India v South Africa T20 suspended due to crowd trouble

“Our spinners are experienced enough, understood the line and length to bowl”. SA 18-1, 4 overs. Amla was out in the second over of the chase, flicking one from Ashwin to Rohit Sharma at leg slip. SA 13-1, 2 overs.

Another soft dismissal as Patel flicks to the midwicket fielder.

Just a ball later, Harbhajan Singh was bowled by a Tahir googly and while R Ashwin managed to stave off the hat-trick, India were staring down the barrel at this stage.

India are in deep trouble as Raina departs driving Tahir straight to cover point. Ind 58-4, 10 overs. India 43-3, 7.5 overs.

Two balls later, a hesitant Virat Kohli was caught short by Morris’s strong return from midwicket at the batting end, going for the second run.

Chris Morris was the first to strike, with Shikhar Dhawan striding across and already through his shot before a slower delivery on off could reach him. At the start, South Africa backed Faf du Plessis’s decision to field on a fresh pitch in Cuttack’s first-ever T20I with attacking bowling and sharp captaincy.

Rohit Sharma was important of the efficiency of India’s medium pacers of their loss against South Africa within the T20 collection opener at Dharamsala and urged them to step up, Times of India stories.

“Cuttack should not be given an worldwide for the next couple of years”.

JP Duminy remained unbeaten on 30, hitting the winning boundary off Suresh Raina. I am pretty disappointed, it was unfortunate. “We have to see what the captain thinks”. “They are massive players for us in all formats, and this keeps them fresh and all the teammates enjoy this fresh perspective”. Duminy had virtually sealed the fate of the match when he smashed three successive sixes off Axar Patel in the 16th over. “But when you play these kind of tournaments, you grow as a cricketer”, he said.

The visitors are likely still basking in satisfaction over the way they coped with pressure, especially as it was a few of their lesser lights who shone in Dharamsala.

“I arrived on Friday during the first T20 and got one practice session but it’s nice”, Albie said after the game. It’s a long tour for us but we have started well and we are happy with this performance. India followed up their 199-run score in the first T20I with a awful display in the second, losing wickts in a heap as the South African bowlers stuck to their basics and let India implode. His unbroken partnership of 105 with Farhaan Behardien (32) helped carry the Proteas through. I have learnt a lot from David Millers and AB de Villiers as well.

“Look, it’s an easy job to be a captain when your bowlers perform like that”, de Plessis said. “It was nice to stay calm, and JP had a calming influence on me”.