India will meet Sri Lanka in final
India will meet Sri Lanka, who beat the West Indies in the first semi-final on Thursday.
An excellent half-century by skipper Faf Du Plessis and JP Duminy’s brisk unbeaten 45 helped South Africa to a respectable total. Ravichandran Ashwin best of the Indian bowlers, gave away 22 runs in his tidy four overs to claim the key wickets of Hashim Amla (22), Du Plessis and formidable AB de Villiers (10).
After toss win opting to bat first, South Africa lost both openers by the first hour with just 44 runs in six over , Du Plessis (58) added 71 runs with Duminy in 8.4 overs to prop the innings.
India chasing South Africa’s total of 172 for 4 from 20 overs, T20 – 2007 champions, dashing Kohli’s made 72, five fours and two sixes, off 44 deliveries, reached target with five balls to spare.
Parnell bowled one just short of length sending Rahane to pavilion he took 30 balls for his 32 that had two fours and a six.Tahir price break when Yuvraj Singh (18) didn’t get the elevation and A B de Villiers took one of the best catches of the tourney, running from his long-on position.
Comments
Post a Comment