India vs South Africa Highlights, T20 World Cup: IND suffer heaviest defeat in T20 WC history as SA run amok

Indian skipper Suryakumar Yadav reflected on the team’s performance, praising the bowlers’ efforts but acknowledging that losing too many wickets in the powerplay hurt the chase. He emphasised learning from the experience, building small partnerships, and sticking to India’s game plan as they look ahead to their next match against Zimbabwe.

"I feel we were always in the game when we started. I think we bowled really well in the beginning, 21 for 3, and the way they batted after that from 7 to 15, I think they batted really well, and then we came back again in the game later on. Overall, if we see, we bowled really well, but we could have batted a little better. My thing is sometimes you’ve got to think, if you’re chasing 180-185, you can’t win the game in the powerplay, but you might lose the game in the powerplay. We lost too many wickets in the powerplay and then we couldn’t have small, small partnerships which we wanted for chasing 180-185, but that’s part of the game. We learn from it, we’ll sit back and then come back stronger. I think everyone knows their combination - Bumrah-Arshdeep has been very lethal. Both of them have played together. If you see today also, both of them bowled eight overs, picked around five wickets and gave around 45-50 runs. If I’m not wrong, I’m not good with numbers. But they bowled really well in partnership and that’s what we want from them. Both are experienced and it’s good to have both of them in our side. Hopefully bat well, bowl well and field well (Talking about the plans for the next game vs Zimbabwe). That’s it. We’ll try and keep it simple, play the same brand of cricket which we want to play and nothing changes. I think we’ll come back strong," Surya said after the match.

David Miller, Player of the Match, credited his approach of sticking to his strengths and staying aggressive for South Africa’s win. He spoke about targeting gaps, rotating strike, and applying pressure on world-class bowlers, particularly during the powerplay and against spinners, while adapting to the unique dimensions of the ground.

"Just about making sure you stick to your strengths and don't go into your shell. During the powerplay, all fielders were in the ring so thought of going over. Trying to get a partnership as much as we could, and trying to rotate strike. (Main scoring areas) With the nature of this ground, you want to look straight. Smaller there than square. Want to shape up to hit straight and then react. Looking to be nice and aggressive against the spinners. They have world-class bowlers. Have played against them a lot, trying to put them under pressure and about putting yourself in the position to do that," Miller said.

India vs South Africa Live Score T20 World Cup: Two wickets in Two balls for Marco Jansen as India get bundled out for just 111. South Africa completely stamped their authority over hosts India in a 76-run win. Suryakumar Yadav and Co. were nowhere near their best and suffered an embarrassing defeat here at Narendra Modi Stadium. They failed to put up any fight in the chase and crumbled under pressure. South Africa (187/7) beat India (111) by 76 runs

India vs South Africa Live Score T20 World Cup: Marco Jansen with the penultimate over and Shivam Dube smashed him for a six on the first ball. However, Jansen takes his revenge on the fourth ball to get rid of him. IND 11/9 in 19.4 overs

India vs South Africa Live Score T20 World Cup: A couple of tidy overs, Lottery for Corbin Bosch and Lungi Ngidi to improve their economy further as Shivam Dube is not taking singles in the initial balls of the overs. One came off Bosch's over and three off Ngidi. India 105/8 in 18 overs

India vs South Africa Live Score T20 World Cup: Back-to-back sixes for Shivam Dube to give India some respite and the two maximums also helped India touch the 100-run mark. The match is out of reach for India, but they will look to get close to the target so their NRR isn't affected much. IND 101/8 in 16 overs

India vs South Africa Live Score T20 World Cup: Keshav Maharaj and Tristan Stubbs keep making things worse for India as Rinku Singh and Arshdeep Singh also fall in the same over. Both went for a big shot over long-on and got caught. India is eight down and staring at an embarrassing loss. IND 88/8 in 15 overs

India vs South Africa Live Score T20 World Cup: Hardik Pandya out for 18! He has no other option and has to go for a big shot on the first ball of the over. He fails to connect it well, and Tristan Stubbs was so good near the boundary to grab the crucial catch. IND 86/6 in 14.1 overs

India vs South Africa Live Score T20 World Cup: What an over from Lungi Ngidi here. Sensational from him as he didn't allow the two batters to free their arms. Only five runs came off it, India need 102 runs off the last six overs, a massive task. India need to hit big shots on almost every ball now. IND 86/5 in 14 overs

