IND vs SA Ball by Ball Commentary

Overpitched, wide outside off, Tristan Stubbs crunches it to long off for a single. India win by 30 runs.

SIX! Hat trick of sixes! Shivam Dube dishes out a full toss, around off, asking to be hit. Stubbs goes straight this time, over long on and well over for a six.

SIX! Consecutive sixes! Dube errs and serves a gentle full toss, just outside off, Stubbs hammers it over square leg for six more.

SIX! Shivam Dube keeps it short, bowls it outside off, Stubbs stands tall and pulls it hard over Sanju Samson at long off for a biggie.

A bumper, into the surface and outside off. Too short and Tristan Stubbs fails to get his bat on it.

Serves it very full and wide outside off, Corbin Bosch leans and carves it over to deep cover for a single.

SIX! Stubbs connects well! A bit too short and wide outside off, Stubbs holds his shape, bends his back slightly and pumps it over long off for a biggie.

Fuller delivery, outside off, Corbin Bosch punches it through covers for a single.

OUT! CASTLED! Abhishek Sharma gets his second of the night! A skiddy length delivery on middle, Marco Jansen swings a bit too hard and fails to connect. The ball stays slightly low and rolls through to hit the stumps. A quick fire 31 off 16 balls from Marco Jansen.

A half tracker on middle and leg, Stubbs opens up his body and pulls it to deep square leg for one more.

Marco Jansen takes a premeditated charge and Sharma yorks him, outside off. Jansen squeezes it to point.

Tossed up, full and outside off, Stubbs reverse hits it to short third man and takes a quick single.

Very full and well wide of off. Marco Jansen shuffles across but fails to dig it out.

A low full toss, outside off, Marco Jansen smashes as he leans across to deep point. Rinku Singh runs to his right and slides to keep it just away from the ropes. A brace.

A wide yorker, outside off, Stubbs carves as he opens the face of the bat to deep point for a single.

A slower bumper, into the surface, too wide. Stubbs flat bats it down to long off. The fielder slight overruns but does well to stop it. Two more runs.

Dube bowls a low full toss, near the strip line. Marco Jansen swings and edges it to third man for a single.

Touch too full, outside off, Stubbs throws his blade at it and manages a thick inside edge past square leg. Arshdeep Singh runs across from deep backward square leg and saves a run. Three runs taken.

A wide full toss, outside off, Stubbs drags his shot to mid on and scampers across for a run.

FOUR! Tickled away! A full toss, straighter delivery on the pads. Stubbs steps across, picks off the pads and helps it past short fine leg, very fine for a boundary.

Singh misses his mark and bowls a full toss, wide outside off, Marco Jansen slaps it to sweeper cover for a single.

A pacy bouncer on middle and leg. Marco Jansen ducks under it. Arshdeep Singh sees the funny side as he laughs with Marco Jansen.

Singh keeps it full and wide of off, angled well away. Marco Jansen bends across but fails to hit it away.

Serves a widish full toss, outside off, Tristan Stubbs leans across and punches it to long off for a single.

FOUR! Excellent shot this is from Jansen! Wide yorker, outside off, Marco Jansen rocks back deep into the crease and opens the face of the bat before hitting it to slice it over short third for his third boundary of the inning. 22 runs from the over!

Short and outside off, Tristan Stubbs tries to pull it across, but gets the connection on the upper part of his bat. The ball lobs and drops safely in the vacant mid off region. Another run for SA.

Low full toss, on off, Marco Jansen mistimes his hit to long on. The ball flies, but drops much short of Sanju Samson in the long on region. Single taken.

SIX! This is Marco Jansen at his best! A slower one this time from Dube, fuller on middle, angling in. Marco Jansen opens his stance and hoist it up and over the deep square leg fence for a massive six.

FOUR! Marco Jansen has just started with his fireworks! Fuller on the stumps, Marco Jansen lofts it through the line, over Sanju Samson in the mid on region, for another boundary.

SIX! BANG! Full and outside off, Marco Jansen smokes it straight like an arrow, to downtown for a biggie.

Short, outside off, Marco Jansen punches it to deep cover for a single.

FOUR! SHOT! Short of a length, on leg, Marco Jansen pulls it hard to the left of the deep mid-wicket fielder for four runs to get off the mark.

