END OF OVER:20 | 13 Runs | IND: 283/1 | RR: 14.15
- Sanju Samson109 (56b)
- Tilak Varma120 (47b)
- Marco Jansen4-0-42-0
- Lutho Sipamla4-0-58-1
It's Rahul Dravid's 233 and 72* against Rishabh Pant's 89*in the final of our fan voting exercise to decide the greatest Indian Test performance in Australia this century. Vote here.
6:52pm Wow. Just wow. If you (like me) ran out of superlatives to describe this Indian innings, you'd be forgiven. Abhishek and Samson got the show on the road and gave a glimpse of what could happen. But when Samson and Tilak's charge began, it exceeded all of those expectations, which, in itself, was an achievement. Both of them made a mockery of South Africa's plans, accessed almost every region that could be accessed, and cleared the fence with ease and whenever they wanted to. Both finished with unbeaten tons - Tilak getting to his second consecutive hundred, while Sanju broke a run of two ducks to notch up his third T20I ton.
Not a lot to write home about for South Africa. They were pounded, pummeled and pulverized into submission. Everything they threw at India, came back at them with interest (and some), and a few of their fielders and bowlers might have pulled into the dressing room with sore necks. Jansen was the least expensive, going at 10.5 runs per over, but that was about it.
Not sure if someone from their dressing room will say that India are 15 (or 17 in this case, considering 300 seemed possible) short. But if South Africa indeed do something similar to what they did all those years against Australia, we will have witnessed a truly special performance. Join us in a bit for the chase!
Here's Sampath with another stat: This is now the highest total in all men's T20s in South Africa
300 still on the cards (mathematically). Jansen to bowl the last. How far can India stretch this score?
END OF OVER:19 | 19 Runs | IND: 270/1 | RR: 14.21
- Tilak Varma115 (45b)
- Sanju Samson101 (52b)
- Lutho Sipamla4-0-58-1
- Gerald Coetzee3-0-43-0
This is the highest team total at the Wanderers in T20I cricket