ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022: South Africa beat India by 5 wickets to top Super 12s Group 2

South Africa's Lungi Ngidi led a fiery pace onslaught to keep India to 133-9 and then Aiden Markram (52) and David Miller (59*) sealed a 5 wicket victory, in the run chase, to put the Proteas top of Group 2 in the Super 12s today, at the Perth Stadium, Perth.       

                              

Match Summary

India vs South Africa, 30th Match, ICC Men's T20 World Cup

India 133/9 (20 ov)

South Africa 137/5 (19.4 ov)

Result - South Africa won by 5 wickets

SCORECARD 

Top Tournament Stats - ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022

Top Batters - Runs Scored

Most Sixes

Top Bowlers - Wickets Taken

Points Table

 

Match Report

 

India won the toss and chose to bat in their bid for a third straight win but the South African quicks made life difficult on a fast and bouncy Perth pitch.

Yadav's 40-ball 68, laced with six fours and three sixes, helped India recover from 49-5.

Ngidi returned figures of 4-29 off his four overs, ably supported by fellow fast bowler Wayne Parnell who finished with 3-15 after starting the innings with a T20 rarity -- a maiden over.

Skipper Rohit Sharma hit a six and a four before being caught and bowled by Ngidi, who returned to the side as South Africa's only change.

He got KL Rahul next for nine but the big wicket came when Ngidi sent back Virat Kohli for 12, caught in the deep,  to silence an Indian-dominated crowd.

Unable to handle the extra bounce on the Perth track, the Indians lost half their side for 49 inside nine overs.

Kagiso Rabada took a stunning catch at long leg to see the back of danger man Hardik Pandya for Ngidi's fourth wicket.

Yadav hit back with a couple of sixes as he rebuilt the innings with Dinesh Karthik.

The in-form Yadav, who hit an unbeaten 51 against the Netherlands in their previous win, even smashed Ngidi for a huge six over fine leg to bring alive the fans. He then reached his fifty off 30 balls with another four.

Karthik tried to join the attack but fell to Parnell, who broke the stand which had been worth 52 and the same bowler finally dismissed Yadav for 68 in the 19th over.

The Proteas needed 134 runs to win and stay unbeaten in the tournament after a washout in their opening match against Zimbabwe and a big win against Bangladesh.

David Miller (59*) and Aiden Markram (52) were the stars with the bat for the Proteas, as they romped home in the final over, winnng by 5 wickets.

Playing XIs

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

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

 

Match Details:

Date: Sunday, October 30, 2022 11:00

Venue: Perth Stadium, Perth

Toss:I ndia won the toss & elected to bat