🏏South Africa vs India, 2nd T20I: At St George's Park, Gqeberha 🏏 - Page 21

Mohammed Siraj, right handed bat, comes to the crease

18:42 Local Time, 16:42 GMT, 22:12 IST: Oh dear, with Gerald Coetzee on a hat-trick the umps have called for the covers as the rain picks up

Singh is also out. Now rain has interrupted the game!

6.43pm Here's Mohammed Siraj. Coetzee on a hat-trick. Hang on, looks like none of that's going to happen with the steady drizzle threatening enough for the players to go off. The covers are on. And this might as well signal the end of India's innings.

Oh dear, with Gerald Coetzee on a hat-trick the umps have called for the covers as the rain picks up. Oopsy, it does look quite dark in the background. Looks like the groundstaff weren't exactly near the cover and had to rush because they weren't expecting that call with three balls to go.

BeardGuy: "If Pant returns to form in the IPL, does he fit into this XI instead of Jitesh Sharma?" I'd say, yes

Here's Mohammed Siraj. Coetzee on a hat-trick. Hang on, looks like none of that's going to happen with the steady drizzle threatening enough for the players to go off. The covers are on. And this might as well signal the end of India's innings. India lost both their openers for a duck, but Tilak Varma and Suryakumar Yadav made they kept the momentum adding 49 off 24 balls for the third wicket. Suryakumar and Rinku then added 70 off 48 with both batters getting to their individual fifties. The South Africa bowlers were all over the place with their lengths and the batters cashed in.

18:48 Local Time, 16:48 GMT, 22:18 IST: It's steady now and the square is covered. Doesn't paint a good picture for cricket. Hopefully it will relent for the players to be back on the field again

Pretty impressive effort that from India. South Africa knocked over both Jaiswal and Gill without a run for the duo, but Tilak and SKY counterattacked before the former threw it away. Rinku joined his captain, who played some delightful and trademark hits. 17 off Jansen, 15 off Phehlukwayo and 16 off Williams meant the pressure was always on the bowlers. Shamsi bowled well and deceived SKY in flight for a mishit. Markram managed to prise out Jitesh but paid the price bowling the 19th over as Rinku took him for consecutive sixes as he tried to cover up for his pacers who weren't exactly on song. Coetzee showed his class again with two wickets off two balls before the heaves opened up. The pitch is slow and India have got a pretty good total already as South Africa sprayed the ball quite a bit. But the rain could make bowling tougher in the second half. This could be interesting if this game lasts the distance.

Match kab shuru hota hain?

Originally posted by: livelytanu

Match kab shuru hota hain?