Win the toss, bat first, bat big - we've seen this trend in the IPL with the Gujarat Titans. Interestingly, the Proteas got carried away by the dew factor and chose to bowl. Now they have a mountain in front that's 231 runs tall. Sure it's still chasable but the tricky thing here is the new ball does a bit extra in the powerplay in the second innings and India have Arshdeep Singh who tortured the Proteas by swinging both ways. Sanju and Abhishek set a great base with a 63-run opening stand. Tilak came in at 3 and showed great clarity with his shots. There was a phase were SA were trying to hit back. Linde got Sanju and SKY mishit a loft to mid-off. But enter Hardik swag Pandya. Stepped out first ball and smashed a flat six first ball to make his intentions very clear. Suddenly India got 55 runs in 17 balls as Tilak too started teeing off again. Hardik was severe on Linde in one over as India muscled 27 runs with some stunning hits. He recorded the second fastest T20I fifty for India and the rest chipped in to extend the total beyond 230.
Hardik Pandya
touchwood what a form he is in. Tilak played superb too. Sanju and Abhi gave Ind good start.

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