India vs South Africa 4th T20I at Rajkot, 17 Jun, 2022

Toss: South Africa, who chose to bat
India 169/6 (20)
South Africa 87/9 (16.5)
India won by 82 runs
Man of the Match: Dinesh Karthik
  • Tabraiz Shamsi 4 * (3)

Over 6.2 Anrich Nortje bowls a pitched up delivery to Ishan Kishan, no run, gets forward and looks to drive and misses

Over 6.3 Anrich Nortje bowls a good length delivery to Ishan Kishan, no run, gets forward and  plays inside the line and lets this length delivery go through to QdK

Over 6.4 Anrich Nortje bowls a back of length delivery to Ishan Kishan, no run, gets inside the line and guides off the back foot to backward point

Over 6.5 Anrich Nortje bowls a pitched up delivery to Ishan Kishan, no run,  just manages to get his bat down in time for defence.

Over 6.6 Anrich Nortje bowls it short of length to Ishan Kishan, Boundary! Went hard on the back foot punch with an angled bat. Fielder thought he had a chance to the left. Third man ran to his right and put in the dive but Hardik gets four

Over 7.2 Dwaine Pretorius bowls it short of length to Hardik Pandya, no run, gets across the line and  tries to flick, misses and gets hit on the thigh pad

Over 7.3 Dwaine Pretorius bowls a good length delivery to Hardik Pandya,1 run, gets forward and defends it to backward point and picks up a single.

Over 7.6 Dwaine Pretorius bowls it short of length to Hardik Pandya,1 run, moves across in the crease and works it to deep square leg

Over 8.1 Anrich Nortje bowls a pitched up delivery to Hardik Pandya, no run, comes on to the front foot and looks to play the drive but misses.

Over 8.2 Anrich Nortje bowls a good length delivery to Hardik Pandya, no run, gets forward and tried to defend this away-seaming ball without moving the feet and he is lucky to survive

Over 8.3 Anrich Nortje bowls it short of length to Hardik Pandya,1 run, hops and nudges wide of mid-on

Over 9.3 Tabraiz Shamsi tossed up delivery to Hardik Pandya,1 run, gets forward and push to long-off

Over 10.1 Keshav Maharaj tossed up delivery to Hardik Pandya,1 run, gets back in the crease and cuts it away to backward point.

Over 10.6 Keshav Maharaj bowls a quicker arm ball to Hardik Pandya, no run, came down the track and pushes it down the pitch.

Over 11.2 Tabraiz Shamsi tossed up delivery to Hardik Pandya,1 run, gets forward and  pushes to long-off

Over 11.4 Tabraiz Shamsi bowls it short of length to Harshal Patel, Six! Gets forward and hits with the turn and pulls this over mid-wicket. Timely hit for a maximum for India

Over 11.5 Tabraiz Shamsi bowls it short of length to Hardik Pandya, Six! Goes down on his knee and  slog across the line and hit this nicely over mid-wicket. Back-to-back sixes lifts the crowd

Over 11.6 Tabraiz Shamsi tossed up delivery to Hardik Pandya,1 run, gets forward and worked away to deep mid-wicket

Over 12.1 Keshav Maharaj tossed up delivery to Hardik Pandya,1 run, backs away to go bit, Maharaj cramps him for room, cut away to deep extra-cover

Over 12.4 Keshav Maharaj bowls it short of length to Hardik Pandya,1 run, gets to the pitch of the ball and driven along the ground to long-off for one.

Over 13.1 Marco Jansen bowls a back of length delivery to Hardik Pandya, no run, gets forward and angles it to backward point and wanted a single, Karthik sends him back

Over 13.2 Marco Jansen bowls a good length delivery to Hardik Pandya, 2 runs, gives the charge and is cramped by the angle, drags the cross-batted shot to wide long-on and scampers back for the second

Over 13.3 Marco Jansen bowls it short of length to Hardik Pandya, no run, gets on top of the bounce and knocks it to sweeper cover

Over 13.6 Marco Jansen bowls a good length delivery to Hardik Pandya, Boundary! Gets forward and  brings out those fast hands and scythes the cut behind square on the off-side, giving no chance for third man to stop it

Over 14.5 Keshav Maharaj tossed up delivery to Hardik Pandya,1 run, moves across in the crease and flicked to deep mid-wicket

Over 15.5 Anrich Nortje bowls it short of length to Hardik Pandya, 2 runs, makes room and chops it behind square on the off-side

Over 15.6 Anrich Nortje bowls it short of length to Hardik Pandya, Boundary! Rock back in the crease and  goes up and over backward point for four.

Over 16.6 Keshav Maharaj bowls a quicker arm ball to Hardik Pandya, no run, comes forward and went for a slog sweep but gets beaten.

Over 17.6 Dwaine Pretorius bowls a yorker right into the blockhole to Harshal Patel,1 run, gets forward and jam it into the pitch, Karthik scampers across for the single

Over 18.1 Lungi Ngidi bowls a slower one to Hardik Pandya,Six!  Gets forward and  brings the bottom hand into play and whips it with plenty of power beyond the deep mid-wicket boundary

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