one wicket each.

India Playing XI: Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Varun Chakravarthy

South Africa Playing XI: Ryan Rickelton, Aiden Markram (c), Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Patrick Kruger, Marco Jansen, Andile Simelane, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Nqabayomzi Peter

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Former Test great VVS Laxman will serve as the head coach of India during the upcoming tour of South Africa, where they will play a four-match T20I series.

The series will kick off in Durban on 8 November, followed by subsequent matches in Gqeberha, Centurion and Johannesburg on 10, 13 and 15 November respectively.

Laxman has been appointed to temporarily fill the role of head coach in place of Gautam Gambhir, who will be accompanying the Indian Test team on their journey to Australia for the prestigious Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

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Laxman’s coaching staff will feature members of the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru, like Sairaj Bahutule, Hrishikesh Kanitkar and Subhadeep Ghosh.

It’s worth noting that Bahutule served as the head coach, while Kanitkar and Ghosh served as the batting and fielding coach of India during the recently concluded ACC Men’s T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2024 in Oman.

India T20I Squad for South Africa Series

T20I squad: Suryakumar Yadav (C), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (WK), Rinku Singh, Tilak Varma, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Avesh Khan, Yash Dayal.

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BARBADOS: Pacers forced a comeback of the ages and steered India to edge past South Africa and win the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, here at Kensington Oval on Saturday.

SA 169/8 (20 Overs)

Pandya bowls the final over

SA 161/6 (19 Overs)

Arshdeep bowls the penultimate over

SA 157/6 (18 Overs)

Bumrah bowls his last

SA 155/5 (17 Overs)

Pandya returns

SA 151/4 (16 Overs)

Bumrah comes back

SA 147/4 (15 Overs)

Axar bowls his last

SA 123/4 (14 Overs)

Kuldeep continues

SA 109/4 (13 Overs)

Arshdeep comes back

SA 101/3 (12 Overs)

Kuldeep replaces Pandya

SA 93/3 (11 Overs)

Ravindra Jadeja comes on

SA 81/3 (10 Overs)

Hardik Pandya brought into the attack

SA 71/3 (9 Overs)

8.5: Stubbs steps across and Axar fires it full and at the stumps, bowls him around his legs as he misses the sweep.

Axar bowls his third

SA 62/2 (8 Overs)

Kuldeep continues

SA 49/2 (7 Overs)

Axar continues

SA 42/2 (6 Overs)

More spin as Kuldeep Yadav bowls his first

SA 32/2 (5 Overs)

Axar Patel comes on

SA 22/2 (4 Overs)

Bumrah continues

SA 14/2 (3 Overs)

Arshdeep continues

SA 11/1 (2 Overs)

1.3: Bumrah dismisses Hendricks with a peach. Perfect length to hit the top of the off stump after angling in and veering away so, so late to beat the outside edge as Hendricks looks to defend with a straight bat.

Jasprit Bumrah bowls from the other end

SA 6/0 (1 Over)

Reeza Hendricks and Quinton de Kock come out to open the innings for South Africa. Arshdeep Singh bowls the first over.

INDIA vs SOUTH AFRICA (2nd INNINGS)

BARBADOS: Star batter Virat Kohli scored a gutsy half-century and powered India to a commendable total against South Africa in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 final here at Kensington Oval on Saturday.

IND 176/7 (20 Overs)

Nortje bowls the final over

IND 167/5 (19 Overs)

Jansen bowls the penultimate over

IND 150/4 (18 Overs)

Rabada bowls his last

IND 134/4 (17 Overs)

Nortje replaces Jansen

IND 126/4 (16 Overs)

Shamsi replaces Rabada

IND 118/4 (15 Overs)

Jansen replaces Nortje

IND 108/4 (14 Overs)

13.3: De Kock picks up an attempted flick off the legs from Kohli, swooping and shying at the far end! The ball beats Axar.

Rabada comes back

IND 98/3 (13 Overs)

Nortje replaces Jansen

IND 93/3 (12 Overs)

Shamsi continues

IND 82/3 (11 Overs)

Jansen comes back

IND 75/3 (10 Overs)

Tabraiz Shamsi into the attack

IND 68/3 (9 Overs)

Maharaj replaces Nortje

IND 59/3 (8 Overs)

Markram continues

IND 49/3 (7 Overs)

Anrich Nortje comes into the attack

IND 45/3 (6 Overs)

Aiden Markram comes into the attack

IND 39/3 (5 Overs)

4.3: Rabada joins the party, dismisses Suryakumar Yadav. He steps across to a back-of-a-length ball angled in towards the stumps and whips it away, but close enough to fine leg where Klaasen moves to his left and take a well-judged catch.

Rabada continues

IND 32/2 (4 Overs)

Maharaj continues

IND 26/2 (3 Overs)

Kagiso Rabada comes into the attack

IND 23/2 (2 Overs)

1.6: Maharaj strikes again as Rishabh Pant perishes. A fuller delivery, Pant goes for the sweep but only manages a top edge of the toe end, skying the ball straight to de Kock behind the stumps.

