Razeen Gutta
Ama-Proteas amoshe ithuba lokuqeda uchungechunge lwemidlalo yamazwe ngamazwe lwe-T20 e-India namuhla ntambama.
Osokhaya badlale umdlalo owodwa e-Visakhapatnam, bashiyela elakuleli ithuba ngochungechunge lwemidlalo emihlanu ngokuwina ngo-2-1 njengoba elakuleli lisalelwe imidlalo emibili.
Ngemuva kokunikwa ithuba lokushaya kuqala enkundleni yezemidlalo edume ngempumelelo, abadlali base-India baqale kahle kakhulu – badlale ngefomu enhle kakhulu ngaphandle kokulahlekelwa i-wicket ngokugcina izinga lama-runs liphezulu baze bayofika phakathi nendawo ngama-innings.
U-Uturaj Gaikwad ushaye angu-57 emabholeni angu-35 ngesikhathi u-Ishan Kishan eshaya angu-54 emabholeni angu-35. Ngesikhathi abavulayo sebephumile, i-India ibihola phambili ngo-131/3 kusasele ama-overs ayisithupha kanti abaqedelayo uHardik Pandya, uDinesh Karthik kanye nokaputeni uRishabh Pant bebesazoshaya.
UPant udlale kabi ngenxa yomdlali ongekho efomini uDwayne Pretorius ngesikhathi uKarthik ewela kuKagiso Rabada ekugcineni kwama-innings. UHardik Pandya ushaye amahlandla angu-31 emabholeni angu-21 ukuze enze i-India ifinyelele kumaphuzu angu-179/5 ngama-overs angu-20.
Ukujaha kubukeke njengempi enzima kusukela ekuqaleni ngesikhathi abaphosayo base-India u-Axar Patel, uYuzvendra Chahal kanye nomdlali onamathalente amaningi uHarshal Patel, bephumelela.
Ama-overs angu-11, ama-Proteas alahlekelwe i-top order yawo – ngenani lama-runs elingaphansi kwayisikhombisa uma kuqhathaniswa nayisishiyagalolunye adingekayo. Kanti ngesikhathi uHeinrich Klaasen esamile, belikhona ithemba eqenjini lakuleli.
Kodwa-ke, ukuhamba kwakhe ngaphambi kokushaya ama-overs okugcina amahlanu bekusho ukuthi sekuphelile – izivakashi zigcine zikhishwe ngo-131 sekusele amabhola amahlanu.
UPatel uthole amabhola awu-4/25 ngesikhathi uChahal ethola awu-3/20 – nokwenze ukuthi i-India iwine emdlalweni lapho engazange ibe nethuba ngaphandle kokuphuma. I-T20 yesine okumele osokhaya bayiwine, izoqala ngo-15:30 ngoLwesihlanu bukhoma e-Rajkot.