India vs South Africa Live Score T20 World Cup: Kagiso Rabada into the attack and Shivam Dube muscled the fourth ball over the bowler's head for a boundary. However, it was a tidy over with seven runs coming off it. The required run rate jumps over 14. IND 75/5 in 12 overs

India vs South Africa Live Score T20 World Cup: Keshav Maharaj back into the attack and Hardik Pandya smashed him for a maximum on the first ball straightaway. 11 runs came off the over a bit of relief for India but the required run rate has spiked over 13. IND 68/5 in 11 overs

India vs South Africa Live Score T20 World Cup: Suryakumar Yadav in disbelief after getting dismissed for 18. He tried to play a pick-up shot over fine leg but mistimed it as the toe end took the ball to mid-wicket, where Brevis caught him inside the circle. IND 51/5 in 9.1 overs

India vs South Africa Live Score T20 World Cup: Lungi Ngidi back into the attack and he delivered another solid over with just three runs coming off it. The pressure is mounting on India with the required run rate over 12 at the moment. IND 51/4 in 9 overs

IND vs SA Live Score T20 World Cup: Washington Sundar clears his front foot, in the attempt for a big shot but edges it behind the stumps to Quinton de Cock. Things have gone from bad to worse for India at the moment as the batting order continues to crumble. IND 43/4 in 7.2 overs

IND vs SA Live Score T20 World Cup: Keshav Maharaj into the attack and he delivered a tight over here till the fifth ball and then Washington Sundar flipped the script with a maximum on the last ball. It was short outside off-stump and Sundar smacked it for a biggie. IND 42/3 in 7 overs

IND vs SA Live Score T20 World Cup: Abhishek Sharma's horror campaign continues as he departs for 15. Slower one from Marco Jansen and Abhishek mistimed it completely to get caught by Corbin Bosch. A bit of collision during the catch but Bosch holds onto it. IND 26/3 in 4.3 overs

India vs South Africa Live Score T20 World Cup: Lungi Ngidi into the attack and he delivered a tight over here. Only three runs came off the over as South Africa are looking to strengthen their position in the powerplay. The run rate is just over 6 at the moment. IND 26/2 in 4 overs

India vs South Africa Live Score T20 World Cup: Abhishek Sharma is looking hurried as he charges down the ground on the first two balls of Kagiso Rabada's overs and misses completely. He stands firm in the crease on the fourth ball and opens the face of the bat over the wicketkeeper's head for a maximum. The last ball also raced away for four. IND 23/2 in 3 overs

India vs South Africa Live Score T20 World Cup: Suryakumar Yadav with a couple of boundaries to release the pressure a bit. He found the gap on both occasions to hit risk-free boundaries and kept the scoreboard moving. IND 13/2 in 2 overs

India vs South Africa Live Score T20 World Cup: Marco Jansen strikes on the first ball as Tilak Varma takes a long walk back towards the pavilion for 1. Tilak charges down the ground but only manages to get an edge to the wicketkeeper. He takes a review and ends up wasting it. IND 5/2 in 1.1 overs

India vs South Africa Live Score T20 World Cup: Abhishek Sharma is finally off the mark here with a boundary on the last ball of the over. His first run in the T20 World Cup as he cuts it hard into the gap to find a four. IND 5/1 in 1 over

India vs South Africa Live Score T20 World Cup: Ishan Kishan takes the strike here. The wicketkeeper batter went for an aerial shot and was caught by Ryan Rickelton for a duck. Another day and another Indian opener falls for a duck. IND 0/1 in 0.4 over

IND vs SA Live Score T20 World Cup: Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan are back in the middle for the chase. As expected, the Proteas start with spin here as Aiden Markram has the ball in hand.

IND vs SA Live Score T20 World Cup: Hardik Pandya to bowl the final over as a couple of doubles on the first two balls for Tristan Stubbs. A boundary on the third followed by a dot on the next ball. A couple of sixes to finish the innings in style here. He remains unbeaten on 44. SA 187/7 in 20 overs

IND vs SA Live Score T20 World Cup: Jasprit Bumrah with another brilliant over in the death to finish his spell with an economy rate under 6. He also gets the wicket of Corbin Bosch on the fifth ball of the over. Absolute brilliance from Bumrah, with just three runs coming off his penultimate over. Only 15 runs off his four overs. SA 167/7 in 19 overs