1.4: Maharaj removes Rohit! Floated up slower delivery and he stretches out to sweep but ends up hitting it in the air to the left of square leg, where Heinrich Klaasen takes a good, low diving catch two-handed.

Keshav Maharaj bowls from the other end.

IND 15/0 (1 Over)

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli come out to open the innings for India. Marco Jansen bowls the first over.

INDIA vs SOUTH AFRICA (1st INNINGS)

BRIDGETOWN: India have won the toss and opted to bat first against South Africa in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 final here at Kensington Oval on Saturday.

PLAYING XIs

Both teams are unchanged for the T20 World Cup 2024 Final.

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah.

South Africa: Quinton de Kock (wk), Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (c), Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi.

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Speaking at the toss, Indian captain Rohit Sharma stated he asked his team to stay calm while acknowledging South Africa’s dominant performance in the tournament.

“It’s just about understanding the individual role, keep calm, and play like it’s an international match against a top team. South Africa have played really good cricket in this tournament, we have played really good cricket too, two quality teams,” said Sharma.

Meanwhile, South Africa’s captain Aiden Markram shared that he would have chosen to bat on this pitch. He further stated that his side would be aiming to be at their best and play without any pressure.

“At times probably were not at our best, but we’ve found a way to win. Today we’re striving for that perfect game, even if perfect is not attainable. It’s a fantastic opportunity, no pressure for us, we’ve never been in a final. You can’t win a trophy if you aren’t in the final,” said Markram.

HEAD TO HEAD

India and South Africa have faced each other 26 times in T20 Internationals with the formers having a slight edge in the head-to-head record.

Matches 26, India 14, South Africa 11, NR 1

FORM GUIDE

Both finalists boast a perfect record in the ongoing tournament as they are unbeaten in the tournament.

South Africa defeated Afghanistan by nine wickets in a one-sided affair in the first semi-final in Trinidad, whereas, India edged past defending champions England in the second semi-final in Guyana to book their spot in the final.

India: W, W, W, W, W (most recent first)

South Africa: W, W, W, W, W

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Former England captain Michael Vaughan took a jibe at India following the side’s humiliating defeat to South Africa in the first Test at Centurion’s Supersport Park.

India lost their series opener by an innings and 32 runs inside three days. Rohit Sharma’s side scored 245 in their first innings on the back of KL Rahul’s century.

In reply, South Africa managed 408 as Dean Elgar top-scored with 185 and Marco Jansen and David Bedingham scored 84 and 56 respectively.

India, that were already trailing by 163, were dismissed for just 131 as Nandre Burger returned with a four-wicket haul. Star batter Virat Kohli was the lone ranger as he top-scored with his 76.

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Michael Vaughan, who is covering the ongoing three-match Test series between Australia and Pakistan, shared his views on dismal India’s performance. He called them an “underachieving” team who are nowhere near winning a major ICC tournament.

“I think they are, yeah,” Michael Vaughan said while answering a question whether if India are an underachieving team. “Well, they don’t win anything. When was the last time they won something? With all the talent they have, all the skillsets… they won here (Australia) twice, magnificent but the last few World Cups, been nowhere, T20 World Cups, nowhere.

“You go so South Africa, who are, you know, useful in Test match cricket and to produce a performance like that… I mean, with all the talent they have, and the resources they have, I don’t think they win anything.”

India’s latest heartbreak in a global cricketing tournament came in the final of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 at home turf. Rohit Sharma’s side, who were unbeatean before the finale, were outplayed by six wickets by Australia.

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Injured pacer Mohammed Shami was left out of India’s squad for the two-Test series against South Africa beginning this month after he failed to regain his fitness, the cricket board said.

Shami, 33, was earlier named in the squad announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for the away series but his inclusion was subject to fitness clearance.

“Shami, whose participation in the Test series was subject to fitness has not been cleared by the BCCI Medical Team and the fast bowler is ruled out of the two Tests,” BCCI said in a press release.

Mohammed Shami played a key role during India’s recent World Cup campaign, bagging 24 wickets from seven games to finish as the tournament’s highest wicket-taker.

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India won 10 games in a row in the tournament before losing the final to Australia.

The BCCI also said that medium pacer Deepak Chahar had withdrawn from the one-day squad due to a family emergency.

He was replaced with Akash Deep, who is already in South Africa as part of the India A side.

Batsman Shreyas Iyer will be available for the first ODI but will skip the remaining two in order the prepare for the Test series, beginning on December 26.

The first game of the three-match ODI series begins in Johannesburg on Sunday.

Captain Rohit Sharma, along with Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravichandran Ashwin left for South Africa on Friday and are likely to feature in the practice game on December 20-22 in Pretoria.

India’s updated ODI squad for South Africa series: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sai Sudharsan, Tilak Varma, Rajat Patidar, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (C), Sanju Samson, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Akash Deep.

