IND Vs SA, T20 World Cup: Ngidi, Miller Star As Proteas Beat India In Last-Over Thriller

India vs South Africa Highlights: Suryakuamar Yadav played one of the best knocks of his career as he staged a solid fightback to steady India's sinking ship with a counter-attacking fifty.

India vs South Africa Highlights ( Image Source :@ICC / Twitter )

India vs South Africa Highlights: A fiery spell from Proteas pacer Lungi Ngidi (4 wickets for 29 runs), following a heroic 76-run partnership between Aiden Markaram (41-ball 52) and David Miller (46-ball 59*) powered South Africa to a five-wicket win over mighty India on Sunday at Perth Stadium. Proteas are now table-toppers in Points Table in Group 2 with Men in Blue suffering its first defeat. It seemed India was destined to lose tonight as Aiden Markaram, one of main contributors in South Africa's win, survived twice in an over! First, Virat Kohli dropped his catch and then Rohit Sharma missed an easy run-out of Markaram. Chasing a paltry 134 looked easy on paper but Indian pacers came up with a valiant effort to present a tough fight to African batters. However, their efforts went in vain. 

Earlier, India captain Rohit Sharma decided to bat first at the iconic Perth Stadium after winning the toss. Perth is known to be a bowler's paradise and keeping this in mind, Indian team management replaced left-handed spinner Axar Patel with left-handed Deepak Hooda to increase depth in batting.

India were off to a cautious start against the new ball. Openers Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul were avoiding to play risky strokes as they wanted to not give away early wickets. However, pacer Lungi Ngidi rattled India's top order with a 4-wicket haul inside the powerplay. With India's big guns failing in Perth, 'man in form' Suryakuamar Yadav played one of the best knocks of his career as he staged a solid fightback with the bat to steady India's sinking ship with a counter-attacking fifty and stitched a crucial 52-run partnership with Dinesh Karthik for 6th wicket. Batting first, India posted a challenging 134-run target for Proteas.

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India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik(w), Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh.

South Africa (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock(w), Temba Bavuma(c), Rilee Rossouw, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Wayne Parnell, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje.

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