Arm ball, fuller, down the leg side, Marco Jansen looks to push it to cover, but gets beaten on the inside edge and it just misses the leg stump.

OUT! TAKEN! Abhishek Sharma has the last laugh. He once again sees the batter making room to the leg side, but he keeps his line straight to the middle stump and fuller. Jason Smith tries to smash it downtown, but to wide mid off. The ball flies and stays in the air for a very long time, enough for Suryakumar Yadav to sprint from the ropes, slide and pouch the catch at his front.

FOUR! THUMPED AWAY! Short this time from Sharma, on off. Jason Smith gets on his back foot and punches it upishly, over Abhishek once again for another boundary.

FOUR! Up and over! Abhishek Sharma follows the batter fuller, and down the leg. Jason Smith gets on his front foot and lofts it nonchalantly over the bowler and gets four runs.

Flatter and fuller, outside off, Jason Smith pushes it to long off for a single.

Fuller, on off, turning in, Tristan Stubbs flicks it to square leg for one.

Varun Chakaravarthy drags his length back, outside off, Jason Smith punches it with cross-bat to long off and gets another comfortable single.

Tossed up, much fuller, Tristan Stubbs jams it to long off to get another single.

Short, on off, Jason Smith pulls it to deep square leg for one.

FOUR! That could have been stopped! Short and outside off, Jason Smith cuts hard at it toward the left of deep point. Rinku Singh runs to his left and bends low to flick the ball, but fails to get the better. Maybe a dive would have helped him to stop the boundary.

Short, just outside off, Tristan Stubbs cuts, but straight at the backward point fielder.

Full, on leg, Jason Smith nudges it on his front foot to long on for a single.

FOUR! Quality shot from Smith! Flat and much fuller, outside off, Jason Smith leans on the delivery and drives it through cover for four runs.

Short and just outside off, Tristan Stubbs punches it on his back foot to long off and gets a comfortable single.

Fuller, on middle, Jason Smith gets on his back foot and flicks it to deep mid-wicket for one run.

Flat and much fuller, around the toes of the batter. Jason Smith flicks it to through square leg and gets a couple of runs.

Flatter one on the pads, turned away past square leg for a single.

Beaten! A googly now, tossed up outside off. Smith backs away to cut but the ball goes well wide of his willow.

Flatter again, on off, Smith stays back and taps it back to the bowler.

Flatter wrong'un, slower as well. Smith goes deep in the crease and tucks it down in front of square leg for a couple of quick runs.

SIX! Crunched! Tossed up, full and on off, Jason Smith sits down and slog-sweeps with the spin, nailing it wide of deep mid-wicket for a biggie.

KD starts the new spell with a flighted ball on leg. Stubbs works it with the spin and behind square leg for a single.

Shorter again, angled into the body. Smith nudges it leg side and it will be another dot ball.

Flighted up around off, Jason Smith sits down to sweep but ends up cue-ending it back to the bowler.

Shorter in length and on off, played off the back foot through the off side for one.

OUT! EDGED AND TAKEN! That is fantastic glovework from Ishan Kishan. Axar Patel bowls it flat and a touch full, darting it across off stump. David Miller rocks back and looks to fetch and pull but the length is very full. The ball takes the inside edge and thumps the keeper's pads before popping out. Kishan dives to his right and eventually pouches it with his right glove.

Dragged length around middle, Jason Smith makes room again and taps it through cover-point for a single.

Patel begins with a flatter armbal and angles it well down leg. Smith makes room to swing across the line but misses and wears it on the pads.

A bit more flighted, full and outside off. Smith shovels the sweep through mid-wicket and picks up a single. Just 3 runs and a wicket off Varun's first over. South Africa are 99/4 after 10 overs. India had 135 runs on the board at the same stage.

A big wrong'un, slightly short and angled into the batter. Smith backs away to defend.

Length again, sliding back in from outside off. Miller strokes it wide of covers for a single.

Shorter than a good length and around off, Miller stays back and taps it in front of point.

Fuller and drifted into the pads, Smith tucks it behind square leg for a single.