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KOLKATA: India have won the toss and elected to bat first against South Africa in the 37th match of the ICC World Cup 2023 at Eden Gardens.

India

Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj

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South Africa

Temba Bavuma (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Tabraiz Shamsi, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada

HEAD TO HEAD RECORD:

Overall ODIs: Matches 90, South Africa 57, India 37, NR 3

ODI World Cup: Matches 5, South Africa 3, India 2

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PERTH: South African batters David Miller and Aiden Markram smashed a half-century each to power their side to chase down the 134-run target and sealed a tense five-wicket victory over India in the Super12s fixture of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022.

South Africa’s win over India exerted a major dent in Pakistan’s chances to make their way to the semi-final of the mega event despite defeating the Netherlands earlier in the second match of the tripleheader.

Set to chase 134, South Africa were off to a tense start as the side lost three wickets for just 24 runs inside the power-play.

Following the early attack launched by the Indian pacers, Markram and Miller stitched a gritty 76-run partnership for the fourth wicket and anchored the run chase.

Markram scored 52 off 41 balls with the help of six boundaries and a six before falling victim to Hardik Pandya in the 16th over.

Miller remained unaffected by Markram’s dismissal and powered his side to complete a tense final-over run chase.

He top-scored for his side with an unbeaten knock of 59 in just 46 deliveries, laced with four boundaries and three sixes.

For India, Arshdeep Singh bagged two wickets, while Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin and Pandya struck out a batter each.

Batting first after winning the toss, India had a poor start to their innings as they lost half of the side for just 49 runs as captain Rohit Sharma (15), KL Rahul (9), Virat Kohli (12), Deepak Hooda (0) and Hardik Pandya (2) perished cheaply as right-arm pacer Lungi Ngidi wreaked havoc in his opening spell.

Following the slump, Yadav stood up for his team and embarked on recovery for his side as he stitched a fighting 52-run partnership for the sixth wicket with Dinesh Karthik.

Yadav was the main aggressor of the gritty stand and scored the majority of the runs.

Left-arm pacer Wayne Parnell then brought an end to Karthik’s struggling knock as he struck in the 16th over to provide his side with a much-needed breakthrough. The wicketkeeper batter could score six off 15 deliveries.

The Indian batting tail then crumbled against the strong South African bowling attack as their key batter Yadav, too, fell in the 19th over.

Yadav top-scored with a magnificent 68-run knock in just 40 deliveries, laced with six boundaries and three boundaries.

Ngidi led the bowling attack for South Africa courtesy of his astounding bowling figures of 4/29, while Parnell returned with 3/15.

PERTH: India won the toss and elected to bat first against South Africa in the last of Sunday’s triple-header of the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022.

PLAYING XIs

India: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hoods, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh

South Africa: Temba Bavuma (c), Quinton de Kock, Rilee Rossouw, Tristan Stubbs, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Wayne Parnell, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi

HEAD TO HEAD (T20Is)

Matches 23, India 13, South Africa 9, NR 1

FORM GUIDE

India: W, W, L, W, W
South Africa: W, NR, W, L, L

INDORE: South Africa’s left-handed batter Rilee Rossouw wreaked havoc over the Indian bowling line-up as he smashed a 48-ball century in the third T20I to power his side to a massive 49-run consolation victory.

Batting first on the invitation of the hosts’ captain Rohit Sharma, South Africa finished at a mammoth 227/3 in 20 overs at the back of a magnificent century from Rossouw.

The touring side had a dismal start as they lost their captain Temba Bavuma (3) cheaply at a combined score of 30 in the fifth over.

Following the early slump, wicketkeeper batter Quinton de Kock and Rossouw stood up for their team and added a crucial 90 runs for the second wicket.

The stand was majorly dominated by de Kock, who, however, fell in the 12th over after a terrific half-century; scoring 68 off 43 with the help of six boundaries and four sixes.

Rossouw, on the other hand, seemed unaffected by de Kock’s dismissal and carried on the onslaught on the Indian batters as he top-scored for his side with an unbeaten century knock. He scored 100* off just 48 deliveries including seven boundaries and eight sixes.

Last match centurion for South Africa – David Miller scored an unbeaten 19 off a mere five including three consecutive sixes in the final over.

For India, Umesh Yadav and Deepak Chahar managed to make one scalp each.

Set to chase a mammoth 228, India fell 49 runs short as the home side bundled out for 178 in the 19th over.

Dinesh Karthik top-scored for India with a quickfire knock of 43; facing a mere 21 deliveries and smashing four boundaries and as many sixes, while Chahar chipped in with a crucial 31 at the death.

The rest of the Indian batters failed to contribute significantly in the run chase and the hosts, as a result, failed to complete the whitewash over South Africa.

Dwaine Pretorius led the bowling attack for the Proteas with 3/26, while Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, and Wayne Parnell bagged two each. Kagiso Rabada, on the other hand, struck out a batter.

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