IND vs SA 1st T20I Commentary - Delhi (09 June 2022)

FOUR! Rassie van der Dussen, what a brilliant innings this has been! Tossed up, full and outside off. Rassie van der Dussen reverse-hits it over point and for a boundary. South Africa win by 7 wickets.

Too full and on off. Miller jams it out back to Patel.

On the pads, whipped to deep square leg for a single.

This is full and outside off. Rassie van der Dussen skips down and swings across but fails to connect.

TWO LEG BYES! NOT OUT! Patel serves a low dipping full toss on middle and leg. Rassie van der Dussen steps down and across to slog-sweep it but misses and gets rapped on the pads. An appeal for LBW but nothing given. Patel convinces Pant to take it upstairs and Ball Tracking shows the batter came well out and also the impact was outside off. 

FOUR! Streaky boundary but it might just be the final nail in the Indian coffin! A well-directed short ball around off. Rassie van der Dussen looks to pull but is late on it. The ball goes off the gloves and beats short third man, running away to the boundary.

This is full and on the pads. Rassie van der Dussen flicks it to short fine leg. There is a yes and no for a single and Miller was already halfway mark. Rassie van der Dussen was running to the danger area but luckily for him, the throw was well wide and Rassie comes back safely inside the crease. 4 needed now.

SIX! KILLER MILLER! What an innings this is from him! This is full and on off, in the slot for Miller and he punishes it straightaway. Hits it over long on for a biggie. Now, pressure straight back on Bhuvi. 

Wide! Kumar stays away from the arc and serves it way outside off. Miller slashes and misses. Rishabh Pant collects and appeals and takes the review after getting a no from the umpire. Pant is having a chat with Miller and goes back to his position as the replay shows there was nothing on the UltraEdge.

On a length and outside off. Miller mistimes his punch to cover.

Outside off, on a length. Miller strokes it to cover for a sharp single.

SIX! Rassie van der Dussen has come alive, late but in just time! The stand is now 111! This is full and on off. Rassie van der Dussen stays back and pummels it over cow corner for a biggie. Given his score now, no one will believe how badly he was struggling in the early phase. 20 needed in 14 balls.

FOUR! Rassie van der Dussen steps out early. Kumar serves a gentle length ball, outside off. Rassie looks to cut but gets an outside edge over point for a boundary.

FOUR MORE! A length ball, angling across, outside off. Rassie van der Dussen again looks to cut but gets a thick outside edge and it goes past the diving keeper to third man for a boundary. 12 needed now.

SIX! Well, for now, the drop catch is proving costly! Patel comes 'round the wicket and serves a full toss, across off stump. Rassie van der Dussen shuffles across and swings hard and connects well to hit over cow corner for a biggie. 

SIX! Two in a row for Rassie van der Dussen! He knows how to be a hero from zero! A full toss again, on middle. Rassie van der Dussen will any day smash this out of the park as he hits this one behind square on the leg side. 

FOUR! 16 off the first three! Just what South Africa wanted! Short of a length and on middle, slower but Rassie van der Dussen reads it quickly and pulls it to deep square leg for a boundary.

Dot balls are gold right now for India! Length ball, slower and outside off. Rassie van der Dussen looks to pull across but misses.

SIX! Out off the middle! Fifty for Rassie van der Dussen! From struggling once and getting a life once, he has stepped to the occasion! Short in length, slower and on off. Rassie van der Dussen steps across and pulls it hard over deep mid-wicket for a biggie. 

Excellent delivery but 22 have come off the over! A yorker, outside off. Rassie van der Dussen fails to jam it out. 34 needed in 18 balls.

A low full toss, outside off, pushed to long off for a single.

Dropped! Shreyas Iyer of all the people drops a dolly! Bangs a slower ball, outside off. Rassie van der Dussen pulls it but straight to deep mid-wicket where Shreyas Iyer doesn't move an inch but drops a sitter. Could this be a blessing in disguise for India?

Length ball, on off. Miller tucks it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Leg bye! A yorker tailing on the pads. Rassie van der Dussen fails to tuck it away and it goes off the pads and to fine leg for a leg bye. Khan appeals but that was clearly going down.

FOUR! While one side Rassie van der Dussen is struggling badly, David Miller is keeping his team in the race! On a length and on off. Miller hangs back and pulls it to deep square leg for a boundary.

