Champions Trophy Match Peek Review: India walkover South Africa and enter Semi’s

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Match Basics

Match: South Africa vs India

Group: A

Date: 11th June

Ground: The Oval, London

Umpires: PR Reiffel, Australia and Aleem Dar, Pakistan

Toss won by: India and decided to field

 

Scorecard Summary

1st Team Play: South Africa 191 in 44.3 Overs

–          Performers: Batsman – Q. de Kock 53.  Bowlers – B. Kumar 2 for 23, J.J. Burmah 2 for 28.

Target: 192

2nd Team Play: India 193 for 2 in 38.0 Overs

–         Performers: Batsmen –  S. Dhawan 78, Y.Kohli 76.

Result:   India won by 8 wickets

Man of Match: J.J. Bumrah, India

Champions Trophy Standings: as of 12.6.2017 – Updated: 1:00 am PST

 

Highlights

-South Africa had a convincing start through its first four batsmen, after their dismissals the self- destruction started and continued till the end. but a low-spirited finish.

-Overall India performed extremely well in all departments – Bowling, Fielding and Batting which enabled the team to moreover keep a tight winning grip of the match.

– All the bowlers bowled very well and in a controlled manner an example being of Jadeja who in his 10 allotted  overs did not give away a single boundary.

– The Indian fielders were very successful in building pressure on South Africa by restricting their running between the wickets.

 

Teams

 

South Africa:

AB de Villiers –Captain,

Andile Phehlukwayo,

Chris Morris,

David Miller,

Faf du Plessis,

Hashim Amla,

Imran Tahir

JP Duminy,

Kagiso Rabada,

Morne Morkel,

Quinton de Kock

 

India:

Bhuvneshwar Kumar,

Hardik Pandya,

Jasprit Bumrah,

Kedar Jadhav,

MS Dhoni,

Ravindra Jadeja,

Rohit Sharma,

  1. Ashwin,

Shikhar Dhawan,

Virat Kohli – Captain,

Yuvraj Singh,

 

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