India crush SA by 106 runs to level series after Surya , Kuldeep show

 


An explosive 100 by skipper Surya Kumar Yadav and some brilliant Indian bowling culminating in a quick 5 wicket haul for birthday boy Kuldeep Yadav helped India to level the 3 match T20I series vs South Africa .


Put into bat first India lost a promising looking Gill who after hitting two crisp 4s was lbw to Maharaj for 12 but did not review the lbw verdict  as the ball missed the stumps on replays .  Maharaj got Tilak caught at mid off for 0 off the next ball .


However skipper Surya Kumar Yadav  joined Yashasvi Jaiswal and both started to dominate the bowling with imperious hitting . Ball travelled to all parts of the stadium as the Indian score moved at galloping pace . Jaiswal was cutting and pulling with disdain while Surya played his powerful wristy  flicks for outrageous sixes . The pair added 112 at rollicking pace before Jaiswal departed for a sparkling 60 off 41 balls .


However Surya kept motoring along as he dominated the innings with explosive shots . Rinku scored  14 but not much contributions came from the lower order . Surya reached his outstanding 100 off 55 balls before departing and India finally reached 201/7 in 20 overs .Maharaj and Wiliams took 2 wickets each .


In reply , the Jndian bowlers came out with intent as Siraj bowled a fiery maiden over . Mukesh Kumar took the first wicket getting Breetzke (4) bowled . Though Markram (25) and Reeza Hendricks (8) threatened briefly , the brilliant  runout of Hendricks by Siraj turned the game in India 's favour . From there it was a downward slide for the Proteas as Markram (25) skied Jadeja to be caught by Jaiswal and Klaasen (5) was caught at the boundary by a running Rinku off Arshdeep . David Miller survived a loud caught behind appeal against Jadeja as the ball was spinning but the Kuldeep Yadav show had already started at the other end with Farrera (12) and Maharaj (1) getting bowled . Phehlukwayo was caught and bowled by Jadeja and then Kudeep got the last 3 wickets including Miller (35) lbw to finish with 5/17 . South Africa were 95 all out in just 14 overs to lose by 106 runs .


Surya Kumar Yadav was both the player of the match and player of the series and the series was shared at 1-1 .

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