A widish yorker, way outside off. Miller leaves it alone. That was well inside the tramline.

Slower delivery, bowled into the pitch and around off. Rassie van der Dussen pulls it in front of square on the leg side for a single.

Swing and a miss! Slower again, fuller and very close to the off pole. David Miller has a swipe across the line but gets undone by the lack of pace.

FOUR! Length again, it's the slower one as well and this time David Miller has picked it. Miller hangs back and clubs it away between deep mid-wicket and long on for a boundary.

SIX! This is prime David Miller! Fullish delivery, outside off. Miller holds his shape and just times it exceptionally all the way over the extra cover fence for a biggie.

This is banged in short and over leg, Miller pulls it down towards deep mid-wicket and calls for two straightaway. He gets it with ease.

Short again, slower and over middle. David Miller pulls it towards deep mid-wicket and collects a single. Miller brings up a wonderful FIFTY as well but he will know that his job isn't done yet. 64 needed off 30 balls.

WIDE! Fuller and just angling down leg, Rassie van der Dussen misses the flick and a wide is called.

Very full and around off, Rassie van der Dussen looks to walk towards the bowler and play the on drive but misses and gets hit on the pads.

Rassie van der Dussen is under immense pressure here and just can't get it away. Full and wide, driven straight towards extra cover.

Three dots in a row and Rassie van der Dussen just needs to calm his nerves here or he could be the one who lets his side down. Full again, around off. This is driven without any timing towards mid off. Rassie has broken his bat as well and maybe the change of bat might change his fortune.

Avesh Khan has nailed the fourth yorker in a row here, around off. Nothing much Rassie van der Dussen can do about it as he drives it straight towards mid off. The batters scamper through as Hardik Pandya fails to hit the stumps at the bowler's end.

Full and on off, drilled to the right of the bowler towards long off for just another single. Just three off the over with a ball remaining.

NO BALL AND FOUR! For once Avesh Khan misses his length and Rassie van der Dussen is able to get one away. Overpitched on off, Rassie gets low and hammers it back over the bowler's head for a boundary. A no ball is called for overstepping and  Free Hit will follow...

The Free Hit doesn't cost Avesh Khan much. Nails the yorker on middle and leg, Rassie van der Dussen flicks it towards deep square leg for one. 78 needed off 36 balls.

Still can't get it away Rassie van der Dussen. Flatter and outside off, tapped towards extra cover for a quick single.

Very full and angled into leg stump, Miller flicks it through mid-wicket for a run.

Smart bowling from Axar Patel just not giving any opportunity to Rassie van der Dussen to free his arms. Flatter and on middle, van der Dussen works it through mid-wicket for one.

FOUR! Quicker and shorter, around off. David Miller stays back and cuts it hard into the cover-point fence.

SIX! Easy power from David Miller and that is a monster hit! Tossed up outside off, Miller advances and just plays a lofted extra cover drive that has gone miles over the boundary.

SIX! Back-to-back biggies and David Miller is keeping his side well and truly alive in this contest. On middle, Miller slogs it high and handsome over the cow corner fence. 87 needed now off 42 balls.

Fullish delivery, angling into middle and leg. Miller drives it through wide mid on and picks up a single.

Good stop and Hardik Pandya saves a certain boundary. Back of a length, punched off the back foot to the left of mid off but Pandya is able to cut it off. Just another single.

Opportunity missed! A juicy full toss, outside off. David Miller slaps it straight to the man at extra cover for a run. A few inches on either side and that would have been a boundary.

Slower delivery, angled into the pads. Rassie van der Dussen backs away and works it through mid-wicket for one more.

FOUR! A much-needed boundary for South Africa and the 100 is up. Full and outside off, Miller backs away and squeezes it in between backward point and short third man for a boundary.

SIX! David Miller finishes the over with a big hit. This is angled into the hips of Miller who just picks it up and dispatches it over the backward square leg fence for a maximum. 106 needed now off 48 balls.

Axar Patel sees Rassie van der Dussen advancing and floats it up down the leg side. Van der Dussen is able to clip it away past square leg for a single.

Flatter delivery, well outside off. Miller waits for it and punches it off the back foot through covers. The batters look for two but have to settle with just the single.

Flatter again, on off. Rassie van der Dussen backs away and slaps it towards deep cover for one more.

India won't mind the singles at all. Quicker one, on off. Miller lofts it off the back foot towards long off for a run.