OUT! CAUGHT! Ryan Rickelton started walking back even before the catch was taken and the world's number 1 T20I bowler has struck on his very first delivery. Varun Chakaravarthy starts around the wicket to the left-hander and bowls it on a good length outside off. Rickelton looks to sit down and drag the slog sweep across but gets a top edge. The ball comes back down and the keeper, Ishan Kishan has to just take a couple of steps to his right to pouch it.

Bowled quicker and a bit fuller on the pads. Miller opts to flick it off the back foot and he gets it wide enough of deep mid-wicket to come back for the second run.

Drags the length back, bowling it around middle. Rickelton backs away and slams it down to long on for just one more.

Lobbed up, full and outside off, Miller drills it past the bowler and down to long off for a single.

Quicker one, darts back into middle and leg. Miller hangs back and pushes it out to cover-point.

FOUR! Hammered away by Miller. Flatter one, sliding in from off, David Miller leans back and smacks it wide of deep cover and it races away into the fence.

Nicely tossed up, wide outside off, Rickelton slaps it through covers and picks up a single.

Short and angling outside off, David Miller drags a pull shot to the left of long on for a couple of runs. A successful first over from Shivam Dube, picking a wicket and giving only 6 runs away!

Short, outside off, Ryan Rickelton taps it to cover-point for a single.

Slower and on a length, on off, Miller slices it to deep point for a single.

Full, on off, David Miller pushes it through cover and gets a couple of runs.

OUT! CAUGHT! The slower one does the trick for Shivam Dube. The change to bring Dube into the attack has worked out well for India. Back of a length with a flick of the finger, just before releasing the delivery, wide outside off. Dewald Brevis frees his arm and tries to smoke it downtown, but miscues the shot from the upper part of his willow. The ball loops toward wide long off, where Tilak Varma gets underneath the skier and takes a good catch. Dewald Brevis walks back with just 2 runs off 4.

Back of a length, on off, Dewald Brevis slaps it back to the bowler.

SIX! Ryan Rickelton is too hot to handle! A bit more flight from Kuldeep Yadav, around the pads of the batter, but Ryan Rickelton once again crouches down and sweeps it up and over deep square leg for a massive six.

SIX! That has been dispatched out of the park! Tossed up, fuller, on off, Ryan Rickelton gets down on one knee and slog sweeps it over the deep mid-wicket fence, into the stands, for a biggie.

Googly now, short and on middle. Dewald Brevis goes deep into the crease and punches it to long on for a single.

Pitches it up, does Kuldeep Yadav, on middle and leg. Ryan Rickelton sweeps it to deep backward square leg and gets a single.

Short, on middle, Ryan Rickelton rocks back and pushes it to short mid-wicket.

Kuldeep Yadav jogs from over the wicket and bowls a touch fuller, angling away from the right-hander. Dewald Brevis cuts it through cover for a single.

FOUR! More runs! Arshdeep Singh sees the batter making room to the leg side, so Arshdeep follows Ryan, pitches it fuller, angling it down the leg side. But Rickleton does well to tickle it through fine leg for the boundary.

Full, on off, shaping it away once again. Ryan Rickelton drives it to the right of cover, but Suryakumar Yadav tumbles away and makes a stop.

FOUR! HAMMERED AWAY! Short of a length, around the ribs of the batter. Ryan Rickelton hangs on his back foot and pulls it to the left of the deep square leg region for four runs.

This is excellent bowling from Arshdeep Singh! Slower-short delivery and shaping it away from the left-hander. Ryan Rickelton drags a pull shot but as the ball is moving away from him, he fails to generate much power. The ball rolls to mid-wicket and the batter gets no run.

Full again, wide outside off, Aiden Markram extends his arms and punches it with cross-bat to left of mid off to get a single.

Slower and fuller, outside off, Aiden Markram mistimes his drive to mid off.

Fuller, angling down the leg side. Aiden Markram makes room and punches it to long on for a single.

FOUR! Not entirely from the middle of the bat, but the timing of the shot does the job for Markram. Rana switches his side over the wicket to bowl right-hander and bowls fuller, on off, shaping in. Aiden Markram lofts it from the inner part of his willow and extends his arm a bit away from his body to time the shot. The ball loops over mid on fielder and races away for another boundary in the over.

On a length, just outside off, Ryan Rickelton dabs it to point and gets a comfortable single.

