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SA vs IND: India has gained the upper hand in the ongoing T20 between India and Africa. In the last match, South Africa got the target of 125 runs against India. In the 16th over the host team's score was 86 runs for 7 wickets. That means the team needs 39 runs and only three wickets in hand. There was every possibility that the Indian team would win from here. At that time, Gerald Coetzee came to the crease to support Tristan Stubbs and South Africa made a comeback and won the match by 3 wickets with one over remaining.
Coetzee attacked the bowlers all around
South African fast bowler Gerald Coetzee changed the match with the bat. He hit a 103 meter long six on the second ball of Arshdeep Singh's over. In the second over, he hit two fours on the first two balls against Avesh Khan. Due to which the match completely turned towards South Africa. Gerald Coetzee remained unbeaten on 19 runs in just 9 balls. No other batsman in the match had a strike rate above 130.
Stubbs' confidence also increased when Coetzee came out to bat, Stubbs was on 24 off 30 balls. Stubbs also changed his attitude after seeing the lower order batsmen batting. In the 19th over, he hit four fours to Indian fast bowler Arshdeep Singh. He finished the match by hitting a four. Stubbs remained unbeaten on 47 runs off 41 balls.
Gerald Coetzee also bowled brilliantly. He dismissed Abhishek Sharma for 25 runs in 4 overs. Coetzee also took 3 wickets in the first match of the series. During South Africa's defeat in the first match, he scored 23 runs in the lower order with the help of 3 sixes in 11 balls.