On middle, Rassie van der Dussen steps down the track, looking to go big down the ground but gets an inside edge towards mid-wicket. Just a single.

Six singles from the over and it's another tidy over from Axar Patel. On off, knocked down to long on for one. 120 needed now off 54 balls.

 Length and outside off. Miller punches it to cover where Iyer leaps and does well to get a hand to it. Saves crucial runs for his team. Two runs.

Around off, fuller, pushed through covers for a single.

On a length and just outside off. Rassie van der Dussen hits it back to the bowler. Rassie van der Dussen needs to hit the gas now. Too many dot balls by him.

Short in length, outside off. Rassie van der Dussen tries to slash off the back foot but misses.

Keeps the same length does Avesh and Rassie van der Dussen slaps it to sweeper cover for one.

On a length, outside off, angling in. Miller takes a couple of steps down and looks to push but gets beaten on the outside edge. Good comeback from Avesh Khan after going for 15 in his first. 

Dropped! But that was smashed really hard! Shorter and outside off. Quinton de Kock hammers it back to Patel who gets his right hand out and gets finger-tips to it. The ball deflects to long off for a single.

SIX! BANG! Much needed! A freebie, full toss on off. Rassie van der Dussen pulls it over square leg for a biggie. Flat six.

On middle, pushed to long off for a single.

OUT! CAUGHT! The pressure was building and Quinton de Kock tries to go big on this occasion but holes one out. Good bowling from Patel! Serves a slow, flighted full ball on off. Quinton de Kock tries to slog-sweep but does not get much elevation. Hits it flat and Ishan Kishan at deep square leg adjusts himself nicely to catch it. 131 needed in 68 balls.

Tossed up, on off. Miller plays it back to Patel.

A single to end the over as Miller forces it to long on. 

Flatter and around off. Rassie van der Dussen plays it with inner half back to the bowler.

Shorter and outside off. Rassie van der Dussen strokes it straight to cover.

Again finds the fielder! Pressure on Rassie van der Dussen! Around off, this is hit to cover.

FOUR! Welcome boundary. Shorter, on middle, it lands and spins away. Rassie van der Dussen slaps it to deep cover for a boundary.

On middle, fuller and quicker, drilled down to long on for one.

Just a single then! Yet another good over for India! South Africa need to up things now! Flatter and on middle. Quinton de Kock tucks it to the vacant mid-wicket region and calls for two. Yuzvendra Chahal runs across and does really well to keep it down to one. 

Flatter and on off. De Kock shuffles and tucks it to square leg for a single.

An arm ball, on middle, eased down to long off for a single.

Very full from Patel, outside off. De Kock carves it straight to point.

Tossed up, on middle. De Kock flicks it with gentle hands to mid-wicket for a single. 

A single! Tossed up, on off. Rassie van der Dussen reverse-hits to deep point for a single.

Two runs to end the over! Good two overs for India and for South Africa, the required rate is slightly ascending. Short and outside off, slapped to deep cover for a couple.

On a length and outside off. De Kock drops it to backward point for a single.

OUT! BOWLED 'EM! It felt like the ball came after an eternity to Dwaine Pretorius and he misses out completely. Harshal Patel comes up with his go-to slower delivery, a full toss, around off. Dwaine Pretorius fails to read the off-pace delivery and swings across too early. He misses and the ball hits the off pole. Dwaine Pretorius goes after a quick cameo.

Length ball, outside off, it is knocked to the left of backward point.

Full and on off, flicked to mid-wicket. 

Full and on off, played back to the bowler. What an over this is turning out to be!

Another dot and a successful over from Patel! A run and a wicket off it. Length ball, on middle, nips back in. Rassie van der Dussen looks to flick but misses and gets hit on the pads. South Africa end the Powerplay on 61/2. 151 needed in 84 balls.

On a good length, outside off. The ball zips through as Dwaine Pretorius has a wild swing at it.

SIX! South Africa keeping up with the required rate here. Length again, angled onto the hips. Dwaine Pretorius swings at it and connects this time as the ball flies over the fine leg fence.

SIX! WOW! 50 up for South Africa in almost double-quick time! Length again from Pandya in the swinging arc of Pretorius and Pretorius has smoked it a long way over the mid-wicket fence.

Better from Pandya! Slower and the line this time is outside off. Pretorius swings and misses.