SIX! Excellent swing of the bat! Pitches it up this time, Rana, just outside off. Ryan Rickelton clears his front foot and loads his arm to slog it away, over the wide long on fence for half a dozen. 50 up for South Africa.

FOUR! SHOT! Short of a length, outside off, Ryan Rickelton connects his pull this time past the left of the mid on fielder and gets four runs.

Swing and a miss! Harshit Rana scoots from around the wicket, bowls on a hard length, pitching it just outside off, angling in. Ryan Rickelton looks to pull it across the line, but gets beaten on the inside edge. The ball just bounces over the middle stump. That was a close call.

FOUR! 9 runs off the over. South Africa need more from a single over. A slower bumper but serves with too much width. Aiden Markram rides the pull shot and hits it in the vacant deep mid-wicket region.

Touch fuller and on middle and leg, little bit of shape, Ryan Rickelton whips it behind square leg for a single.

In the 8-meter length, on top of middle, Aiden Markram works it down to mid off and runs across. Markram limps a bit as he jogs across.

Oh, Markram has taken a hit and is on his haunches with his face on the ground. Hardik Pandya follows Aiden Markram on the leg side with a hard length delivery. Markram fails to get his bat on it and wears it on the box. A bit painful and the physio is out.

Three runs! Bowls it in line of the stumps, fuller length. Ryan Rickelton punches it to mid off where Abhishek Sharma dives over the ball and lets it through. Harshit Rana from mid on runs across and flicks it back near the fence. Saves a run.

On a length and on middle and leg, Ryan Rickelton punches it straight to mid on.

Beaten! Singh ends the over well. Short of a good length, around the fourth stump. Aiden Markram tries to play it with a straight bat inside the line and misses.

Attacks the stumps with a length delivery. Ryan Rickelton punches with soft hands to mid off and scampers across. The fielder has a shy at the bowler's end but misses. Luckily, Ishan Kishan, the keeper covers a lot of ground to do the back up and stops it from running away.

FOUR! Easy pickings! Ryan Rickelton is off the mark in style! Overpitched, slanting on the pads, this is flicked past mid-wicket and it rolls to the fence.

Tap and run! A nagging length delivery, around off, Markram drops it in front of cover and calls for a quick single. SKY has a shy at the bowler's end but misses from a close range.

A good length delivery, on top of off. Markram stays back and chops it to backward point.

SIX! Fourth six in the last four deliveries! Arshdeep Singh now bangs it short, not too short and lands nicely for Markram, who hoicks it across over mid-wicket for a six.

Fuller delivery, around off, punched to mid off for a single to end the 19-run over.

SIX! Hat trick of sixes! The crowd has gone pin drop silence already. Hardik Pandya bluffs with a shorter delivery, around off, Markram doesn't anticipate, stays back and pulls it over mid-wicket for a biggie.

SIX! Even better from Markram! Hardik Pandya bowls in the slot, fuller delivery on middle, Markram lofts with a high elbow and hits it flat over long on for six more.

SIX! First boundary of the chase! Slightly short, around off, Markram trusts the carry off the deck and punches with a high backlift over long on for a six.

Beauty! Angles in a length ball, around the fourth stump and seams it away sharply. Markram gets on his toes as he gets forward. He tries to punch it away but misses.

Bowls the hard length, wide of off, Markram hops and punches it to cover.

OUT! TAKEN! Linde as an opener doesn't work! On a nagging length, swinging into the batter, on leg, George Linde plays a nothing shot, just tries to punch it away over mid on but mistimes and Hardik Pandya takes a dolly. A run and a wicket for India to begin it's defensive shift.

BEATEN AGAIN! Fractionally fuller than the previous delivery, more shape on this one as Singh lands it on off, Linde swings wildly but connects the thin air around it.

Short of a good length, outside off, shaping away very late. George Linde slashes his blade without any foot movement and fails to connect.

Oh, beautifully bowled! A well planted yorker into the blockhole, swings into the batter and George Linde manages to dig it out back onto the pads.

Outswinger this time, around off on a length. Aiden Markram taps it wide of point for a single. South Africa are underway in the chase.

A good length delivery, swinging in sharply and on leg, Aiden Markram gets pinged on the pads as he looks to flick it away.