Sunday 5 November 2023

#CWC23 #INDvSA 🇮🇳

At the most loved iconic stadium ..Eden Gardens..Kolkata:

 ðŸ‡®ðŸ‡³ 🇮🇳 Team India on TOP 🇮🇳 ðŸ‡®ðŸ‡³

Yesss UNSTOPPABLE..Indian juggernaut continues 8-0.

Indian bowlers do it again ..Win by 243 runs.


"India sleeps well when Virat scores a Century and India wins."







































South African Chase : Never took off.

















Required Run Rate at start was : 6.54.

Kuldeep Yadav wraps it up on 83.

Wow..Ravindra Jadeja deservedly gets 5th wicket: 5/29 off 8.2 ; SA 79/9 : 26.2 Ov.


Kuldeep joins the bowling party Marco Jansen back 79/8 : 25.4 Ov.

Writing on the wall almost at 

25 Overs: 74/7 .

Bumrah back.

70/7 : 21 Ov.

India certainly going for 8-0 : CWC23. 





















Just a formality it seems...20 Ov: 69/7.

Though Cricket is unpredictable, until last ball.

Jadeja's 4th : Excellent : 

Keshav Maharaj gets the taste of his own medicine...bowled on 7 : 67/7 :18.4 Ov.












Wow..Miller bowled Jadeja 11 : 59/6 : 16.3 ov.

15 Overs : 52/5.

Ravi Shastri : Indian Bowlers not only challenging the batters but both Umpires too.

You Beauty....Shami...Animated...asks for DRS immediately and sends Dussen back : 40/5.
Shami 2 for 9 in 2.2 overs. 

Destructive Miller in, joins Dussen. 

Wow...Jadeja gets Klaasen Lbw through DRS.

Proteas in trouble: 40/4 : 12.5 Ov. 

10 Ov : 35 / 3 .

Klaasen in.

Shami starts 10th and gets Markram caught behind on 5th ball..Nice catch by KL Rahul. 
India on Top : 35/3 : 9.5 Ov.

Dussen joins Markram. 

Jadeja starts 9th and Strikes 3rd ball : Bavuma bold 11 : 22/2.: Openers back. 

Excellent start by Bumrah and Siraj: 21/1 : 8 ov.

5 Ov : 17/1 . Good Bowling: Cautions start.

After hit for a boundary Siraj gets De Kock -5 -  dragged on stumps on his 4th ball - 6/1 .









































Indian Batting , very absorbing contest:

Considering the difficult pitch ( if unchanged by later dew ) :  India sets very stiff target of  327.

50 Ov  : 326/5 :  Virat 101*(121)  , Jadeja 29* (15 ).

Jadeja excellent in last over : 0,6,4,41

Ngidi injured in last over, leave at 49.2.

Yes...King gets 100. Equals Legend Sachin 49.

300/2 : 48 Ov. Virat 99* , Jadeja 6*.

Shamsi gets SKY 22 - Reverse sweeping..off the glove: Excellent by DeKock: 285/5.

45 Ov : 278 /4 .Virat 89, SKY 17.

KL Rahul 8 (17 ) brilliantly caught by Dussen.
249/4: 42.1 Ov.

40 Ov : 239/3 , Virat 75* + KL Rahul 5*.

Shreyas departs after a very good 77 off 87 , attacking Ngidi: 227/3 : 36.5 ov.

Excellent Rabada is back for 36th.

35 Ov : 219/2 :  Virat 67* , Shreyas 70*.

125 off 151 : Partnership so far.

Markram hit for 17 off his first 2 ov.

200/2 : 33.1 Ov. Good foundation. 

Partnership crosses 100 : India back on track. 

Expensive Jansen back , Shreyas immediately gets 51 off 64, followed with another 2 - 4s.

30 Ov: 179 / 2 . Virat 54*(70) , Shreyas 47*( 62).

Birthday boy Virat crosses 50.

Keshav Maharaj excellent spell : 10/0/30/1.

Shreyas lofts Shamsi for a magnificent six over mid-off. 

151/2 : 26 Overs: India building up. 

143/2 : 25 Ov : Batters working hard for every single run. Virat 42* , Shreyas 24*.

Partnership going beyond 50 now.

Shreyas breaks the shackles with a lofted shot off Shamsi over cover.

Wicket having a huge turn : But R Ashwin on bench . Spinners on Top.

SA keeping India in check, through spinners. 

1st ball of 21st,  Review for caught behind by Keshav Maharaj: Virat survive on 37, not a single boundary by him off Keshav. 

124 / 2 : 20 Ov.

Virat dropped on 36 off Shamsi's 2nd ball, legside edge , Quinton de Kock fails to grab.

Keshav Maharaj excellent so far, just 15 off 5 ov.

15 Ov: 105/2.

100/2 : 13.1 Ov : Virat 22 + Shreyas 4.

Oh..Keshav Maharaj strikes 3rd  ball .

Shubman Gill bowled 23 ( 24 ): 10.3 Ov : 93/2.

10 Ov : 91/1 : Shubman 23*  , Virat  18*.

Rabada strikes on 5th ball Rohit 40 : 62/1: 5.5 Ov.

5 Ov. : 61/0 : Rohit 40 off 22, Shubman 12 off 8.

Rohit hits his 1st six to Ngidi in 5th over. 
Marco Jansen bowls 4 wides struggling to control new ball , Shubman opens with 4 on 3rd ball, 17 off 2nd over. 22/0 : 2 Ov.
Rohit Sharma starts with a uppish cover drive boundary to Ngidi on 4th ball. 













...to start as India opts to Bat : 


















Tabraiz Shamsi in i.e. 2 spinners for SA .

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