India defeated South Africa by 82 runs in the fourth T20I of the five-match series. Batting first, India scored 169 runs for the loss of six wickets in 20 overs. In reply, South Africa could only manage 87 runs in 16.5 overs for the loss of nine wickets. Captain Temba Bavuma retired hurt after being injured. Later he did not even come to bat.
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This is South Africa’s lowest total in T20Is. Earlier, he scored 89 against Australia on 21 February 2020 in Johannesburg. At the same time, the 82-run victory is India’s biggest win over South Africa in terms of runs in T20. Earlier, India defeated South Africa by 48 runs in Visakhapatnam.
Team India’s biggest win over South Africa (in terms of runs)
| how many runs live from |
location | year |
| 82 | Rajkot | 2022 |
| 48 | Visakhapatnam | 2022 |
| 37 | Durban | 2007 |
South Africa’s lowest score in T20
| Score | Against | location | year |
| 87 | India | Rajkot | 2022 |
| 89 | Australia | johannesburg | 2020 |
| 96 | Australia | Cape Town | 2020 |
| 98 | Sri Lanka | Colombo | 2018 |
Dinesh Karthik scored 55 runs for India, while Hardik scored 46 runs. At the same time, Russi van der Dussen scored the highest 20 runs for South Africa. Avesh Khan took four wickets for India’s lethal bowling. The five-match series is currently tied at 2-2. The decider of this series will be played on June 19 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
Batting first after losing the toss, Team India got off to a bad start. India got the first blow on the total score of 13 runs. Rituraj Gaikwad was dismissed for five runs. He was caught by Lungi Ngidi at the hands of wicketkeeper de Kock. After this Shreyas Iyer also could not do anything special. He got out after scoring four runs. He was dismissed albw by Marco Yansen. Ishan Kishan also could not play a big innings and was dismissed after scoring 27 runs in 26 balls.
In his innings, Ishaan hit three fours and a six. Captain Rishabh Pant could score 17 runs in 23 balls. Pant shared a 41-run partnership for the fourth wicket with the vice-captain Hardik Pandya. By the 13th over, Team India had lost four wickets for 81 runs. After this, Pandya along with Dinesh Karthik took Team India to a strong position.
Both shared a 65-run partnership for the fifth wicket. Pandya missed a half-century and was dismissed for 46 runs off 31 balls. He was caught by Lungi Ngidi at the hands of Tabrez Shamsi. Hardik hit three fours and three sixes in his innings. After this Dinesh Karthik got to see the show. Karthik played a brilliant innings of 55 runs in 27 balls.
In his innings, Karthik hit nine fours and two sixes. Karthik scored the first half-century in his 16-year T20 career. He made his debut against South Africa on 1 December 2006. That was also India’s first T20 match.
Akshar remained unbeaten on eight runs and Harshal Patel scored one run. India scored 73 runs in the last five overs i.e. 16 to 20 overs and lost only two wickets. Lungi Ngidi took the highest two wickets for South Africa. At the same time, Marco Yansen, Pretorius, Nortje and Maharaj got one wicket each.
Chasing the target of 170 runs, South Africa’s team got a big blow in the fourth over. Captain Temba Bavuma was injured. Bavuma injured his left elbow and returned to the pavilion after being retired hurt. Bavuma had scored eight runs in 11 balls before he retired hurt. After this, South Africa’s first wicket fell in the fifth over.
Quinton de Kock tried to take a run off Harshal Patel, but when he reached the half crease, Pretorius standing at the other end asked him to return. By then Harshal had hit the ball on the stump. In this way de Kock was run out. He could score 14 runs in 13 balls.