GUWAHATI, Nov 11: Spinner Varun Chakravarthy’s maiden fifer in T20Is ended in a losing cause as South Africa edged out India by 3 wickets in a low-scoring second T20I at Gqeberha, South Africa, on Sunday (Nov 10).
With yesterday’s victory, the four-match series is now level at 1-1.
Besides drawing the hosts level, the victory also halted India’s 11-match winning streak in the shortest format of the game.
Chasing a modest target of just 125 runs, a victory for South Africa looked alomst improbable, at least for Indian fans, after the hosts slumped to 86 for 7 needing 39 runs in 26 balls before some power hitting from Gerald Coetzee and a matured knock under pressure from the dangerous Tristan Stubbs saw them home.
Brief Scores:
India: 124/6 (Hardik Pandya 39, Peter 1-20, Simelane 1-20) South Africa: 128/7 (Stubbs 47, Coetzee 19*, Varun Chakravarthy 5-17)