SIX! This is poor bowling from Pandya but Dwaine Pretorius won't mind it at all. Another length ball angled into leg stump. Dwaine Pretorius has a swipe across the line and connects well, the ball travels over the square leg fence for a mximum. 18 already off the over!

A bit of frustration being shown here as Pandya bangs in a spicy bouncer over middle. Pretorius tries to get some bat on it but the ball just zips through. South Africa off to a flier here!

Good start from Chahal. On a length, around middle and it's the wrong 'un. De Kock gets a leading edge as he tries to work it leg side. The ball rolls towards cover-point as the batters race through for a quick single.

SIX! This is what Dwaine Pretorius has been sent in to do! Tossed up on leg stump, Pretorius gets low and slogs it high and handsome over the wide long on fence for a huge hit.

Chahal immediately shortens his length and bowls it around off. The ball turns away as Pretorius pulls it towards deep mid-wicket for a run.

This is pushed through quicker on leg stump, de Kock nudges it towards mid-wicket.

FOUR! Quinton de Kock sweeps and does so aerially to beat the man. On middle, de Kock sweeps it over the man at backward square leg for a boundary.

FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries for Quinton de Kock and 16 runs come off the over! Short, around middle and leg, de Kock pulls it powerfully in front of square on the leg side for a boundary.

On a length, angling into middle stump. Bavuma defends it off the front foot.

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Indecisive from Temba Bavuma and he has to depart. It's the outswinger this time from Bhuvi, on a nagging length and outside off. Bavuma prods forward and doesn't drive at it, rather just has a poke at it. The ball takes the outside edge and Rishabh Pant takes a good catch diving forward. The catch is being checked though and there's a clear spike on UltraEdge and there's no problem with it bouncing in front of Pant, so Bavuma has to walk back and South Africa lose their first wicket.

Length, around the top of middle and just nipping in a touch. Dwaine Pretorius looks to flick it off the back foot but gets pinged high on the pads. A stifled appeal from Bhuvi but just a bit too high.

FOUR! Nicely played! length again, around off. Dwaine Pretorius plays a back-foot punch drive past point and gets off the mark with a boundary.

This is pushed a bit wider and Pretorius just pushes it towards cover.

A dot ball to end a successful over from Bhuvneshwar Kumar, just 4 runs and a wicket off it. Slower delivery, on a good length and around off. Pretorius dabs it down towards backward point.

Avesh Khan starts off with a fullish delivery on off. The ball just shapes back in a touch as de Kock pats it back to the bowler.

Quinton de Kock can't find the gap! A bit short and wide, there to be hit. De Kock taps it sweetly but straight to the man at cover-point.

TWO WIDES! Oh, that one flew off the surface! Banged in short and down leg, de Kock misses the pull and Pant fails to collect it cleanly. The batters sneak in a single as well.

FOUR! Nonchalant from Temba Bavuma! Length ball, on off. Bavuma gets low and with just a flick of the wrist gets it over square leg for a boundary. The first one off the bat in this innings.

FOUR! Cheeky but effective! Fuller and on off, Bavuma shuffles right across the stumps and ramps it fine of the fielder at short fine leg for another boundary.

Back of a length, on middle. Bavuma turns it towards mid-wicket for a single.

FOUR! Short of a length and there's width on offer. Quinton de Kock flails at it and gets it over backward point for yet another boundary. 15 off Avesh's first over and South Africa are off to a good start here.

Good shot for no run! Bhuvneshwar Kumar starts off with a regulation length ball outside off. Quinton de Kock drives it sweetly but straight to the man at cover.

Good running! Around off, played with soft hands onto the off side and Quinton de Kock races through for a quick single. South Africa are up and running here.

FOUR LEG BYES! Big inswinger from Bhuvi and it's baffled everyone! Length ball, around off and this one swings back in a mile. Temba Bavuma gets hit on the back leg and the ball goes in between the keeper and first slip for a boundary.

Another big inswinger from Bhuvneshwar Kumar, swinging in from the off stump. Bavuma misses and gets hit on the pads. Bhuvi appeals but it's probably swinging down leg.

A tad shorter and around the pads, Bavuma flicks it off his hips towards deep square leg and gets off the mark with a single.

A single to end the first over and 7 runs come off it. Around the top of off, de Kock hangs back and just taps it towards point for a quick single.