Flying insects started appearing everywhere on the 22-yard pitch, after which the umpires thought it best to stop the match for some time. After a brief conversation with the umpires, captain Suryakumar returned to the dressing room with his team. However, after some time the match started again when the insects subsided.
Great batting by Indian batsmen
Tilak Verma created a stir with the bat for Team India. This young batsman took full advantage of the promotion he got in the batting order. Tilak looked in good form from the beginning and made a partnership of 107 runs with Abhishek Sharma for the second wicket. After Abhishek returned to the pavilion, Tilak took charge and took information about every bowler of South Africa. Tilak completed his half-century in 33 balls.
Tilak Verma scored a brilliant century
After scoring his half-century, Tilak changed gears and scored 50 runs in the next 18 balls and completed his first century in T20 International in 51 balls. Tilak remained unbeaten after scoring 107 runs on 56 balls. During this innings he hit 8 fours and 7 skyscraper sixes. At the same time, Abhishek Sharma played a brilliant inning of 50 runs in 25 balls, due to which the Indian team made its highest score against South Africa in T-20.
Arshdeep performed brilliantly with the ball
In response to India’s target of 220 runs, South Africa could score only 208 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs. Marco Jensen batted explosively for the team and played a stormy innings of 54 runs in just 17 balls. While Heinrich Klaasen scored 41 runs in 22 balls. However, the Proteas team fell 11 runs short of the target. Arshdeep Singh wreaked havoc for India in bowling and took three wickets. Along with this, Varun Chakraborty took 2 wickets.